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At Asian Snooker Championship 2012, Doha, Qatar
Aditya Mehta (IND) bt Pankaj Advani (IND) 7-5 (11-90(60), 72-57, 76-09, 00-139(116), 74-22, 56-60, 77-07, 72-64, 80-00, 40-82, 09-99(54), 59-47)
[SF] Aditya Mehta (IND) bt Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (IRI) 6-3 (51-27, 85-00, 60-72(60), 06-86(86), 49-79, 95(76)-00, 61(53)-17, 70-37, 89-00)
[SF] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Noppon Saengkham (THA) 6-4 (25-79, 91-06, 48-69, 58-47, 00-90(84), 78-36, 00-71(67), 61(52)-16, 74(59), 06, 61-49)
[QF] Aditya Mehta (IND) bt Saleh Mohammed (AFG) 5-2 (69-54, 39-68, 83-39, 103-30, 50-63, 113(63)-01, 67-37)
[QF] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRI) 5-0 (72-46, 71(54)-22, 66-01, 72(66)-01, 76-65)
[PQF] Aditya Mehta (IND) bt Muhammad Mustafa Shehab (UAE) 4-0 (83-20, 59-09, 64-32, 58-40)
[PQF] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ahmed Saif (QAT) 4-0 (71-15, 81-00, 70-18, 62-14)
[PQF] Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (IRI) bt Kamal Chawla (IND) 4-1 (76-36, 67-60,61(51)-62, 63-42, 64-46)
Aditya Mehta managed to win his first Asian Snooker title in his third appearance in the Asian Snooker final ... Aditya Mehta become only third Indian to have won this title, before him Yasin Merchant won it twice in 1989 and 2001 then Alok Kumar in 2004 ... So after 8 years Indian won this prestigeous title ... India confirmed the Asian snooker title after Aditya and Pankaj Advani reached into final ... This was Pankaj's second Asian Snooker final but his title wait continues ... Three weeks back Pankaj lifted Asian Billiard title so he was hoping for grand double.
In the final, after losing the first frame Aditya won a crucial second frame with a 49 points break after being 40 down to level 1-1 ... Pankaj fought back by taking the lead 3-2 ... But after winning the next Aditya managed to level 3-3 and then take the lead 6-3 ... Pankaj won next 2 frames to make it 5-6 ... A battle of nerves happened in 12th frame ... Both players made a series of errors so frame was swinning in both directions ... Aditya held his nerves from 23-22 and scripted memorable win after winning the frame 59-41.
This is a first international title for Aditya ... While capturing title Aditya scored a big win over 17 yrs old current IBSF World Snooker Champion and ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Champion Iran's Hossein Vafaei Ayouri in the semi-final
After group stage Aditya (Group A) and Pankaj (Group C) qualified for knock-out stage as group winners and Kamal Chawla on 2nd place from Group E.
At Asian Snooker Championship 2012, Doha, Qatar
Courtesy cuesportsindia.com
FinalAditya Mehta (IND) bt Pankaj Advani (IND) 7-5 (11-90(60), 72-57, 76-09, 00-139(116), 74-22, 56-60, 77-07, 72-64, 80-00, 40-82, 09-99(54), 59-47)
[SF] Aditya Mehta (IND) bt Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (IRI) 6-3 (51-27, 85-00, 60-72(60), 06-86(86), 49-79, 95(76)-00, 61(53)-17, 70-37, 89-00)
[SF] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Noppon Saengkham (THA) 6-4 (25-79, 91-06, 48-69, 58-47, 00-90(84), 78-36, 00-71(67), 61(52)-16, 74(59), 06, 61-49)
[QF] Aditya Mehta (IND) bt Saleh Mohammed (AFG) 5-2 (69-54, 39-68, 83-39, 103-30, 50-63, 113(63)-01, 67-37)
[QF] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRI) 5-0 (72-46, 71(54)-22, 66-01, 72(66)-01, 76-65)
[PQF] Aditya Mehta (IND) bt Muhammad Mustafa Shehab (UAE) 4-0 (83-20, 59-09, 64-32, 58-40)
[PQF] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ahmed Saif (QAT) 4-0 (71-15, 81-00, 70-18, 62-14)
[PQF] Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (IRI) bt Kamal Chawla (IND) 4-1 (76-36, 67-60,61(51)-62, 63-42, 64-46)
Aditya Mehta managed to win his first Asian Snooker title in his third appearance in the Asian Snooker final ... Aditya Mehta become only third Indian to have won this title, before him Yasin Merchant won it twice in 1989 and 2001 then Alok Kumar in 2004 ... So after 8 years Indian won this prestigeous title ... India confirmed the Asian snooker title after Aditya and Pankaj Advani reached into final ... This was Pankaj's second Asian Snooker final but his title wait continues ... Three weeks back Pankaj lifted Asian Billiard title so he was hoping for grand double.
In the final, after losing the first frame Aditya won a crucial second frame with a 49 points break after being 40 down to level 1-1 ... Pankaj fought back by taking the lead 3-2 ... But after winning the next Aditya managed to level 3-3 and then take the lead 6-3 ... Pankaj won next 2 frames to make it 5-6 ... A battle of nerves happened in 12th frame ... Both players made a series of errors so frame was swinning in both directions ... Aditya held his nerves from 23-22 and scripted memorable win after winning the frame 59-41.
This is a first international title for Aditya ... While capturing title Aditya scored a big win over 17 yrs old current IBSF World Snooker Champion and ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Champion Iran's Hossein Vafaei Ayouri in the semi-final
After group stage Aditya (Group A) and Pankaj (Group C) qualified for knock-out stage as group winners and Kamal Chawla on 2nd place from Group E.
