Pankaj comes through in style

HYDERABAD: He is a teen sensation in the world of snooker all right, but his debut at the World billiards championship here on Monday has been quite ordinary.
Having been used to playing with 22 balls, that too multi-coloured ones, perhaps the three-ball game was a bit of a limiting factor and unattractive for India’s Pankaj Advani. But when it came to restricting his opening league game against Englishman John Hartley to just three frames, Pankaj did it in style at 150-53, 152-69, 150-56.
To have two youngsters to play the opening game of a world event is perhaps the best way to attract youngsters, but both proved that they had butterflies in their stomachs by making shaky starts.
What can you expect when two players are making their debut at a World event? They missed some simple in-offs and cannons in the initial stages of the first two frames, which had many seasoned players shaking their heads in disbelief.