File photo of Pankaj Advani.© AFP
India’s leading cueist Pankaj Advani won all his group matches to qualify for the knockout stage of the World Men’s Snooker Championships in Antalya, Turkey. In the first match of Group K, Advani defeated local player Abdurrahman Yilmaz to take two breaks of 64 and 51 in the second and third frames respectively to win 3–0 (62–2, 117–8, 75–15). The Indian was up against Ahmed Sameer of Egypt in the second game and broke 62 in the second frame to register a 3-0 (57-23, 80-34, 61-22) win.
His third match was against Marco Reisers of the Netherlands. Though there was no break, Advani gave Marco a 3-0 (73-01, 78-03, 66-01) win on single digit scoring.
The knockout phase will begin on Wednesday.
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Advani won his 25th world title by defeating compatriot Sourav Kothari in the billiards final of the World Championships in Kuala Lumpur last month.
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