Mumbai, March 18 Defending champion Pankaj Advani and India No.6 Sourav Kothari won their respective round of 32 matches in the CCI Snooker Classic tournament here on Wednesday.
Advani defeated Robin D'Souza 4-0 (58-55, 73-7, 92-33, 64-52), with a notable break of 65 in the third frame.
Kothari, on the other hand, scored successive breaks of 59 (second frame) and 57 (third) to beat Pune's Suraj Rathi 4-0 (93-28, 70-0, 123-7, 72-37), thus advancing to the round of 16.
Former national champion and India No.2 Aditya Mehta conceded a frame to Mumbai's Manav Panchal before winning 4-1 ((94-6, 79-37, 37-69, 72-7, 119-20), which included a century effort of 113. He also had breaks of 58 in the first frame and 71 in the fourth.
Meanwhile, Mumbai's Hassan Badami (Mumbai) dominated Railways cueist Siddharth Parikh with a 4-0 (92-13, 72-21, 79-70, 59-31) victory in another first round match.
Uttar Pradesh's B.C. Karthik scored a surprising win against Laxman Rawat, winning 4-2 (54-36, 69-50, 63-37, 20-93, 23-74, 57-38).
Kreishh Gurbaxani, who is competing on the World Snooker Tour (pro circuit), conceded one frame before defeating Shahbaz Khan, recording a 4-1 (75-46, 42-53, 68-9, 68-30, 75-44).