Pankaj Advani and Brijesh Damani enter knockouts at World Cup of Snooker

Pankaj Advani and Brijesh Damani advanced to the knockout rounds of the World Cup of Snooker in Muscat with strong wins in their groups. Other Indians had mixed results, while Dhvaj Haria exited after two close defeats

Hyderabad: Ace Indian cueists Pankaj Advani and Brijesh Damani advanced to the knockout rounds with wins in their respective groups of the World Cup of Snooker in Muscat on Sunday.

Advani, owner of 28 world titles across cue sports disciplines, outclassed Hesham Alsaqer of Bahrain 3-0 for his second win in Group M. He had breaks of 74 and 56 in his lopsided victory. Advani had earlier beaten Oman’s Hussain Allawati 3-0 in his opening match.

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Brijesh Damani, who missed out on the knockouts of the IBSF World Snooker in Doha last week, downed American Hasanain Alsultani 3-1 in his second match in Group J. The Kolkatan had demolished Ihab Al-Salih 3-0 in his opener.

Among other Indians, Aditya Mehta notched up one win in Group R, while Hussain Khan had one win and one loss in Group K. Dhvaj Haria, the Indian 6-red snooker champion, bowed out of the individual event with two narrow losses in Group H.