{"id":4584,"date":"2012-04-09T13:16:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T13:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2012-04-09T13:16:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T13:16:20","slug":"world-snooker-aditya-defeats-andrew-in-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=4584","title":{"rendered":"World Snooker: Aditya Mehta defeats Andrew in first round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-4583\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/aditya_mehta.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"World Snooker: Aditya defeats Andrew in first round\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/aditya_mehta.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/aditya_mehta-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Mumbai<\/strong>: <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Aditya+Mehta&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Aditya+Mehta&amp;sa=Search\">Aditya Mehta<\/a> defeated Andrew Pagget of Wales in the first round match at the <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=World+Professional+Snooker+Championships&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=World+Professional+Snooker+Championships&amp;sa=Search\">World Professional Snooker Championships<\/a> at Sheffield. With the win, the Mumbai-based player became the first Indian to win a match at the World Championships in a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Aditya trailed for almost the entire match in the best of 19 format. From 2-5 down, he finished the morning session strongly with breaks of 62 and 103 to close the gap to 4-5. <\/p>\n<p>In the evening session, Aditya trailed by a frame or two till 6-8. After that he won four consecutive frames to close out the match 10-8.<\/p>\n<p>Aditya is currently ranked World No.82.<\/p>\n<p>The Championship sees the participation of the top 100 players. <strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-4583\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/aditya_mehta.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"World Snooker: Aditya defeats Andrew in first round\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/aditya_mehta.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/aditya_mehta-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Mumbai<\/strong>: <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Aditya+Mehta&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Aditya+Mehta&amp;sa=Search\">Aditya Mehta<\/a> defeated Andrew Pagget of Wales in the first round match at the <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=World+Professional+Snooker+Championships&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=World+Professional+Snooker+Championships&amp;sa=Search\">World Professional Snooker Championships<\/a> at Sheffield. With the win, the Mumbai-based player became the first Indian to win a match at the World Championships in a decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[634,3662],"class_list":["post-4584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","tag-aditya-mehta","tag-world-professional-snooker-championships"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Snooker: Aditya Mehta defeats Andrew in first round - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=4584\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Snooker: Aditya Mehta defeats Andrew in first round - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mumbai: Aditya Mehta defeated Andrew Pagget of Wales in the first round match at the World Professional Snooker Championships at Sheffield. 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