Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani claimed dual victories at the opening day of the Asian Snooker Championship to make a favorable begin to his marketing campaign right here on Monday.
Protecting champion Advani is in Crew A with Mansour Alobaidli from Qatar, Mohamed Thaha Irshath from Sri Lanka and recently-crowned international snooker champion Ahsan Ramzan from Pakistan.
Advani, a multiple-time international snooker and billiards champion, beat Mohamed Thaha Irshath 4-2 in his first fit.
The Indian began with a wreck of 52 to win the primary body however misplaced the second one. Later, he received the following two frames to guide 3-1 and after that Thaha crafted a wreck of 55 to chop the deficit. Then again, Advani received the sixth body with a good margin to seal the fit 4-2.
In his 2d fit in opposition to Mansour Alobaidli, the 36-year-old from Pune was once in a special zone as after profitable the primary body he crafted breaks of fifty and 58 in the second one body, 110 within the 3rd and 75 within the fourth body to near the fit in lower than an hour.
“(I’m) Satisfied to begin the Asian Championship on a profitable observe. My younger opponent was once top on self belief after two excellent performances within the International Championships (Junior and Senior) so it was once by no means going to be simple. Happy to recover from the road,” Pankaj was once quoted as pronouncing in a media commentary.
The championship is being performed right here on the QBSF Academy.