Advani, Mehta to clash in CCI snooker meet final

Advani, Mehta to clash in CCI snooker meet final

Aditya Mehta plays against Stephen Maguire at the semi final match of the Indian Open World Ranking Snooker Tournament in New Delhi on Oct.17, 2013. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS)

Mumbai: Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani during a press conference after winning the World Billiards Championships title; in Mumbai on Dec 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS)

Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) Star cueists Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta stormed into the final of the CCI All-India Open Snooker Championship here on Monday.

Top-ranked Advani of ONGC beat Malkeet Singh of Railways 6-2 in the best of 11-frame semifinal. In the other last four clash, Mehta toppled national runner-up and second ranked Laxman Rawat's applecart with a 6-3 victory.

Advani, the reigning national snooker champion and winner of multiple world titles, compiled breaks of 68, 84 and 45 to register a 10-65, 75-36, 56-78, 63-21, 134-0, 56-19, 85-21 and 54-47 victory.

Mehta effected a break of 73 in the first frame and followed it up with another 73 in the fifth and 81 in the eighth before signing off with a 71 in the ninth frame to pull off a 73-30, 67-45, 40-63, 44-71, 112-0, 15-81, 58-14, 88-25 and 75-16 win.

--IANS

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