In a clash between two heavyweights of cue sports, eight-time world champion Pankaj Advani overcame England's Jimmy White in the opening round of the Ruhr Open 2013 being held in Ruhr, Germany.
White, who is a runner-up six times in snooker World Championships, could not produce enough to live up to the challenge of his younger Indian opponent.
India's leading snooker professional, Advani started the match with a couple of misses to allow White to compile a 69 break and take the initial lead in the best-of-seven-frame encounter.
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White fought back with a 54 break in the fifth frame to be one frame behind Advani at 2-3. However, Advani had too much firepower with some heavy scoring again in the last frame of the match to win it 84-0 and close the match at 4-2.
His next round will be against the winner of the tie being played between David Grace and Barry Pinches.
Results: Pankaj Advani (Ind) def Jimmy White (Eng) 4-2: 24-85(69), 104(78)-9, 70(55)-58, 103(63)-31, 28-71(54), 84-0.