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\"Pankaj,Bangalore<\/strong>: Two snooker players from India have made it in the world professional tour with Aditya Mehta<\/a> automatically qualifying after winning the Asian championship and Pankaj Advani <\/a>being nominated as the wild card on invitation.<\/p>\n

According to a press release from Billiards and Snooker Federation of India secretary S Balasubramaniam here Thursday, the Indian federation was offered one wild card entry that went to Advani since Mehta had already qualified as the continental champion.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, R.B. Ganesh (Chennai), C. Ravindranath (Bangalore) and Edward Kennedy (Chennai) have been named as the referees for the Q-School and Player Tour Championship (PTC) events, the release added.<\/p>\n

Advani will be required to participate in the three Q-School events to be played at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. There will be 12 qualifiers from Q-School at the end of the series and they will earn a two-year tour card.<\/p>\n

These qualifiers will be on stand-by for the PTC events and based on the rankings, will fill vacancies should it arise for any reason. (IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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