Snooker News -
At 24th Asian Snooker Championship 2008, Dubai, UAE


Huge victory for Aditya ... Aditya defeated Pankaj easily in semi-final and move into the final of Asian Snooker Championship ... This is Aditya's first Asian level final and having great opportunity to become Asian Champion ... This was a sweet revenge for Aditya in semis, he lost Snooker Nationals final to Pankaj in December 2007 ... In the final Aditya facing Chinese opponent Jin Long , whom he defeated easily in group stage ... So I m hoping for repeat performance from Aditya in the final.

Final -
Aditya Mehta (IND) vs Jin Long (CHN)

Semi-Finals -
Aditya Mehta (IND) bt Pankaj Advani (IND) 6-1 (18-89 70-0 73-22 51-48 80-30 79-32 62-36)

Quarter-Finals -
Aditya Mehta (IND) bt Muhammad Sajjad (PAK) 5-3 (5-58 73-10 119-1 62-1 13-60 109-4 51-64 76-44)
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Ah Bulajiang (CHN) 5-3 (0-113 20-72 73-7 34-64 125-0 94-7 72-29 112-13)

Pre-Quarterfinals -
Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Saleh Mohammed (PAK) 5-0 (60-49 50-0 50-16 57-17 65-02)
Aditya Mehta (IND) bt Susantha Boteju (SRI) 5-0 (66-21 71-22 64-20 58-41 58-49)
Yasin Merchant (IND) l Jin Long (CHN) 4-5 (77-11 01-93 04-85 21-72 88-26 42-84 122-07 59-31 08-98)

Group A - Yasin Merchant (IND)
l Abdullah Al Okaily (JOR) 2-4
bt Salim Ali Salim (UAE) 4-1
bt Saleh Mohammed (PAK) 4-2
bt Nguyen Nhat Thanh (VIE) 4-0

Group C - Aditya Mehta (IND)
bt Jin Long (CHN) 4-0
bt Ahmed Abdul Qader (UAE) 4-0
bt Mohsen A. Aziz (QAT) 4-3
bt Thepchaiya Un-Noo (THA) 4-2
bt Lee Po Hsien (TPE) 4-0

Group F - Pankaj Advani (IND)
bt Anda Zhang (CHN) 4-3
bt Habib Subah (BAH) 4-2
bt Omar Ali Alajiani (Saudi Arabia)4-1
bt Hwang Chui Ho (KOR) 4-0
bt Au Chi - Wai (HKG) 4-1
bt Omar Al Kojah (SYR) 4-1

Our all 3 players topped their respective groups to moved into pre-quarterfinals (knockout) stage ... But Yasin lost to Chinese finalist Jin Long in pre-quarterfinals ... Other hand Pankaj and Aditya continued their march towards semi-finals with easy victories ... But unluckily both faced eachother in semis, where Aditya triumphed.