Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani claimed twin victories on the opening day of the Asian Snooker Championship to make a optimistic begin to his marketing campaign right here on Monday.
Defending champion Advani is in Group A with Mansour Alobaidli from Qatar, Mohamed Thaha Irshath from Sri Lanka and recently-crowned world snooker champion Ahsan Ramzan from Pakistan.
Advani, a multiple-time world snooker and billiards champion, beat Mohamed Thaha Irshath 4-2 in his first match.
The Indian began with a break of 52 to win the primary body however misplaced the second. Later, he gained the subsequent two frames to steer 3-1 and after that Thaha crafted a break of 55 to chop the deficit. However, Advani gained the sixth body with a good margin to seal the match 4-2.
In his second match towards Mansour Alobaidli, the 36-year-old from Pune was in a special zone as after successful the primary body he crafted breaks of fifty and 58 within the second body, 110 within the third and 75 within the fourth body to shut the match in lower than an hour.
“(I am) Happy to start the Asian Championship on a winning note. My young opponent was high on confidence after two good performances in the World Championships (Junior and Senior) so it was never going to be easy. Glad to get over the line,” Pankaj was quoted as saying in a media assertion.
The championship is being performed right here on the QBSF Academy.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
