{"id":8107,"date":"2012-07-02T14:04:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T14:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8107"},"modified":"2012-07-02T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T14:04:02","slug":"pankaj-advani-wins-snooker-championship-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8107","title":{"rendered":"Pankaj Advani wins snooker championship opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-4445\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pankaj_advani.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Pankaj Advani wins snooker championship opener\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left; border: 1px solid black; margin: 6px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pankaj_advani.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pankaj_advani-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Bangkok<\/strong>: India&#8217;s Pankaj Advani, down by three frames, fought back to defeat Australia&#8217;s Ben Nunan 5-4 in his opening Group E league match of the SangSom Six Red World Championship snooker here Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Advani, who came back from 0-3 to win, is scheduled to play home favourite Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and England&#8217;s Andrew Higginson Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Group C, Indian champion Aditya Mehta had mixed results as he lost his opening match to Li Hang of China 4-5, but recovered to beat Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon of Thailand 5-4 to remain in contention for a knock-out berth.<\/p>\n<p>Advani is clubbed with Shaun Murphy (England), Andrew Higginson (England) and the legendary Steve Davis (England) besides Nuan and Un-Nooh. Mehta has to contend with Mark Williams (Wales), Peter Ebdon (England) and Ken Doherty (Ireland) apart from Hang and Tirapongpaiboon. <strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Bangkok: India&#8217;s Pankaj Advani, down by three frames, fought back to defeat Australia&#8217;s Ben Nunan 5-4 in his opening Group E league match of the SangSom Six Red World Championship snooker here Monday. Advani, who came back from 0-3 to win, is scheduled to play home favourite Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and England&#8217;s Andrew Higginson Tuesday. 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