Tag: Aditya Mehta

Indian Open Preview

The Indian Open gets under way in Mumbai on Tuesday. The eighth ranking event of the campaign comes with just over a month until the season-ending World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield. With the bigger names, including Mark Selby, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson, not making the trip to[Read More…]

Irish Trio into India

Ken Doherty, Fergal O’Brien and David Morris all qualified for the Indian Open after winning the one match necessary in Barnsley. Doherty needed all seven frames to overcome Sanderson Lam 4-3 while fellow veteran Dubliner O’Brien had a much easier time of it in his whitewash win over William Lemons.[Read More…]

It’s a Young Man’s Game After All

Mark Allen won the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup in Gloucester yesterday, making it back-to-back European Tour titles. The Northern Irishman was rarely troubled throughout the weekend as he collected a second trophy in a month following his success in October’s Ruhr Open in Germany. Allen overcame Judd Trump in the[Read More…]

Mehta Mounting Bid for Indian Glory

Aditya Mehta became the first Indian to reach the semi-finals of a ranking event yesterday when he overcame countryman Pankaj Advani in a marathon quarter-final affair at the Indian Open. In a match that lasted almost four hours, the 27 year-old beat his compatriot in a decider to continue his[Read More…]

Mehta and Advani Continue Indian Runs

Indian duo Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta have continued their excellent run in their home event, the Indian Open in New Dehli.  After coming through qualification, the pair recorded their third win of the tournament and second this week to reach the Last 16.  Eight-time world billiards champion Advani’s victory,[Read More…]

Pankaj Advances in India

Pankaj Advani made it double delight for the home pair after the Indian beat Marcus Campbell 4-1 in the last 64 of the Indian Open. Advani joins compatriot Aditya Mehta in the second round after the latter booked his place with a tight victory over Peter Ebdon on Monday. The brace of wins is[Read More…]

Mehta Mounts Indian Challenge

Aditya Mehta delighted home support as he saw off the challenge of former world champion Peter Ebdon to reach the Last 32 of the Indian Open in New Dehli. The 27 year-old from Maharashtra, hoping to impress alongside compatriot Pankaj Advani in the maiden ranking event staged in India, withstood[Read More…]

Indian Open Commences

The inaugural Indian Open gets under way in New Delhi today as snooker returns to its country of birth. Soldiers in the British army are said to have created the game in 1875 after a rainstorm forced them to take shelter. Almost a century and a half later and snooker[Read More…]