Left-handed Dhruv Sitwala notched twin wins on the opening day of the billiards selection camp for the Macau Asian Indoor Indoor Games at the KSBA Hall on Monday.
After getting past former Asian champion Devendra Joshi 3-1, Sitwala overcame Alok Kumar to stay in the reckoning for an India berth.
Bangalore cueist Pankaj Advani had mixed luck on the day.
After a hard-fought 3-2 win over Alok Kumar, Advani lost his next match 1-3 to Joshi.
Results:
Ashok Shandilya bt Rupesh Shah 3-1 (100-47, 31-100, 101-37, 100-67); Dhruv Sitwala bt Devendra Joshi 3-1 (102-0, 102-22, 44-101, 100-10); Pankaj Advani bt Alok Kumar 3-2 (100-0, 4-101, 19-101, 100-64, 100-64); Dhruv Sitwala bt Alok Kumar 3-1 (4-100, 101-46, 101-62, 102-3); Devendra Joshi bt Pankaj Advani 3-1 (0-101, 102-46, 101-44, 101-87); Geet Sethi bt Rupesh Shah 3-0 (100-71, 100-34, 100-43).
