India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani created history in Abu Dhabi by clinching the Asian 6-Red snooker title. Advani thus became the first in the world to hold both world and continental titles in 6-Red snooker at the same time, according to information received here. The double IBSF World 6-Red snooker champion stamped his authority again in the short format of the game, defeating top-seeded Malaysian Keen Hoh Moh 7-5 on Sunday night.

Commenting on his win, an ecstatic Advani, who won his first title of the year, said: “It’s my first individual Asian snooker championship, so the feeling is unreal. Having missed out on the 15-red Asian snooker title last month made this a mission for me to accomplish. Winning it the same year as my world title in the Six Red sends me over the moon.”

Having been a billiards player before turning into a snooker professional in 2012, Advani has been extremely successful throughout his career. He has won the World, Asian and National titles in Billiards before winning the ISBF World 6 Red Snooker championship in 2014 in his debut in that discipline as well. He is the only player to ever win the professional titles of both the formats of Billiard (time and point) as well as the long and short formats of snooker (15 Red standard and 6 Red).