The International Championship qualifiers got under way on Tuesday as the third tournament to use the flat 128 format began in Barnsley. With only one qualifying round needed before being able to reach the venue stage, it offers increasing opportunities for lower ranked players to make strides in the game.[Read More…]
Tag: Aditya Mehta
Inaugural Indian Open Commences
The qualifying round for the inaugural Indian Open was staged over the last couple of days at the Doncaster Dome in England. 128 players were whittled down to 64 as two intense days of action took place ahead of the first staging of a professional event in India next October.[Read More…]
Mehta Wins World Games Gold
India’s Aditya Mehta comfortably beat Liang Wenbo of China 3-0 in the men’s snooker gold medal winning match at the World Games in Colombia. The 27 year-old put the disappointment of losing in the semi-finals of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games behind him by storming to the victory[Read More…]
Snooker Going Home to India
World Snooker has revealed that there will be an 11th ranking event this season – to be staged for the first time in India. India has long been touted as a future destination with the game increasingly growing in popularity there. And as it was widely speculated that this would[Read More…]
China Win Team Gold in Incheon
China has won their second gold medal in snooker at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games after winning the Men’s Team event in Incheon, South Korea. The Chinese trio of Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo and Tian Pengfei narrowly overcame Indian duo Aditya Mehta and Brijesh Damani in the[Read More…]
Davis Denies Williams
There was a mixed bag of results today in the International Championship as the first round came to a close in Chengdu. Eight matches were contested on Tuesday and the balance between expected victories and unlikely outcomes was rather even. The biggest shock of the day saw Mark Williams, so[Read More…]
Irish Duo Flying the Flag
There was a lot of attention made, both here and elsewhere, about the sorry fact that there would be only two Irishmen from south of the border on the Main Tour this season. There were numerous reasons for this unfortunate outcome but the most prominent one was World Snooker’s decision[Read More…]
An Indian Summer
Aditya Mehta and Pankaj Advani have both made it through to the final round of qualifying for the International Championship after two contrasting wins today in Sheffield. The Indian pair, who contested the Asian Snooker Championship final earlier this year, have both emerged as genuine contenders during this campaign, helping[Read More…]
Decider Alert
There were an astonishing eight deciding frame in the final round of qualifying for the Wuxi Classic yesterday. Half of the last bout of action went the full distance and there were contrasting fortunes for two players seeking to make their maiden appearance at the venue stage of a ranking[Read More…]
Mehta Continues Progress
Indian Aditya Mehta won his second match at the Wuxi Classic qualifiers as he continues his bid to reach the venue stage of a tournament for the first time. The 26 year-old followed his impressive victory over the much-hyped Sam Baird on Tuesday with a 5-1 drubbing of veteran James[Read More…]