<p class="title">Cue sport ace Pankaj Advani on Tuesday stormed into the semifinal of the All India Open Billiards Championship here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 23-time World billiards and snooker champion comfortably beat Akshay Kumar of Uttar Pradesh 1351-210 in the two-hour knockout tie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Bangalore cueist scored heavily in the match, thanks to breaks of 296, 199, 177 and 109. The highest break of the tournament so far of 369 remains with Advani.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the other half of the draw, eight-time World billiards champion Geet Sethi of Gujarat scored a facile win over Nalin Patel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the event is an open billiards tournament, a prelude to the National Championships to be held early next year, the duo participated on invitation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Others in the fray are other top Indian billiards stars and world medalists Dhruv Sitwala, Rupesh Shah, Dhvaj Haria and Alok Kumar.</p>
<p class="title">Cue sport ace Pankaj Advani on Tuesday stormed into the semifinal of the All India Open Billiards Championship here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 23-time World billiards and snooker champion comfortably beat Akshay Kumar of Uttar Pradesh 1351-210 in the two-hour knockout tie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Bangalore cueist scored heavily in the match, thanks to breaks of 296, 199, 177 and 109. The highest break of the tournament so far of 369 remains with Advani.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the other half of the draw, eight-time World billiards champion Geet Sethi of Gujarat scored a facile win over Nalin Patel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the event is an open billiards tournament, a prelude to the National Championships to be held early next year, the duo participated on invitation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Others in the fray are other top Indian billiards stars and world medalists Dhruv Sitwala, Rupesh Shah, Dhvaj Haria and Alok Kumar.</p>