Indian Snooker Thread ...

[Tolamu]

Predictably Aditya lost 5-0 to end up as runner up which is a creditable performance.

[Atithee]

So, Chinese eating our lunch here too? Kabaddi must be next. Or kho-kho. Gilli-danda, anyone? Why can't we be the best even in Asia in a few things?

[gbelday]

World Snooker: Advani loses to a Chinese
http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/wor ... 141128.htm

I didn't realize we have two separate threads - one for Snooker and one for Billiards. We should probably merge them into one and rename the thread to "Indian Snooker and Billiards" thread..just a thought...

[patrika]

China's 14-year-old Yan Bingtao on Friday scripted a sensational upset as he sent 12-time world title holder Pankaj Advani packing with a 6-4 victory in the quarter-finals of the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championship in Bengaluru.

Advani, who has had a good run in the tournament till date, could not concentrate on his game.

http://www.patrika.com/news/world-snook ... ni/1053706

[jaydeep]

I didn't realize we have two separate threads - one for Snooker and one for Billiards. We should probably merge them into one and rename the thread to "Indian Snooker and Billiards" thread..just a thought...

Gautam, we started this thread when Aditya and Pankaj qualified for Pro-Snooker tour ... From this year Pankaj decide to play an amature (IBSF) snooker only ... Other hand Aditya is still trying his best to succeed on tough pro tour.

If anyone is interested then they can see his results on this pro snooker site -
Aditya Mehta - snooker.org

Here are results from last couple of tournaments.

At European Tour Event Four 2014, Mülheim, Germany

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,54) bt (A) Kishan Hirani (WAL) 4-2 (14-65, 67-1, 70-27, 63-58, 48-63, 93-21)
[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,54) l Dominic Dale (WAL,29) 3-4 (17-73, 1-74(74), 87-28, 76-24, 71-66(66), 26-84(54), 1-89(83))

At £755K UK Championship 2014, York, England

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,54) bt Alex Davies (ENG,75) 6-4 (67-6, 29-76, 79(79)-26, 62-25, 63-54, 0-97(97), 15-71, 54-38, 31-77(73), 110(67)-9)
[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,54) l Judd Trump (ENG,11) 1-6 (47-67, 6-76(72), 32-61, 73-2, 0-110(110), 1-71, 0-92(62))

[Saniapower]

And the 14-year-old Chinese sensation Yan Bingtao wins (IBSF) World Snooker Championship in Bangalore on Saturday.
Thus Yan Bingtao becomes youngest player to win world snooker title at 14

Final result: Yan Bingtao (China) bt Muhammad Sajjad (Pak) 8-7 (71-59, 16-81, 22-75, 67-53, 77-13, 4-93, 63-38, 0-86, 76-09(76), 70-37, 65-72, 38-76, 16-107, 72-21, 61-15).

Sajjad goes down gallantly in IBSF World Snooker final

[PKBasu]

I presumably this is the world amateur snooker championship. Truly distressing that a young Chinese player has invaded even this turf!!

(As far as I know, our players are not world-beating at professional snooker).

[jaydeep]

Much needed moral boosting win for Aditya in this difficult season ... In this match he was 0-4 frames down before making comeback ... He won next five games before losing 10th game ... But Aditya recovered for winning the decider 11th frame.

At £732K 2015 UK Championship, York, England

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,64) bt Sam Baird (ENG,67) 6-5 (20-81(81), 12-112(112), 24-68(58), 32-61, 91(90)-2, 72-68, 67(51)-26, 116(87)-0, 70(50)-51, 22-79(74), 97-31)

[jaydeep]

Aditya lose his match in 8 frames against WR #3 Neil Robertson ... Aditya had really tough match against regaining Champion of Champions tournament winner Australian Neil Robertson ... Aditya started well after winning tight first frame but afterwards Niel took control of the match ... He won next five frames scoring one 100+, one 90+ and two 50+ breaks in that ... Aditya won 7th frame but against Niel scored 100+ break for completing victory in style.

At £732K 2015 UK Championship, York, England

[R2] Aditya Mehta (IND,64) l (3) Neil Robertson (AUS,3) 2-6 (67-58, 0-84 (51), 51-65, 0-114(114), 11-96(51), 5-93(93), 88-0, 0-120 (120))

[jaydeep]

Aditya lost in the first qualifying round but happy to see him back on pro tour ... He was out of tour from February due to neck injury, now he is back after resting the injury and regain fitness.

At Shanghai Masters Qualifying 2016, Barnsley, England

[Q1] Aditya Mehta (IND,116) l Zhang Anda (CHN,80) 0-5 (0-102(102), 24-75, 49-73, 57-68, 1-92(70))

[Prashant]

Snooker players get injured???

[Tolamu]

Snooker players get injured???

Surprised!

It reminds me of a joke. A player got a broken sheen injury. He was a bridge player.

[jaydeep]

Pankaj become the first ever Indian to win a medal in any edition of Sangsom World 6Reds Championship since its start in 2008.

Pankaj had a great run throughout the tournament and reached till the medals round without losing any match ... This includes an outstanding victory over former World Pro Champion Ding Junhui in the first round-robin match ... But in semis, he couldn't repeat the same result and lost 4-7 against Ding to settle-down for Bronze.

Before that Pankaj qualified for knock-out stage after winning Group C.

At SangSom 6Red World Championship 2016, Bangkok, Thailand

[R32] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Lukas Kleckers (GER) 6-0 (37-00, 61-00, 54-07, 48-06, 49-25, 51-07)
[R16] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Yuan Sijun (CHN) 6-4 (75(75)-00, 39-17, 01-32, 41-00, 02-49, 34-25, 76(72)-00, 00-41, 00-62(62), 39-28)
[QF] Pankaj Advani (IND) bt Michael Holt (ENG) walkover

[SF] Pankaj Advani (IND) l Ding Junhui (CHN) 4-7 (37-00, 00-68(64), 00-73(73), 26-49, 15-49, 57-07, 63-00, 00-67, 00-67(67), 34-20, 09-69)

[jaydeep]

Aditya scores his first win on pro tour after his long injury break ... Aditya Mehta booked his trip to Daqing, China for International Championship Professional Snooker Tournament when he beats Jack Lisowski in a closely encounter match by 6-4 frames.

At International Championship Qualifiers, Preston, England

[QR1] Aditya Mehta (IND,120) bt Jack Lisowski (ENG,44) 6-4 (60(60)-71, 83-36, 58-35, 0-136(136), 69-58(57), 56-52, 8-68, 1-87(55), 72-40, 70(56)-0)

[jaydeep]

Disappointing loss of Aditya against Lee Walker ... With couple of 50+ scores Aditya won first 3 frames but from 4th frame he lost his concentration ... And Lee Walker took full advantage of it winning next four frames for a win.

At £366K English Open 2016, Manchester, England

[R1] Aditya Mehta (IND,120) l Lee Walker (WAL,94) 3-4 (65(61)-5, 67-52, 64(64)-1, 44-58, 28-84(63), 0-69, 40-78(64))