Shabaaz to meet Advani in finals

Panaji, Feb 15 (PTI) BPCL''s Shahbaaz Khan defeatedgiant-killer Dhruv Sitwala of ONGC in the semifinals to set upa title clash with ace cueist Pankaj Advani in the eighth PSPBinter-unit Billiards and Snooker event here today.

Advani, representing ONGC, defeated compatriot SauravKothari, who went down fighting, in the other semifinal.

After being locked 3-3, Advani came up with a superbcentury break of 103 to win the match.

Ranking event main draw results:

Snooker: Dhruv Sitwala (ONGC) bt Manan Chandra (BPCL) 3�1(88�21, 69�46, 8�76, 76�13);

Semifinal: Shahbaaz Khan (BPCL) bt Dhruv Sitwala (ONGC)4-0 (69�49, 74�46, 110(59)�15, 93�0).

Billiards: Saurav Kothari (ONGC) bt Anuja Chandra (BPCL)3�0 (150(72)�30, 150(62)�124, 150(73)�73); Rupesh Shah(ONGC)bt Aditya Mehta(IOC) 3�0 (151�131, 150� 51, 152�104); MananChandra (BPCL) bt Dhwaj Haria 3�1 (31�152(72), 151 (121)�2,150�118(90), 151�88); Shahbaaz Khan (BPCL) bt Rishab Pandya(IOC) 3�0 (151(50)�90, 151�141, 150(66)�15).