Dhruv Sitwala outsmarted Ashok Shandilya 4-0 to enter the semi-finals of the CCI Billiards Classic 2025 on Friday. Sitwala won the first frame easily and didn't had to sweat much in the second and third frame either. He faced stiff challenge from Shandiliya in the fourth frame but kept his composure to win the frame and the game.
A top gun in the four-man group stage when he recorded aggregates of 1000 plus, the beanpole-like Dhwaj Haria was challenged mightily by Loukic Pathare in another quarter final.
Haria was 1-2 down in the knock out match set to seven frames, but he found his touch on his 4th, 5th and 6th visits to the table to emerge a winner.
Results (Quarter-finals): Dhruv Sitwala bt Ashok Shandilya 4-0: 151-31, 151 -94 (79) 151-61, 151-141(95); Dhwaj Haria bt Loukic Pathare 4-2: 145 -151, 151-64,86 -150,150 -17, 150-39, 151-85.
