Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta will be carrying Indian hopes as they pit their skills against the world's best in the five-day inaugural World Snooker Indian Open professional ranking tournament commencing here today, offering a total prize-money of 300,000 pounds.
India’s richest and biggest snooker tournament has attracted as many as five former World Champions with No 1 ranked Neil Robertson of Australia, the 2010 winner, heading the pack.
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The other former World Champions include John Higgins (1998, 2007, 2009, 2011), Mark Williams (2000, 2003), Ken Doherty (1997) and Peter Ebdon (2002).u00a0
Advani faces 27th-ranked Marcus Campbell in his first round match on Tuesday while Mumbai’s Mehta is up against 43-year-old World No 30 Ebdon.u00a0