Mumbai, March 29 : World champion Pankaj Advani of India and former World champion David Causier of England recorded their third successive wins and stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the All-India CCI Billiards Classic 2024 at the Cricket Club of India’s (CCI) Wilson Jones Billiards Hall on Friday.
The Bengaluru-based Advani staved off a spirited challenge from Mumbai’s talented cueist Raayan Razmi by pulling off a 603-418 victory in a Group-A match in the two-hour session Group-A league match.
Advani started with a run of 235 and later compiled a break of 90 to secure the win, while Raayan made a 93 and followed it with a neat 124 to try and stay in the fight.Razmi with two wins also advanced to the pre-quarters.
The Englishman Causier, the winner of multiple World titles, was on a roll and constructed substantial breaks of 203, 124, 160, 152, 162, 93, and 70 to tame Maharashtra number one Mahesh Jagdale by a massive 1168-418 margin in a Group-C match.Causier joined Advani and Raayan in the knockout draw.
Earlier, World championship runner-up Sourav Kothari regained his winning touch as he outplayed seasoned professional Alok Kumar by scripting a convincing 889-200 points victory in a Group-F match.The Kolkata-based Kothari and Mumbai cueist Rohan Jambusaria qualified for the pre-quarterfinals from this group.
Meanwhile, former CCI billiards champion Siddharth Parikh and seasoned Arun Agrawal won their respective final-round matches in Group-H and also progressed to the knockout round.Siddharth with three successive wins topped the group.
Parikh with steady breaks of 183, 71, 96 and 72 outplayed England’s Chris Taylor by posting a fluent 671-254 win.On an adjacent table, Mumbai’s veteran player Agrawal played fluently to tame CCI cueist Kanishk Jhanjharia 702-280.Agrawal produced breaks of 157, 61, 95 and 79.
Results:
Group-A: Pankaj Advani beat Rayaan Razmi 603-418.
Group-C: David Causier beat Mahesh Jagdale 1168-335.
Group-E: Kamal Chawla beat Rishabh Thakkar 503-267; Dhruv Sitwala beat Shahyan Razmi 817-196.
Group-F: Sourav Kothari beat Alok Kumar 889-200.
Group-H: Siddharth Parikh beat Chris Taylor 671-254; Arun Agrawal beat Kanishk Jhanjharia 702-280
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