Defending champion Pankaj Advani advanced to the knockout stage of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation’s World Snooker Championship on Wednesday in Doha after beating all four of his opponents in his group.
The ace cueist did so without dropping a single frame. He remains a strong contender to become the top seed of the last 64 draw, which commences in a couple of days, reported PTI.
The 15-time world champion had won the title last year in Egypt.
Brief scores
Pankaj Advani (India) beat Victor Sarkis (Brazil) 4-0 (55-22 91(59)-55 72-19 66-26); Maris Volajs (Latvia) 4-0 (81(55)-1 86(63)-12 76(74)-17 68-26); Marcin Nitschke (Poland) 4-0 (75-28 54-4 71-0 71-67); Hamed Zarehdoost (Iran) 4-0 (84(57)-0 58(42)-56 86-33 78-0).