Doha: India's Pankaj Advani and Ashok Shandilya continued their progress towards the gold medal in the Asian Games Billiards singles by entering the semi-finals after facile victories.
Advani, the only person in the world to have won both the world snooker and billiards titles other than Malta's Paul Mifsud, routed Thailand's C Praput 3-0 to make the last four.
The 21-year-old Bangalore-based Advani, who survived a scare in the round of 16 when he was taken the distance by Vietnamese cueist N Thanh Long before winning 3-2, overcame Thailand's Praput 100-29 100-2 100-11 to line up for a berth against Myanmar's Aung San Oo on Tuesday.
Shandilya, ousted Filipino rival Reynaldo Grandea 3-0 (101-61, 103-25, 101-24) to enter the semis where he faces former world professional champion Peter Gilchrist, a former British national who is representing Singapore now, for a place in the final.
Gilchrist downed Thailand's G Sujaritturakarn 3-1 in his quarter-final encounter.
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