Doha, Jun 30:
India’s leading snooker cueists — Pankaj Advani and Laxman Rawat — on Sunday assured India of a medal at the IBSF Snooker World Cup here after blanking Iran by 3-0.
After last year’s gold medal finish, India are en-route to defending their title.
India defeated Iran in the quarterfinal tie 3-0 and will next take on the winner of the match between Hong Kong and Ireland in the semifinal.
Rawat opened the proceedings with a 80-50 win in the first frame.
Next up, Advani, who has had a productive fortnight in Doha winning gold and silver in the two previous Asian Snooker Championships — individual and team — won the second frame, scoring a 52 break.
In the doubles, Pankaj and Rawat were close to being stretched to the fourth frame before the former potted a long blue and confirmed the pink to end the tie there. (PTI)
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