The Worldwide Championship qualifiers concluded on Thursday with the likes of Kyren Wilson, Neil Robertson, and Shaun Murphy all advancing within the draw.
Hosted on the Ponds Forge Worldwide Sports activities Centre in Sheffield, a lot of the area on this yr’s Worldwide Championship had been required to attend and contest their opening round-of-128 fixture within the competitors.
Robertson grew to become simply the fourth participant in snooker historical past to compile 1,000 century breaks when he added to his large tally in a 6-1 defeat of Umut Dikime.
The Australian joins Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, and John Higgins as the one prolific scorers who’ve reached the milestone.
Wilson has suffered some early exits in occasions since successful the Shanghai Masters, however the world quantity two safely made it by way of right here because of a 6-2 victory over Gong Chenzhi.
Final week’s British Open champion Murphy was one other snug winner because the Magician coasted into the final 64 with a 6-1 drubbing of Yao Pengcheng.
Mark Selby and Mark Williams loved routine triumphs over Steven Hallworth and Iulian Boiko respectively.
It was a lot harder for John Higgins, who nearly prevailed from a 6-5 thriller in opposition to Liam Pullen – the Scot avenging his defeat to the teenager on the current Xi’an Grand Prix qualifiers.
Elsewhere, there have been a few massive upsets with Mark Allen, who simply added to his rating title tally together with his success on the English Open in September, dropping 6-4 to Mitchell Mann.
Former world champion Luca Brecel was additionally downed on the first hurdle after struggling a 6-4 reverse in opposition to Liu Wenwei.
Among the many others to qualify for the journey to Nanjing subsequent month had been Si Jiahui, Chris Wakelin, Wu Yize, and Gary Wilson.
Certainly, the latter compiled his sixth profession 147 break throughout a 6-3 victory over Aretemijs Zizins – bringing the overall quantity of maximums made this season already to 11.
A number of the different acquainted names to barter their opening hurdles within the event had been Anthony McGill, Jack Lisowski, and Zhang Anda.
McGill, who final week completed runner-up to Murphy within the British Open, thumped Mink Nutcharut 6-0 whereas Lisowski ousted Bulcsu Revesz.
For high 16 member Zhang, this occasion can be essential as he seeks to defend the rating factors he accrued from rising triumphantly on the Worldwide Championship of 2023.
Stuart Bingham, Ali Carter, Matthew Stevens, Ricky Walden, and this season’s Championship League Snooker winner Stephen Maguire progressed as effectively.
One of many standout outcomes of the Worldwide Championship qualifiers noticed veteran Ken Doherty pip up-and-coming expertise Stan Moody in a deciding body.
Fellow legend Jimmy White wasn’t capable of orchestrate a return to China, nevertheless, with the Whirlwind crushed 6-2 by Daniel Wells.
There have been a number of high gamers, in the meantime, who had their round-of-128 fixtures held over to the venue phases in November.
Reigning champion Ding Junhui, world champion Zhao Xintong, world primary Judd Trump, and fan favorite Ronnie O’Sullivan all had their encounters deferred.
The 2025 Worldwide Championship commences correct on November 2nd with a high prize price £175,000 up for grabs.
