Advani keeps his focus, beats Geet for points title

After a below-par semi-final outing on Thursday, Advani played with far more focus and swept the first four games in the morning session to gain a position of strength.

Though the veteran Sethi, with eight world billiards titles under his belt, won the first game in the next session, he could not get the momentum going, with his younger opponent dominating the proceedings.

Advani said the “bad” semi-final had spurred him to come out with improved performance and it paid off.

“In sport, every day is a new day,” he said after the match, which promised to be an “epic” encounter before the start but turned out to be one-sided in the end.

Sethi said inclusion of billiards in the Asian Games inspired him to continue playing the game and expressed hope that it would figure at the Olympics as well. “I am still going strong, I still enjoy the game,” he added.