Gloucester, Aug 10 (IANS) India's Pankaj Advani defeated Britain's Sean O'Sullivan 4-2 in the first round of the UK Players Tour snooker championship-2 here Friday and will next take on England's Saqib Nasir in the main draw.

Advani began well by opening a 2-0 lead, but O'Sullivan, who turned pro earlier this year, took the next two, but the Indian moved to 3-2 by winning the fifth on the colours before closing the match with a break of 55 in the sixth.