Advani enters final; in sight of second IBSF world title

Advani will now meet Dechawat Poomajaeng of Thailand in the best-of-19 frames summit clash on Thursday.

Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani on Wednesday stormed into the finals of the IBSF World Snooker championships after defeating Rodney Goggins of Ireland 7-4 in Damascus,Syria.

Advani,who won the billiards singles gold in Asian Games last month,won 53-41 77-44 48-90 114-08 52-44 32-81 19-61 60-18 22-69 89-01 59-08 in the best-of-13 frames semi-final.

The 25-year-old Bangalorean will now meet Dechawat Poomajaeng of Thailand in the best-of-19 frames summit clash on Thursday.

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Poomajaeng defeated his compatriot Noppadol Sangnil 7-5 in the other last-four match.

Advani had topped Group E by winning all six matches and then got the better of Mohammed Joaker of the UAE 5-4 in the round of 32 match.

In the quarterfinal,he had crushed the challenge of Moh Keen Hoo of Malaysia 6-1 in the best-of-11 frame contest.

The 2003 champion Advani had taken a strong 4-2 lead against Goggins after the first session of the semifinal on Tuesday.

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Meanwhile,in the women’s event,national champion Vidya Pillai crashed out of the semifinals,losing 25-64 7-67 19-59 41-84 to Ng On Yee.

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