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Pankaj Advani Rallies to Down Ding Junhui
Pankaj Advani was trailing the ninth seed 3-4 before he pulled up his socks and overcame Ding Junhui 5-4 in his opening group match.
Pankaj Advani has progressed after beating Ding Junhui.© PTI
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Pankaj Advani is currently playing in World 6 Red Snooker Championship
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He defeated Ding Junhui 5-4
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Ishpreet Chadha and Saurav Kothari lost their respective rounds
India's cue ace Pankaj Advani commenced his campaign in the World 6 Red Snooker Championship by staging a grand rally to get past Ding Junhui of China on Monday.
Advani was trailing the ninth seed 3-4 before he pulled up his socks and overcame Junhui 5-4 in his opening group match in Bangkok, Thailand, according to information received from Indian team's coach Derek Sippy.
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However, two other Indians tasted defeat in their first group matches.
Ishpreet Singh Chadha was blanked 5-0 by England's Mark Davis while Sourav Kothari went down 3-5 to another Englishman Michael White.
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