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Advani outclasses Obaidly

Source: PTI
August 18, 2005 18:16 IST
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Pankaj Advani continued his excellent performance as he outclassed Khamis Al Obaidly of Qatar 4-0 in his third league match in the juniors' section at the IBSF World Under-21 and Seniors Snooker Championships in Manama, Bahrain.

Advani asserted his superiority by thrashing Obaidly, the seventh seed in Group UD, by posting two century marks in the intial frames and blanking him in the last one with the scores 111-8 108-16 73-16 87-0 leaving him no room to bounce back.

The 20-year-old Indian also registered breaks of 63, 79, 86 in the four frames.

The former world champion will face Paul Wilcock of Isle of Man at Juffair Dome in his fourth match in the league-cum-knockout tournament being played among the contestants from 24 nations.

Advani's unfancied compatriot Aditya Mehta also managed to keep his slate clean by getting the better of Michael Lupton of Australia 4-3.

Mehta scored a decent break of 51 during the match which he won 51-75, 64-14, 46-54, 62-50, 72-58, 45-67, 54-30.

In the seniors' category, India's Geet Sethi reigned supreme with a 3-0 win against Peter Bertens of the Netherlands in Group SB.

Sethi, the former world billiards champion, displayed his skills and finnesse in his 56-25, 90-8, 58-22 win which was laced with a break of 47.

His next match is slated against Mustafa Ali Atta of Egypt.

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