The ace cueist, the only Indian in the fray in the men's category, proved too good for Alex Borg of Malta in a 6-0 victory to improve upon his showing at the last championship when he was ousted in the quarter-finals in Bengaluru by Yan Bingtao 4-6 of China.
Advani registered a century break in the fifth frame of the best-of-11-frame contest to win 70-62, 112(57)-0, 107(90)-14, 83(50)-46, 114(108)-12, 64-27.
He will take on Lukas Kleckers of Germany, who got the better of Greg Kasey of Ireland 6-4 [66-55, 73-49, 83-2, 73-16, 28-72, 70-19, 35-49, 1-115, 8-81, 72-45].
In September Advani won the IBSF World Billiards (Time format) Championship, beating Singapore's Peter Gilchrist 2408-1240 in the final to claim his 14th World title.
In the women's competition, India’s Amee Kamani, bronze medallist at the IBSF Ladies World 6-red Snooker, which was held in Karachi earlier this year, beat compatriot Chitra Magimairaj 4-3 to enter the semi-finals.
In the Masters category, Rafath Habib failed to reach the medal round as he could not get past Jason Peplow of Malta.
Image: Pankaj Advani