April 21, 23.25 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
Pankaj Advani, lone Indian at the Asian Snooker Championships
Progresses into the semi-finals of the championships post a 5-0 win over Syria's Karam Fatima
21st April 2016, Qatar: In an exceptionally long day, Pankaj Advani, stormed into the semi-finals of the Asian Snooker Championships making him the lone Indian still in the competition.
Controlling the table, he defeated Syria's Karam Fatima 5-0 in the quarters, who he met after winning against fellow Indian Ishpreet Singh Chadha 4-3 in the round of 16.
Earlier in the day, Pankaj had won his pre quarterfinals match against Ishpreet Singh Chadha, 4-3 (25-57, 116-16, 57-41, 79-64, 50-67, 42-85, 66-43) with a century break of 107 in his second frame of the game.
Commenting on his entry into the semifinals, Pankaj was exhausted but glad that the day was done sharing, "With two intensely important games on the same day within short spans of each other, it was essential that I be mentally prepared for each match. Post the afternoon's game, I spent a long time dissecting my performance along with my Brother, Shree allowing myself to get it out of my system before I moved into the quarterfinals match. I am sure these conversations make a huge difference, because of the sole amount of mental strength needed for competitions at this level!"