Advani wins easily, sails into last-32

PSPB’s Advani was hardly troubled in his 64-8, 78-8, 84-8 win as the Banglorean topped Group A with three wins out of three matches.

Vetran and former Asian snooker champion Yasin Merchant also booked his last-32 with a fluent 107-21, 98-9, 56-52  defeat of Dhvaj Haria in Group D.  Youngster Sourav Kothari also essayed himself to a comfortable 95-0, 69-39, 66-14 win against Neeraj Kumar in Group B.
Group A: Pankaj Advani bt Rishabh Jain 64-8, 78-8, 84-8; Vijay Nichhani bt Simranjeet Singh 40-71, 68-16, 21-79, 61-38, 65-31; P Advani bt Vijay Nichhani 115-0, 86-32, 112-0.
Group B: Sourav Kothari bt Neeraj Kumar 95-0, 69-39, 66-14; Rajat Khaneja bt Shantanu Bandekar 91-27, 20-62, 77-27, 60-34.
Group D: Yasin Merchant bt Dhvaj Haria 107-21, 98-09, 56-52.
Group E: Pushpinder Singh bt Ankur Nanda 60-37, 66-16, 75-0; Alok Kumar bt Manish Jain 96-14, 79-47, 87-15.
Group F: Manan Chandra bt Ketan Chawla 60-33, 70-25, 68-37.
Group G: Aditya Mehta bt Khizar Raoof 70-43, 94-02, 98-0; Balaji Reddy bt Saket Sourabh 67-57, 52-7, 85-23.
Group H: Satyadeep Das bt Sajan Bopanna 57-24, 20-78, 52-14, 12-54, 68-54; Shahbaz Khan bt K Venkatesham 80-33, 16-72, 27-51, 67-51, 109-5. Group I: Wasim Ahmed bt Chetan Raj 75-25, 42-30, 73-6; Sandeep Gulati bt Dhruv Verma 76-21, 86-4, 75-36.
Group J: IH Manudev bt J Varun Kumar 62-49, 63-17, 73-24. Group L: Devendra Joshi bt Vijay Goel 61-27, 57-38, 52-59, 35-63, 70-26; D Raj Kumar bt Bhadresh Panchal 30-60, 72-52, 87-37, 71-51. Group M: Anuj Uppal bt Nigel D'Souza 46-41, 67-14, 47-48, 76-27; MS Arun bt Aneesh Saini 65-38, 61-29, 33-52, 119-14. Group N: Lucky Vatnani bt Sukumar Barman 81-4, 74-34, 69-59; Rafath Habib bt Hasan Badami 78-0, 52-33, 63-35. Group O: R Girish bt Nishit Prakash 58-61, 61-59, 60-54, 80-15; Rishabh Pandya bt Kamal Rohmetra 74-37, 36-54, 41-32, 52-31. Group P: R Lalrinsanga bt R Loganathan 65-13, 12-84, 69-14, 58-50; Shravan Mohta bt Mumtaz Ali 63-31, 48-82, 74-8, 58-38; R Lalrinsanga bt Mumtaz Ali 69-13, 82-51, 40-64, 52-50; Faisal Khan bt R Loganathan 85-37, 33-73, 94-1, 82-8.