Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Snooker News

At the World Games Cali 2013, Colombia

Men's Snooker
[R1] Pankaj Advani (IND,74) bt Ajeya Prabhakar (USA,UNR) 3-1
[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,73) bt Luis Lemus (GUA,UNR) 3-0

[QF] Pankaj Advani (IND,74) l Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA,67) 1-3
[QF] Aditya Mehta (IND,73) bt Joseph Perry (ENG,20) 3-2

[SF] Aditya Mehta (IND,73) bt Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA,67) 3-1

Gold Medal match
Aditya Mehta (IND,73) vs Wenbo Liang (CHN,32)

The World Games are an international multi-sport event for sports that are not currently contested in the Olympic Games ... In Snooker 16 players participated with mixture of professional and amateurs ... From India Aditya Mehta and Pankaj Advani participated in this World Games ... Before tournament start 3 players were considered as favorites; WR #20 Joseph Perry, WR #32 Wenbo Liang and WR #44 the defending champion from last World Games Nigel Bond.

Pankaj defeated American #2 player Ajeya Prabhakar in the first round but he failed to kept his momentum against his Thai opponent ... Thai Dechawat Poomjaeng defeated Pankaj in four frames, 1-3.

Aditya started with convincing win over Luis Lemus, 3-0 ... In the quarter final he faced tournament's favorite Britisher Joseph Perry ... Perry won the first frame but Aditya won the second frame ... Perry comfortably won the third frame to lead 2-1 and in fourth frame Perry take comfortable lead ... Aditya fought back and won this tight fourth game and then in decider frame Aditya take control and completed victory after 50+ points break, 3-2 ... In the semi final he faced Thai Dechawat Poomjaeng, who defeated Pankaj in previous round ... Aditya played solid game and completed victory in four frames ... For Gold medal he is facing Chinese top-35 player, Wenbo Liang.

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