New Delhi: Pankaj Advani has become the first ever Indian to win a medal in any edition of Sangsom World 6Reds Championship since its start in 2008.
He had a great run throughout the competition and reached till the medal round without losing any match. This included an outstanding victory over Ding Junhui in the first round-robin match. But in semis, he couldn't repeat the same result and lost 4-7 against Ding to settle-down for Bronze.
He tweeted "A great run comes to an end. Really enjoyed the World 6 red event in Bangkok. Happy to have won a historic medal and sad I couldn't go further" "Ding was too good today. Good luck to both Bingham and Ding for the final tomm"
Advani started on a good node in semi-final and claimed first frame but Ding held his nerve better to take 4-1 lead by winning next four frames in a row.
Though Advani secured another two frames to cut the deficit but Ding was cautious and pocketed two more frames to keep up the lead 6-3.
Advani did not lose hope and clinched a low scoring 10th frame but Ding proved him better and won 11th frame to seal the match 7-4 and advanced to final.
