Easy win for Advani in Asian snooker championship
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANSIndore, April 23 (IANS) National champion Pankaj Advani warmed up nicely with a fluent 4-1 win against Singapore’s Lim Chun Kiat in the Asian snooker championship here Saturday.
Advani posted breaks of 89, 75 and 75 to open his campaign in Group B on a winning note while title contenders from China, Jin Long and Tian Pengfei also raced through their respective league matches without much ado.
The tournament commenced here Saturday at the Yeshwant Club with 42 players, including six Indians - Advani, Manan Chandra, IH Manudev, Lucky Vatnani, Aditya Mehta and Kamal Chawla - in the fray.
The results (preliminary league):
Group A: Mohd. Sajjad (PAK) bt Ahmed Hassan Hadi (IRQ) 4-1 (62-28, 91(90)-00, 69-80, 72-12, 73-13).
Group B: Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Lim Chun Kiat (SIN) 4-1 (136(89)-00, 90(75)-02, 23-64, 86(75)-01, 73-23).
Group C: Manan Chandra beat Hossein Vafaei Ayouri :: 4-2 (00-131(126), 41-63, 81-38, 56-20, 76-41, 79-36).
Group D: Jin Long (CHN) bt Fung Kwok Wai (HK) 4-2 (69-16, 86-62, 63-73, 95-27, 07-93(89), 68-58).
Group E: Noppadol Sangnil (THA) bt Lau Ka Lam (HK) 4-3 (79-22, 66-18, 45-73, 70-18, 47-72, 38-53, 68-51).
Group F: Passakorn Suwannawat (THA) bt Mubarak Khal Owais (KUW) 4-0 (73-27, 85(71)-27, 63-10, 50-14).
Group G: Tian Pengfei (CHN) bt Danny Lam Tuck Weng (SIN) 4-0 (60-08, 69-10, 132(124)-00, 121(84)-14); Omar Alkojah (SYR) beat Ahmed Ghuloom (BAH) 4-0 (82-30, 62-13, 69-52, 65-30).
Group H: Mohd. Shehab (PAK) bt Satoshi Nakamura (JPN) 4-0 (66-27, 95-14, 94-07, 74-00).
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