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Advani a win away from main draw
Advani,is the highest ranked Indian at 73 and the reigning world billiards champion.
Written by Press Trust Of India
New Delhi | August 10, 2013 03:29 AM IST
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Indias Pankaj Advani overcame a stiff challenge from Scotlands Alan McManus to reach the penultimate round of the Shanghai Masters snooker qualifiers at the Doncaster Dome in Sheffield,England. A best of nine frames encounter that lasted almost six hours saw the Glaswegian engage in heavy scoring to be a frame away from victory at 3-4.
However,Advani,the highest ranked Indian at 73 and the reigning world billiards champion,fought back to draw parity and force the decider.
In the ninth,Advani surged ahead with some strong potting,making a crucial 34 break to take the score to 65-7 before his more experienced opponent,who is ranked 43 conceded the match.
Advani,the lone Indian in the fray,now faces Gloucesters Michael Wasley in the third round. In the first round of the qualifying event,Advani won another thriller defeating the reigning European champion Robin Hull of Finland 5-4.
The other Indian,Aditya Mehta,the No.74,cruised through his first round against No.105 Hammad Miah winning 5-0. However,he failed to get past Welshman Jamie Jones in the next round going down 5-4. PTI
Scores: Pankaj Advani 73 bt Alan McManus 43 5-4: 78-4,9-70,66-58,30-74,25-74,60-55,50-78,71-64,65-7
Aditya Mehta 74 lost to Jamie Jones 42 4-5: 102-14,81-0,71-8,52-70,15-67,53-65,61-15,13-66,54-75.
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