Sitwala wins bronze medal


Twice Asian Billiards champion Dhruv Sitwala of ONGC won the bronze medal in the billiards event of the 84th Senior National Billiards & Snooker Championship 2019 at played in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

Dhruv Sitwala

Dhruv Sitwala

 

 

The left-handed Mumbai-based cueist Sitwala defeated Sourav Kothari (PSPB) 3-1 in the third place match and in now ranked as the number three player in the country.

 

 

Earlier, Sitwala suffered a 1-5 defeat at the hands of eventual champion S. Shrikrishna of Tamil Nadu in the semi-finals. Kothari lost 1-5 to his teammate Dhvaj Haria in the other semi-final. In the final Shrikrishna comfortably defeated Haria 5-0.