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India beat Egypt in Emirates snooker

India renewed its hopes for the title in the Emirates International Snooker championship with a facile 4-1 victory over Egypt last night.

In another match, Pakistan recorded its second win, beating hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) 4-1.

Top Indian performer Yasin Merchant defeated Egypt's Mohammed Ali 4-1. Later, Ashok Shandilya edged out Majid Shafiq 4-1; Dharminder Singh swept past Sherif Abousenna 4-0; Siddharth Rao beat Husamul Deen Allam 4-1. Egypt's ace Wael Ahmed Talaat downed Sranag Shroff of India 4-1.

Merchant, the Indian skipper, later said India was a more experienced team. ''The Egyptians have not got the same type of exposure to the outside world but they have got some very good players,'' he said.

India had lost to Malaysia 1-4 in their opening tie on Monday night.

UNI