Bangalore: Pankaj Advani defeated Thailand's Thawat Sujaritthurakarn to claim the 11th ONGC Asian billiards championship at Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias Miramar, Goa, on Sunday,

Advani, returning to the Asian scene after a one-year hiatus, was trailing his opponent 2-1 in the best-of-11-games final but won four on the trot thereafter to turn things around.