Agra: World Champion Pankaj Advani and veteran Geet Sethi entered the semifinals of the National Billiards Championships here today.
Advani beat Karnataka's B Bhaskar 4-2 (150-84, 152-26, 42-152, 71 150, 150-31, 152-76) while Sethi too upstaged his opponent Rupesh on identical scoreline (151-41, 91-150, 150-140, 92-150, 150-53, 151-89) in their respective quarterfinal encounters.
In another last eight match, Dhruv Sitawala defeated Alok Kumar 4-1 (152-31, 150-94, 123-150, 150-03, 150-130) to progress to the semifinals.
In the last quartfinal match, Devendra Joshi got the better of Ashok Shadilya 4-1 (152-126, 57-150, 151-122, 152-20, 153-37).
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 22:17