Hitting a century break is difficult for most cueists, but Pankaj Advani showed why he is the king of the green baize as he recorded two century breaks of 135 and 107 at the CCI Platinum Jubilee Open here on Monday.

Advani beat Mayur Sanghvi 135 (135)-0 56-39 86(66)-0 107(107)-0. He missed out on the highest possible break, though, without the benefit of an opponents’ foul of 147, which would have made him richer by Rs 1,47,000.

Advani did allow Sanghvi some playing time in the second frame but that was all that he was going to give his opponent.

But was he looking for the break of 147? “I did hear someone from the crowd shout that there was prize money on it, but there were just not enough points on the table. I’d have loved to get it though,” said Advani.

“The break of 135 came in the first frame. This was really very satisfying and I had definitely not expected to hit a century albeit two of them,” said Advani.

The current IBSF World Billiards Champion highest break is 139 in snooker that he got back in 2006. “This was the closest I came in a long time to break my best. It is not everyday that someone hits two centuries,” added Advani.

The 23-year-old though has once managed three century breaks. “This was way back in 2006. I was playing Aditya Mehta and I got three century breaks and Aditya managed one. I did win the game 3-2,” he said.

knowhow The highest snooker break possible without the benefit of an opponent’s foul is 147. This is known as a maximum break and also regularly called a 147. The highest break possible is 155. Ronnie O’Sullivan has the highest number of 147s with nine.

RESULTS Manav Panchal (Malabar Hill Club) bt Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) 59-29, 53-47, 29-48, 75-23, 51-42; Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Rovin D’Souza (Mumbai) 82-19, 64-42,
92-7,
115(47)-0; Kamal Chawla (Rlys) bt Karan Dharni Dharka (CCI) 66-14, 72-16, 7-73(55), 74(61)-48, 71-36; MS Arun (Kar) bt Deepak Khubchandani (Khar) 52-48, 65(50)-9, 65-54,
65-44; Yasin Merchant (Mumbai) bt Balaji Reddy 79-4, 21-62, 71-63, 67-18, 72-33; Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Mayur Sanghvi (CCI) 135(135)-0, 56-39, 86(66)-0, 107(107)-0; Lucky Vatnani (Hyderabad) bt Pushpender Singh (Delhi) 23-56, 67-32, 77(47)-11, 108(48)-17, 69-9; Alok Kumar (PSPB) bt Mahesh Jagdale (North Indian Assn) 75-13, 78-32,
72-46, 58-36; Manan Chandra (PSPB) bt Faisal Khan (Rlys) 66-50, 68-42, 75-40, 56-15; Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Sanjay Jhaveri (PJ Hindu Gym) 68(52)-7, 56(41)-53,
83(42)-33, 69-27; Rupesh Shah (Rlys) bt Pranit Ramchandani (Chennai) 79-32, 64-51,55-43, 21-78, 57-8; Nikhil Ootam (CCI) bt Neeraj Kumar (Rlys) 62-28, 87-24, 51-87, 62-08, 28-49, 52-41. (Dhruv Tikka / DNA-Daily News & Analysis Source: 3D Syndication )