Pankaj Advani, Sourav Kothari make winning start in Snooker Classic

Pankaj Advani. Pic/AFP

Defending champion Pankaj Advani and India No.6 Sourav Kothari won their respective round of 32 matches in the CCI Snooker Classic tournament here on Wednesday.

Advani overcame Robin D'Souza 4-0 (58-55, 73-7, 92-33, 64-52) while producing one notable break of 65 in the third frame.

Kothari, on the other hand, rolled in successive breaks of 59 (second frame) and 57 (third) to beat Pune's Suraj Rathi 4-0 (93-28, 70-0, 123-7, 72-37) and make it to the round of 16.

Former national champion and India No.2 Aditya Mehta dropped a frame against Mumbai's Manav Panchal before winning 4-1 ((94-6, 79-37, 37-69, 72-7, 119-20) which included a century effort of 113. He had other breaks of 58 in the first frame and 71 in the fourth.

Meanwhile, Mumbai's Hassan Badami (Mumbai) knocked out Railways cueist Siddharth Parikh with a dominating 4-0 (92-13, 72-21, 79-70, 59-31) victory in another first round match.

Uttar Pradesh's B.C. Karthik scored a shock win against Laxman Rawat, romping to a 4-2 (54-36, 69-50, 63-37, 20-93, 23-74, 57-38) win.

Kreishh Gurbaxani, who is competing on the World Snooker Tour (pro circuit), dropped one frame before getting the better of Shahbaz Khan recording a 4-1 (75-46, 42-53, 68-9, 68-30, 75-44).

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