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Manan Chandra records day's best break

KOLKATA APRIL 8. The top Indians Manan Chandra and Pankaj Advani recorded facile wins in their preliminary group league matches to make a confident beginning for the host in the fourth Asian under-21 snooker, which got underway here at the Calcutta Swimming Club on Monday.

Last championship runner-up Manan Chandra potted fluently to clinch a 4-0 win over Sri Lankan youngster Don Shanil L. Nethicumara in Group A. Along the way he scored a rapid 82 break — the day's best — in the first frame to win it 99-0 and with it put the stamp of authority right from the beginning. The next three frames in the best-of-seven match came along as smoothly to read 57-11, 71-5, and 117-9 in Chandra's favour.

Pankaj Advani started hesitantly in his Group B match, but soon worked up steam to account for K.P.M. Arif of Bangladesh 4-1.

Advani lost the first frame 44-58 and then recovered remarkably to win the next four frames — each by a commanding margin — to win the match. Advani's best came in the fifth frame, where he scored a break of 44.

The local boy, Mudit Poddar, was locked in a close match against Malaysia's Mun Kit Thean after leading 2-0. But he failed to hold on to the initial advantage and finally lost 3-4.

The upset of the afternoon was in a Middleeast versus Southeast Asia match as Habib Sabah Mahmood of Bahrain got the better of second-seeded Ruttanon Kematat of Thailand 4-3.

The two impressive players of the day were the fluent scoring Junhui Ding of China, who brushed aside Mehedi Hasan of Bangladesh 4-0 with a string of half century breaks, and Pramual Janthat of Thailand, who had a runaway 4-0 win against Young-Hee Shin of South Korea.

The results: Group A: Manan Chandra (Ind) bt Don Shanil L. Nethicumara 4-0 (99-0, 57-11, 71-5, 117-9).

Group B: Habib Sabah Mahmood (Bah) bt Ruttanon Kematat (Thai) 4-3 (46-59, 54-13, 36-59, 26-61, 69-21, 73-24, 73-23).

Group C: Pankaj Advani (Ind) bt K.P.M. Arif (Ban) 4-1 (44-58, 70-13, 69-7, 72-25, 95-27); Ali Md. Ali Bufarroosha (UAE) bt K.P.M. Arif (Ban) 4-0 (66-53, 60-29, 55-42, 73-11).

Group D: Keem Ho Moh (Mal) bt Ahmed Saif (Qat) 4-2 (73-13, 9-59, 72-22, 65-34, 43-56, 104-6); Sean Z.A. Ang (Sing) bt Ahmed Saif (Qat) 4-0 (67-43, 68-16, 61-38, 56-55).

Group E: Tommy Boon Chin Ang (Sing) bt Do-Hoon Kim (Kor) 4-0 (92-24, 68-3, 64-23, 78-17).

Group F: Pramual Janthat (Thai) bt Young Hee Shin (Kor) 4-0 (67-11, 93-16, 77-21, 103-4).

Group G: Junhui Ding (Chn) bt Mehedi Hasan (Ban) 4-0 (84-9, 88-9, 77-15, 82-2).

Group H: Mun Kit Thean (Mal) bt Mudit Poddar (Ind) 4-3 (34-55, 51-59, 59-13, 57-53, 55-31, 38-68, 69-61).

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