Pankaj Advani wins another world snooker title; IBSF championship

Doha Nov 27: Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won yet another world snooker title after scooping a win in Doha on Monday. Advani beat Iran's Amir Sarkhosh 8-2: 19-71; 79-53; 98-23; 69-62; 60-05; 0-134; 75-07; 103-4; 77-13; 67-47 to win the IBSF championship, showing and stamping his class and form once again.

Though Amir got the first opening in the 9th, a missed red pot saw Pankaj unfold his vast repertoire of strokes to compile a magnificent frame-winning break of 77 points with only 4 reds remaining on the table.

Placing himself just one frame away from winning another world title Pankaj once again established his stronghold in the 10th frame by scoring the first 22 points.

However, an unexpected miss saw Amir open his account in the frame and score 30 points to take a slender lead of 8 points. However, a calm and composed Pankaj patiently waited for his opportunity and soon brought the score to 47-47, before clearing the remaining colours, the frame and the match to lift his 18th world title