Indian cueist Pankaj Advani clinched his 17th World Billiards Championship title in Doha.
- He thrashed Mike Russell of England in the finals.
- Earlier in the tournament, he defeated fellow Indian Rupesh Shah in the semifinals
- Advani is the winner of maximum number of world titles in any sport by an Indian
About Pankaj Advani
- Pankaj Arjan Advani is Indian professional player of English billiards and a former professional snooker player.
- He has achieved a hat-trick of hat-tricks in English billiards, holding the World, Asian, and Indian National Championship titles simultaneously, in three different years: 2005, 2008 and 2012.
- He has won 16 World Titles; 6 Asian Titles; 2 Asian Games; 1 Australian Open and 29 National Titles
