World champion Pankaj Advani (PSPB) has won his fifth national billiards title. In the final at Chennai today, he recorded a commanding 5-1 win over Balachandra Bhaskar of Bangalore. Earlier, 26-year-old Advani, overwhelmed nine time world champion Geet Sethi of Gujarat 4-0 in the semifinal, while 39-year-old Bhaskar progressing to his maiden national final with a 4-1 win over Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB). In the third place match, Geet Sethi beat Dhruv Sitwala 151-50 10-150 151-07.