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Good day for Indian cueists

July 17, 2003 20:45 IST

India had a successful second day at the under-21 World snooker championship in Taupo, New Zealand, with all their three cueists scoring victories in their respective league matches.

National champion Pankaj Advani easily defeated Jamie O'Neil, the England under-19 and under-21 champion, 4-1 in Group F.

With his second successive victory, Advani, 18, heads his group along with Albert Kenny of Ireland.

In Group D, 17-year-old Aditya Mehta beat Adam Grabish of Australia 4-0. He also recorded his second victory  in as many games.

Sourav Kothari, who lost his opening game on Wednesday, made amends today and defeated Majid Saeed Dhaif of Bahrain 4-1 in a Group E match.

The top four players from each group advance to the round of 32.

Meanwhile, defending champion Ding Junhui of China also continued his winning run, registering a clear-cut 4-0 verdict against Ramon Belmont of New Zealand.

Jamie Jones, the 15-year-old prodigy from Wales who had narrowly lost his opening match to Tian Pengfei of China  yesterday, came back in telling fashion to defeat Hamed Saeed Dhaif of Bahrain 4-0.

Advani will take on Chang Lu Ku of Chinese Taipei tomorrow while Aditya plays Jamie Jones. Sourav is scheduled  to play Jason Todd of New Zealand.


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