A top gun in the four-man group stage when he recorded aggregates of 1000 plus, the beanpole-like Dhwaj Haria was challenged mightily by Loukic Pathare in the quarter final of the CCI Billiards Classic 2026 on Friday.

Haria was 1-2 down in the knock out match set to seven frames, but he found his touch on his 4th, 5th and 6th visits to the table to emerge a winner.
A champion cueist, Sitwala outsmarted Ashok Shandilya 4-0 to enter the semi-finals.
The results (Quarter-finals)Dhruv Sitwala bt Ashok Shandilya 4-0: 151-31, 151 -94 (79) 151-61, 151-141(95); Dhwaj Haria bt Loukic Pathare 4-2: 145 -151, 151-64,86 -150,150 -17, 150-39, 151-85.