Advani, Mehta knocked out of China Open snooker

Top Indian cueists Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta crashed out of China Open snooker tournament with first round losses today. [caption id=“attachment_1461157” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Aditya Mehta. AFP[/caption] Advani lost to Ricky Walden of England 1-5 (8-81(81), 74-0, 25-83(69), 8-73, 10-72-10 42-62) while Mehta went down fighting to another Englishman Mark King 4-5 (52-60, 57-52, 1-69, 79-49, 0-81(58), 62-48, 22-73, 62-40, 36-71) at Beijing Students University Stadium. China Open is the penultimate world ranking event before the World Championship at Sheffield, England from April 16. PTI