Advani triumphed 15-57, 26-101, 18-75, 100-25, 36-93, 118-0, 59-68, 45-77, 64-47, 93-72, 70 -60, 75-32, 73-32, 75-47 in a hard-fought final played over three gruelling sessions played at the CCI\u2019s Wilson Jones billiards hall on late Sunday night.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Advani, for his sterling effort, was presented with the champions\u2019 trophy and a cheque of Rs 3.5 lakh, while Ishpreet received the runner-up trophy and an award of Rs 1.75 lakh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Bengaluru-based Advani is clearly at home in The CCI snooker room, as he registered his third title on the trot. What is remarkable is that the multiple-time World Champion was staring at the barrel, down 2-6 against Ishpreet in the best-of-15 frames encounter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Apart from his potting skills, what came to the fore was Advani's technical superiority, especially his safety play as he hunkered down to deliver a snooker masterclass.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
That Advani has Ishpeet's number is evident from the fact that he repeated his NSCI \u2018Baulkline 3.0\u2019 win over Ishpreet which occurred last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ishpreet started positively and constructed breaks of 101 and 61 to win the opening three frames. Advani compiled a break of 55 to pocket the fourth and halt Ishpreet's run. But then Ishpreet seized control and surged ahead to lead 6-2. At this stage, he wanted just a couple more frames to seal the deal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After that, Advani did not lose another single frame thereafter to wind up with another trophy to add to his extensive and burgeoning collection of titles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWhen two good players are contesting a high-quality game and it\u2019s a high-stakes game, especially a final it certainly brings out the best in each other. I started really slowly, I thought the match was his to lose after being 4-1 and 6-2 up. But I just hung in there,\u201d said a composed Advani.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Sometimes you have to just do that and I am so glad that I could turn it around and take it away from him (Ishpreet) who made a 147 and probably played the best snooker in the entire tournament,\" he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIshpreet definitely played better snooker in the first half, but in the second I put up a better performance. I did not make big breaks but I think I played steady snooker and it paid off,\u201d he further stated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Sometimes you have to just do that and I am so glad that I could turn it around and take it away from him (Ishpreet) who made a 147 and probably played the best snooker in the entire tournament,\" he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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