Ishpreet jolts Rupesh to enter last 16

Ishpreet clinched the first two frames in quick time with attacking play. Rupesh came back strongly in the third frame with a break of 71. Ishpreet responded well by winning the next two consecutive frames to lead by 4-1. Rupesh held his nerve and played his best to level it at 4-4 with brilliant safety play and potting. In the deciding the frame Ishpreet made a break of 41 to secure his win. 

Multiple times world champion Pankaj Advani blanked E Pandurangaiah in the last 32 stage to progress into the pre-quarterfinal. Pankaj was trailing in the first frame, but he cleared the table in the end to clinch the frame. After that there was no looking back as he won the match in an hour. 

Former Asian billiards champion Sourav Kothari also progressed into the last 16 round defeating Lucky Vatnani 5-1. Varun Madan defeated former Asian billiards champion Dhruv Sitwala 5-3 to move to the next round. 

Pankaj won all his three matches and so did Anurag Giri from Madhya Pradesh who qualified from the qualifying rounds. From Tamil Nadu, G Prabhu and Vijay Nichani qualified for the last-32 stage.