Dhruv Sitwala (born 15 October 1972) is an Indian player of

English billiards English billiards, called simply billiards in the UK and in many former British colonies, is a cue sport that combines the aspects of carom billiards and pool. Two (one white and one yellow) and a red are used. Each player or team uses a diffe ...

. He has reached three world finals, and twice been Asian Billiards champion. In 2007, Sitwala reached the final of the timed version of the

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, losing 1488–1946 to Pankaj Advani. In the semi-final of the 2010 World Professional Billiards Championship, Sitwala won by a single point, 980-979 against

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. Mike Russell won his 10th

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title after beating Sitwala 1738–1204 in the final. Sitwala was also the losing finalist in the 2016 short format World Billiards Championship, losing 6–8 to David Causier in the final. 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. At the 2019 Pan-Am Cup in

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, Peter Gilchrist beat Sitwala 1500-507 in the final. Sitwala's highest break in competition is 654.

Career highlights

*2007

runner-up *2010 World Billiards Championship runner-up *2015 Asian Billiards Champion *2016 Asian Billiards Champion *2016 World Billiards Championship runner-up *2019 Pan-Am Cup runner-up

References

External links

2016 LITEtask World Billiards Championship (100up) Final: Dhruv Sitwala v David Causier
(YouTube) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sitwala, Dhruv 1972 births Indian players of English billiards Living people