India's champion cueist Pankaj Advani displayed top class craftsmanship against Ketan Chawla to win his quarter-final match 7-1 in the NSCI Rs. 32 lakh prize money Baulkline 4.0 All India Snooker Tournament. In the best of 13 frames knock out match. Advani struck form in the last four frames with high breaks of 63, 82, 57 and 60 to romp home in style at the NSCI Dome on Friday.
In another last eight match, Himanshu Jain defeated Digvijay Kadian 7-2. Ishpreet Singh Chadha beat Sourav Kothari 7-2.
Results
Quarter-final: Pankaj Advani bt Ketan Chawla 72-23, 89-39, 56-69 (51), 84-26, 93 (63) -30, 91(82)-0, 88 (57)-13, 86 (60)-31).
Pre-quarter-final set to 11 frames) Kamal Chawla bt Mohd.Hussain Khan 6-3: 125 (119) -0, 73-8, 28 -109 (55,50) , 41-65, 70- 56, 44-81, 72-29, 63-48, 72 (57) -24; Pankaj Advani bt Shahbaz Khan 6-1: 77 (60) -44, 84 (80) -12, 114 (110) -6, 72 (43)-53, 36 -64, 64 (46)-15, 94 (78)-33; Aditya Mehta bt E. Panduranga 6-1; 78 (61)- 33, 87 (53)-54, 66-25, 75-25, 47-60, 85-8, 92 (58)-0; Ketan Chawla bt Paras Gupta 6-5: 38-63, 60-66, 50-91, 3-67, 13-84, 59-46, 58-42, 54-58, 55-4, 70-30, 67-49.
