ØPankaj Advani created
history by becoming the second Indian, after Geet Sethi, to win
the World Professional Billiards Championship at the Northern Snooker Centre
here. The 24-year-old Indian pulled off a huge surprise by defeating nine-time
winner Mike Russell of Qatar 2030-1253 after having a 800-plus lead at the
break. Advani made a
break of 226 and six more centuries on his way to lift his first Professional
billiards world title. He has already won the amateurs world billiards and
snooker Championships. Geet Sethi was the
last Indian to win in 2006, his first being in 1992. Russell had defeated
Indian Rupesh Shah in
the semifinal 1366-880, while Advani beat
compatriot Dhruv Sitwala
1037-972.
ØIndian boxing's
jinx-breaker Vijender Singh
achieved yet another historic feat as he ensured the country's first medal in
the World Championships by advancing to the middle-weight semi-finals in Milan,
Italy. The world number two and top seed Vijender
out-punched Ukrainian Sergiy Derevyanchenko 12-4 to
become the first Indian to make the last-four stage of the prestigious event.
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