Defending champion Pankaj Advani and India No.6 Sourav Kothari won their respective round of 32 matches in the CCI Snooker Classic tournament here on Wednesday.
Advani overcame Robin D`Souza 4-0 (58-55, 73-7, 92-33, 64-52) while producing one notable break of 65 in the third frame.
Kothari, on the other hand, rolled in successive breaks of 59 (second frame) and 57 (third) to beat Pune`s Suraj Rathi 4-0 (93-28, 70-0, 123-7, 72-37) and make it to the round of 16.
Former national champion and India No.2 Aditya Mehta dropped a frame against Mumbai`s Manav Panchal before winning 4-1 ((94-6, 79-37, 37-69, 72-7, 119-20) which included a century effort of 113. He had other breaks of 58 in the first frame and 71 in the fourth.
Meanwhile, Mumbai`s Hassan Badami (Mumbai) knocked out Railways cueist Siddharth Parikh with a dominating 4-0 (92-13, 72-21, 79-70, 59-31) victory in another first round match.
Uttar Pradesh`s B.C. Karthik scored a shock win against Laxman Rawat, romping to a 4-2 (54-36, 69-50, 63-37, 20-93, 23-74, 57-38) win.
Kreishh Gurbaxani, who is competing on the World Snooker Tour (pro circuit), dropped one frame before getting the better of Shahbaz Khan recording a 4-1 (75-46, 42-53, 68-9, 68-30, 75-44).
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