Dhruv Sitwala showed his three-ball game craftsmanship in English billiards to bring down the towering Dhwaj Haria 4-0 in the semi-finals of the CCI Billiards Classic 2025 at the Wilson Jones Hall on Saturday.
The Asian Billiards Champion- after beating Panjaj Advani in the final last July in Riyadh- did not give leeway for Haria to stage a comeback although the latter rallied with a break of 81 in the fourth frame.
Sitwala ran up breaks of 63,127, 119,59 and an unfinished 78 in the fourth to register an easy win.
Results : Semi-finals: Dhruv Sitwala bt Dhwaj Haria 4-0 (150 k(63)-48, 152 (127)-53, 150 (119) -43, 150 (59,78*)-128 (81);
Quarter-finals: Pankaj Advani bt Siddharth Parikh 4-1: 151-130 (65),48-152 (130), 150 (69)-60, 152 (98,50)-6, 150 (150)-2; Rayan Razmi bt Rishabh Thakkar 4-0: 153-32, 150 (85,68)-6, 151 (99)-25, 150 (94)-29.
