India's Dhruv Sitwala, who entered the World Professional Billiards championship final, but lost to Mike Russell in Leeds yesterday, is the most unassuming cueist one would come across
India's Dhruv Sitwala, who entered the World Professional Billiards championship final, but lost to Mike Russell in Leeds yesterday, is the most unassuming cueist one would come across.
That apart, he has always been performing exceptionally well be it on the local, state, national or international circuits. All along, he has been overshadowed by contemporaries like Pankaj Advani, Geet Sethi and Devendra Joshi Consistency has been the hallmark of this 37-year-old ONGC stalwart, and it was this aspect along with his tough interior that helped him eliminate, first the defending champion Pankaj Advani with a spate of century breaks and then the great Sethi on his way to the Leeds final.
His display in Leeds brought to light his never-say-die spirit. He is a cool customer, who has learnt to remain focussed on the job in hand, rarely getting rattled by distractions around. Only last year he had the mortification of losing the European billiards final in Duffel (Belgium), though he had rattled up a triple century break in the round-robin stage. Then, he attributed his loss to certain outside factors, like jet lag and change in climatic conditions. In the end, he felt that over-anxiety to win the final crushed his chances.
His final entry at the Worlds was a fitting reward for his efforts although victory over a giant like Russell would have been the icing on the cake.
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