However, National champion Manan Chandran was taken the distance by Ben Farnworth of New Zealand in the World snooker championships.
B Bhaskar and Siddharth Parikh are the other Indians who failed to make the last 16 in the World Billiards championship.
Alok Kumar was blanked 0-4 by Australia's Steve Mifsud at the IBSF World Snooker championships.
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