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Pankaj Advani Progresses To Second Round Of Indian Open
Pankaj Advani scored a total of 266 points, which helped him to grab straight four frames in the best of seven frames game
- Press Trust of India
- Updated: July 06, 2016 07:21 pm IST
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Pankaj Advani recently won the Asian 6-Red Snooker Championship.© PTI
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Earlier in the Wild Card round, Advani defeated Xio 4-2 on July 5
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Advani is a 15-time world champion
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In May, Advani became first player to hold world and continental titles
Hyderabad:
Fifteen-time World Champion Pankaj Advani moved to the second round of the 3rd Indian Open following an emphatic 4-0 win over England's Elliot Slessor at the World ranking snooker tournament.
Ace cueist Advani scored total of 266 points, which helped him to grab straight four frames in the best of seven frames game, while Slessor was restricted to 31 points.
The 30-year-old will face the winner of the match between Stephen Maguire and Alfie Burden in round two tomorrow.
Earlier in the Wild Card round, Advani defeated world number 109 Fang Xiongman 4-2 on Tuesday.
In another match, Ishpreet Chadha lost to Dominic Dale 2-4 and failed to qualify for the second round.
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