Aditya lost in Pro Snooker

India's only player on the current professional snooker circuit Aditya Mehta lost 2-5 to Lee Spick (No 65) in the first round qualifying of the first event of the season the Northern Ireland Masters at Pontin's on Independence Day. Aditya's provisional ranking is 74 which is what the other first-timers have also got. Of the other Asians only Li Hang made the next round. Those who fell by the wayside were Thai Supon Saenla and Chinese Jin Long, who beat Aditya in the Asian final at Dubai. Also losing were Michael Georgiou and Vincent Muldoon who had come to India for the World u-21 championship last year. Georgiou had won the title.

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CSI Correspondent :: Friday 15 August 2008