2025 Worldwide Championship Draw
Spherical of 128 (bo11)
Ding Junhui vs David Grace (held over)
Michael Holt 6-2 Reanne Evans
Pang Junxu 6-1 Ross Muir
Liam Highfield 6-5 Jackson Web page
Shaun Murphy 6-1 Yao Pengcheng
Robbie Williams vs Bai Yulu/Wildcard (held over)
Elliot Slessor 6-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Ben Mertens 6-3 Matthew Selt
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Wildcard (held over)
David Gilbert 6-5 Liam Davies
Scott Donaldson 6-0 Antoni Kowalsi
Mitchell Mann 6-4 Mark Allen
Ryan Day 6-3 Zhao Hanyang
Hossein Vafaei 6-1 Fergal Quinn
Oliver Traces 6-2 Jordan Brown
John Higgins 6-5 Liam Pullen
Neil Robertson 6-1 Umut Dikme
Ken Doherty 6-5 Stan Moody
Yuan Sijun 6-2 Julien Leclercq
Ricky Walden 6-1 Gao Yang
Xiao Guodong vs Mahmoud El Hareedy (held over)
Zak Surety 6-2 Farakh Ajaib
Ali Carter 6-0 Liam Graham
Aaron Hill 6-1 Leone Crowley
He Guoqiang 6-3 Duane Jones
Stuart Bingham 6-3 Ian Burns
Jiang Jun 6-4 Lengthy Zehuang
Chris Wakelin 6-1 Florian Nuessle
Xu Si 6-3 Sahi Nayyar
Stephen Maguire 6-5 Kreishh Gurbaxani
David Lilley 6-3 Chatchapong Nasa
Kyren Wilson 6-2 Gong Chenzhi
Judd Trump vs Dylan Emery
Matthew Stevens 6-2 Connor Benzey
Zhou Yuelong vs Wildcard (held over)
Noppon Saengkham 6-1 Jonas Luz
Zhang Anda 6-3 Chris Totten
Michal Szubarczyk 6-4 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Wu Yize 6-3 Lan Yuhao
Lyu Haotian 6-1 Ng On Yee
Ben Woollaston 6-3 Cheung Ka Wai
Jak Jones 6-1 Mateusz Baranowski
Huang Jiahao 6-5 Mark Davis
Barry Hawkins vs Wildcard (held over)
Louis Heathcote 6-2 Jamie Jones
Jack Lisowski 6-2 Bulcsu Revesz
Sanderson Lam 6-0 Amir Sarkhosh
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Allan Taylor (held over)
Mark Williams 6-2 Iulian Boiko
Anthony McGill 6-0 Mink Nutcharut
Sam Craigie 6-1 Joe O’Connor
Jimmy Robertson 6-3 Chang Bingyu
Mark Selby 6-0 Steven Hallworth
Liu Hongyu 6-1 Haydon Pinhey
Tom Ford 6-1 Robbie McGuigan
Daniel Wells 6-2 Jimmy White
Martin O’Donnell 6-5 Xu Yichen
Gary Wilson 6-3 Artemijs Zizins
Wang Yuchen 6-5 Robert Milkins
Si Jiahui 6-3 Sunny Akani
Liu Wenwei 6-5 Luca Brecel
Lei Peifan 6-3 Haris Tahir
Fan Zhengyi 6-1 Hatem Yassen
Zhao Xintong vs Oliver Brown (held over)
Spherical of 64 (bo11)
Ding/Grace vs Michael Holt
Pang Junxu vs Liam Highfield
Shaun Murphy vs R.Williams/Bai/Wildcard
Elliot Slessor vs Ben Mertens
Un-Nooh/Wildcard vs David Gilbert
Scott Donaldson vs Mitchell Mann
Ryan Day vs Hossein Vafaei
Oliver Traces vs John Higgins
Neil Robertson vs Ken Doherty
Yuan Sijun vs Ricky Walden
Xiao/El Hareedy vs Zak Surety
Ali Carter vs Aaron Hill
He Guoqiang vs Stuart Bingham
Jiang Jun vs Chris Wakelin
Xu Si vs Stephen Maguire
David Lilley vs Kyren Wilson
Trump/Emery vs Matthew Stevens
Zhou/Wildcard vs Noppon Saengkham
Zhang Anda vs Michal Szubarczyk
Wu Yize vs Lyu Haotian
Ben Woollaston vs Jak Jones
Huang Jiahao vs Hawkins/Wildcard
Louis Heathcote vs Jack Lisowski
Sanderson Lam vs O’Sullivan/Taylor
Mark Williams vs Anthony McGill
Sam Craigie vs Jimmy Robertson
Mark Selby vs Liu Hongyu
Tom Ford vs Daniel Wells
Martin O’Donnell vs Gary Wilson
Wang Yuchen vs Si Jiahui
Liu Wenwei vs Lei Peifan
Fan Zhengyi vs Zhao/Brown
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