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Pankaj Advani stars in 9-0 thrashing of US

Pankaj Advani came back with vengeance as India 'A' got back to winning ways with a 9-0 thrashing of USA 'B' in the IBSF World Snooker Team Championship at San Jose.

Published on: Aug 25, 2006, 11:33:00 IST
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Pankaj Advani came back with vengeance as India 'A' got back to winning ways with a 9-0 thrashing of USA 'B' in the IBSF World Snooker Team Championship at San Jose.

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After their humiliating defeat against England which ended their title aspirations, the team are now looking to secure second spot and they refused to concede a single frame to the Americans yesterday.

Advani was in blazing form, shooting breaks of 101 and 95 in his first and third frames respectively en route to defeating Kai C Wong 102-44 55-36 108-24.

Yasin Merchant was also in top gear as he thrashed Sunny Ng 123-20 74-8 83-15.

National champion Manan Chandra had earlier notched a 62-5 53-6 69-0 victory against Tom Kollins, with by a break of 55.

India 'A' will now play Sweden in their last league match.

Meanwhile, England strengthened their title claims with a 6-3 win over Hong Kong with David Lilley winning all his three frames, which included a break of 65.

 
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