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At £367K German Masters Qualifiers 2017, Barnsley, England

[FQ] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) l Matthew Selt (ENG,45) 4-5 (45-66, 70(70)-0, 73(51)-42, 73-0, 97(66)-4, 23-90(63), 40-59, 45-82(66), 1-104

Aditya had a tense match against higher ranked Selt ... But in end, a big missed opportunity as he lost after losing last four frames ... An early, Aditya was in a driving seat ... He scored a three 50+ breaks in first 5 frames and was leading 4-1 ... Selt made a strong comeback winning next four frames in a row ... In the seventh frame, Aditya missed chance to complete the win.

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At £367K German Masters Qualifiers 2017, Barnsley, England

[Q1] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) bt (A) Ben Jones (WAL) 5-1 (82-59, 62-8, 14-84(84), 63-23, 110(59)-19, 96(83)-40)

[QF] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) vs Matthew Selt (ENG,45)

Aditya in the final qualifier with easy win over an armature players from Wales ... Not a clean performance but still good start ... In the final qualifying, he is facing top-50 British player Selt.

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At £366K Scottish Open 2017, Glasgow, Scotland

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,80) l Peter Ebdon (ENG,47) 2-4 (73(69)-2, 70-14, 57-66, 0-89(89), 15-90, 7-86(86))

Aditya failed to capitalize on his good start against former World champion Peter Ebdon ... Aditya started with scoring a 50+ break for winning the first frame ... He continued with his good putting and took 2-0 lead ... In the third, Aditya missed chances of winning the frame and Peter fought back to win it by 9 points ... After that, it was Ebdon's show and he won next three frames comfortably to complete the victory.

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At £850K UK Championship 2017, York, England

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) l Luca Brecel (BEL,13) 3-6 (16-74(70), 6-76(55), 40-73(52), 84(57)-78, 38-72, 72(68)-1, 73(59)-0, 0-107(107), 0-118(114))

Aditya tried hard but Luca was a lot better on the green ... In this match, Luca Brecel scored two centuries and three 50+ breaks and Aditya managed three 50+ breaks.

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At £850K UK Championship 2017, York, England

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) bt Sam Baird (ENG,58) 6-5 (51-65, 44-76, 64(56)-17, 38-78, 78(77)-24, 83(65)-49, 110(95)-0, 83(83)-0, 27-95(91), 26-61, 75(53)-69)

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) vs Luca Brecel (BEL,13)

Aditya scored fighting win over higher ranked British player, Sam Baird ... Aditya was 1-3 down before scoring four 50+ breaks in a row for taking 5-3 lead ... Sam tried a fightback as he won next two frames and in the decider he took early lead ... But Aditya scored his sixth 50+ break of the match for winning this seesaw battle by 6 pts ... Next, he will be facing in-form young Belgian Luca Brecel.

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At £366K English Open 2017, Barnsley, England

[R4] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) l (7) Neil Robertson (AUS,8) 1-4 (38-93(93), 0-80(66), 43-66, 85(69)-0, 26-80(80))

The WR #8 Neil Robertson proved too strong for Aditya ... Neil did not give a chance to Aditya of settling in the match ... Aditya managed to win the fourth frame but Neil was in the control of the match ... Still, good performance by Aditya as after very long time he reached 4th round of pro tour.

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At £366K English Open 2017, Barnsley, England

[R3] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) bt Chen Zifan (CHN,95) 4-1 (123(69,54)-7, 64-26, 70-44, 0-88(55), 65(64)-43)

[R4] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) vs (7) Neil Robertson (AUS,8)

Aditya in the fourth round with comfortable win over Chinese player Chen Zifan ... He started confidently scoring two 50+ breaks and maintained that focus throughout the match ... In the 4th round, Aditya is facing WR #8 Aussie Neil Robertson.

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At £366K English Open 2017, Barnsley, England

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) bt Sam Craigie (ENG,80) 4-0 (97(54)-11, 56-13, 58-15, 77-54(54))

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) bt Ian Preece (WAL,79) 4-2 (65-52, 0-124(88), 70-4, 55-58, 70-59, 116(116)-16)

[R3] Aditya Mehta (IND,78) vs Chen Zifan (CHN,95)

Aditya took advantage of a weaker draw and he is in the third round with back to back wins over similarly ranked opponents ... In the second round, he ended with 100+ break ... Next, he is facing young Chinese Chen Zifan, who scored an upset win over WR #7 Barry Hawkins in the second round.

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At £365K European Masters 2017, Lommel, Belgium

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) l Billy Joe Castle (ENG,119) 3-4 (0-91, 68-49, 68-36, 30-75, 70-49, 44-57, 0-69(68))

Disappointing loss of Aditya against his lowly ranked opponent ... In this match, Aditya failed to score any big break which proved costly in the match ... He had an opportunity of finishing this match in the sixth frame but he failed to convert it.

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At £365K European Masters 2017, Lommel, Belgium

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) bt Michael Holt (ENG,25) 4-1 (86(86)-1, 61(53)-31, 10-60, 129(129)-4, 72-48)

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,81) vs Billy Joe Castle (ENG,119)

After longtime seeing a notable win by Aditya ... In this match, he scored one 100+ break and two 50+ breaks for winning it comfortably.

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At £366K Welsh Open 2017, Cardiff, Wales

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,96) l Jimmy Robertson (ENG,38) 3-4 (55-45, 85-8, 11-92(92), 114(114)-12, 24-101(101), 26-58, 16-113(107)

Aditya missed a huge opportunity of scoring an upset win as he was 3-1 frames up but Robertson made strong fightback and scored two 100+ breaks in last three frames for a win.

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At £510K China Open Qualifiers 2017, Preston, England

[QR] Aditya Mehta (IND,98) bt (10) Barry Hawkins (ENG,12) 5-2 (91(57)-0, 0-79(53), 51-68(56), 59-45, 71(71)-12, 73(73)-0, 67-30)

Aditya started his 2017 pro-season with an upset win over in-form Barry Hawkins ... After 1-2 frames down Aditya raised his game for winning next four frames and with this win, he has qualified for prestigious China open.