Dhruv Sitwala

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Dhruv Sitwala
Born (1972-10-15) 15 October 1972 (age 51)
Sport country India
Highest break 654

Dhruv Sitwala (born 15 October 1972) [1] is an Indian player of English billiards. He has reached three world finals, and twice been Asian Billiards champion.

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In 2007, Sitwala reached the final of the timed version of the IBSF World Billiards Championship, losing 1488–1946 to Pankaj Advani. [2]

In the semi-final of the 2010 World Professional Billiards Championship, Sitwala won by a single point, 980-979 against Geet Sethi. [3] Mike Russell won his 10th World Professional Billiards Championship title after beating Sitwala 1738–1204 in the final. [4] Sitwala was also the losing finalist in the 2016 short format World Billiards Championship, losing 6–8 to David Causier in the final. [5]

In 2016, Sitwala won 6–2 against Bhaskar Balachandra in the final to successfully defend the Asian Billiards Championship title that he had won the previous year. [6]

At the 2019 Pan-Am Cup in Winnipeg, Peter Gilchrist beat Sitwala 1500-507 in the final. [7]

Sitwala's highest break break in competition is 654. [1]

Career highlights

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  2. 1 2 "Past Champions". ibsf.info. International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Sethi, Geet (31 October 2010). "Sitwala to take on Russell in final". The Hindu. India. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 Geet, Sethi (2 November 2010). "Mike Russell regains World crown". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  5. 1 2 "The 2016 LITEtask World Billiards Championship". world-billiards.com. World Billiards. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 "Sitwala's reign continues". The Hindu. India. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "2019 Pan Am Cup". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "ACBS Billiards Championships 100 up – Colombo / Sri Lanka 2016". acbs.qa. Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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