Former champion Pankaj Advani of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board stormed into the final of Senior National snooker championship beating Sourav Kothari 5-2 in the semifinals at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium here on Sunday.
In the title clash, Advani will take on Aditya Mehta who got the better of Manan Chandra 5-1.
Results: Men (Semifinals): Pankaj Advani bt Sourav Kothari 5-2 (14-72, 82-19, 68-15, 33-81, 61-46, 88-12, 68-50); Aditya Mehta bt Manan Chandra 5-1(60-9, 39-71, 59-52, 72-8, 78-20, 65-55).
Play-off matches (5-8 placings): Alok Kumar bt Yasin Merchant 2-0 (66-30, 71-48); Alok Kumar bt Geeth Sethi 2-1(21-71, 63-50, 87-27); Yasin Merchant bt Rupesh Shah 2-1(39-51, 71-14, 68-15); Rupesh Shah bt Geeth Sethi 2-1(68-58, 31-67, 68-53).
Junior snooker (semifinals): Shravan Mohta bt Shoiab Khan 4-2 (63-53, 30-74, 28-46, 18-58, 65-29, 59-30), Sharavan Mohta bt Aneesh Soni 4-1(10-55, 93-59, 65-24, 54-44, 70-43); Maneesh Jain bt Shoiab Khan 4-1(68-30, 52-28, 55-56, 70-51, 67-19); Maneesh Jain bt Aneesh Soni 4-1 (44-27, 40-64, 72-38, 61-47, 51-45).