INDORE: Indian champion Pankaj Advani crafted a break of 119 en route to defeating Sergelan Batdelger of Mongolia 4-0 for his second win the preliminary league of the Asian Snooker Championship at the Yeshwant Club here Monday.

Also posting their second win in as many matches were Aditya Mehta, Lucky Vatnani and Kamal Chawla, but fancied Manan Chandra went down 2-4 to Pakistan's Shahid Aftab for his first loss in two outings.

The results (preliminary league):

Group A: Mohd. Sajjad (PAK) beat Ali Mohsen Khamis (QAT) 4-2; Mohammad Al Joaker (UAE) beat Ahmed Hassan Hadi (IRQ) 4-0.

Group B: Pankaj Advani (IND) beat Sergelan Batdelger (MON) 4-0; Lim Chun Kiat (SIN) beat Yuttapop Pakpoj (THA) 4-2.

Group C: Manan Chandra (IND) beat Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (IRN) 4-2; Shahid Aftab (PAK) beat Chandra 4-2.

Group D: Jin Long (CHN) beat Yaqoub SM Al Enezi (KUW) 4-2.

Group E: Karam Fatima (SYR) beat Chul Ho Hwang (KOR) 4-0; Lau Ka Lam (HK) beat Karam Fatima (SYR) 4-3. IH Manudev (IND) beat Hwang 4-2; Manudev beat Lam 4-0.

Group F: Imran Shahzad (PAK) beat Michael Angelo Mengorio (PHI) 4-0; Passakorn Suwannawat (THA) beat Mengorio 4-1; Shahzad beat Mubark Kh Al Owais (KUW) 4-1.

Group G: Omar Alkojah (SYR) beat Danny Lam Tuck Weng (SIN) 4-1; Lucky Vatnani (IND) beat Weng 4-0; Vatnani beat Tae Hoon Jung (KOR) 4-2.

Group H: Alvin Ambatali Barbero (PHI) beat Satoshi Nakamura (JPN) 4-0; Aditya Mehta (IND) beat Nakamura 4-0. Mehta beat Ali Hussain Ali (IRQ) 4-1

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