Aditya Mehta reaches last 32 in China

Chengdu (China): India's Aditya Mehta on Monday defeated Zhu Yinghui of China in the wild card round of the International Snooker Championship being played here. With a winning score of 6-5, Aditya booked his seat in the last 32 of the tournament.

After winning the first frame comfortably, Aditya let a 50 point slip in the second frame and soon was trailing 1-2. He had a crucial break of 60 to go into the interval with an equal score of 2-2. The Indian took his lead in the fifth frame but lost out on the sixth to equal up again. After losing the seventh frame, he plunged back with a break of 129 with the score reading 4-4.

In the ninth frame he took lead with a break of 50 and sealed the match 6-5 in the decider. Talking about his win, the Arjuna Awardee said: "This was indeed a superb win for me and I take great pride in having won this match. We kept playing close until the end. Both of us had chances in the decider but I held on to win it on the last red. This is my first win at the Venue Stages of a major ranking event and is a good start of the tournament. I?m gearing up for the upcoming matches."

Aditya will play World No.10 Stuart Bingham of England in the first round on Tuesday.

Aditya will play World No.10 Stuart Bingham of England in the first round on Tuesday.

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