Pankaj Advani loses to Siddharth Parikh but still tops ranking

Bangalore: Ace cueist Pankaj Advani lost to Siddharth Parikh but still managed to top the overall ranking in the selection camp for Asian Billiards Championship here on Thursday.

Parikh beat Pankaj Advani 100 (100)-06, 10-101 (101), 100 (100)-00, 101 (96)-08 before the latter returned to get the better of Dhruv Sitwala 100 (100)-00, 101 (101)-43, 40-100 (79), 101-98 (98).

Parikh finished second in overall ranking and Sitwala third.

Results: B.Bhaskar beat Dhruv Sitwala 3-1 100-02, 92-101, 100-45, 100-79; Rupesh Shah beat Brijesh Damani 3?0 101 (94)-21, 100 ? 94 (70), 102 (102)-35; Dhvaj Haria beat Jaiveer Dhingra 3?1 90-102, 102-53, 100-62, 101-04; Brijesh Damani beat Jaiveer Dhingra 3?1 100-69, 64-101, 101-40, 101-66; Rupesh Shah beat Dhvaj Haria 3?1 66-100, 100-00, 101 (101)-03, 100-10; Siddharth Parikh beat B.Bhaskar 3?1 62-101, 100-04, 103-61, 101 (101)-00; Pankaj Advani beat Dhruv Sitwala 3?1; 100 (100)-00, 101 (101)-43, 40-100 (79), 101-98 (98).