2nd Qualifying Round Scores

 

Ryan Day 3-6 Tian Pengfei

Matthew Stevens 5-4 Chris Wakelin

Li Hang 6-3 Ian Burns

Ben Woollaston 7-2 Nigel Bond

Ali Carter 5-4 Jimmy White

Michael White 4-5 John Astley

Mark King 2-5 Lu Ning

Scott Donaldson 5-4 Ken Doherty

3rd Qualifying Round Draw

 

The top 8 matches are at 11am on Tuesday and Wednesday

 

The bottom 8 matches are 5pm on Tuesday and Wednesday

 

 

Gary Wilson v Liang Wenbo

Robert Milkins v Anthony McGill

Daniel Wells v Martin Gould

Michael Georgiou v Yan Bingtao

Eden Sharav v Zhou Yuelong

Mark Davis v Lu Haotian

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Joe O'Connor

Michael Judge v James Cahill

Tian Pengfei v Matthew Stevens

Luo Honghao v Tom Ford

Graeme Dott v Kurt Maflin

Li Hang v Ben Woolaston

Ali Carter v John Astley

Lu Ning v Scott Donaldson

Matt Selt v Zhao Xintong

Martin O'Donnell v Joe Perry

Gary Wilson 5-4 Liang Wenbo

Robert Milkins 7-2 Anthony McGill

Daniel Wells 4-5 Martin Gould

Michael Georgiou 5-4 Yan Bingtao

Eden Sharav 4-5 Zhou Yuelong

Mark Davis 4-5 Lu Haotian

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-4 Joe O'Connor

Michael Judge 3-6 James Cahill

Link to World Snooker Judgement Day:

 

Mark Davis 8-7 Lyo Haotian

Gary Wilson 8-6 Liang Wenbo

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 9-6 Joe O'Connor

Michael Georgiou 7-6 Yan Bingtao

Eden Sharav 5-8 Zhou Yuelong

Michael Judge 5-8 James Cahill

Daniel Wells 7-7 Martin Gould

Robert Milkins 7-6 Anthony McGill

Qualifying for the Crucible:

 

Anthony McGill

Gary Wilson

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Michael Georgiou

James Cahill

Mark Davis

Martin Gould

Zhou Yuelong

A 10-7 win for Mark Davis against Lyu Haotian sees him come through qualifying for the Crucible for a record tenth time, first since 2015.

A look at the 2019/2020 Calendar:

 

http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/upl...20-calendar.pdf

So far, through to the main tour in Q School are Xu Si who has won back his tour card and David Lilley who will be on the main tour for the first time in his career.

The four card winners from event 2 in Q School:

 

Riley Parsons (19, Eng) - First time pro

Louis Heathcote (21, Eng) - First time pro

Fraser Patrick (33, Sco) - Former pro

Chen Zifan (26, Chn) - Pro last season

 

Into the final 4 matches of Q school. Andy Hicks, Peter Lines and Billy Joe Castle will qualify via the Order of Merit anyway regardless of their result

1995 World Championship semi-finalist Andy Hicks wins a two-year tour card by beating Yang Qingtian 4-0 in Q School Event 3, as well Alex Borg from Malta who beats Billy Joe Castle 4-1.

 

 

Alexander Ursenbacher becomes the third player out of four today to win his tour card with a victory over Peter Lines 4-3. Regarding Peter Lines he will secure his tour card through the Order of Merit from the 3 events of Q School.

 

 

The latest in the world of Ronnie O'Sullivan:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/48509979

Former world snooker champion Shaun Murphy is to attempt to qualify for next month's Open Golf Championship at Royal Portrush.

 

Murphy's scratch handicap means he can play in the regional qualifier at County Louth in Ireland on 24 June.

 

The Englishman previously caddied for a friend in Open Championship qualifying.

 

The full line up of players for the Beverly 2019 Snooker World Cup has been confirmed.

 

The teams are:

 

Group A

China A: Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao

Thailand: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Noppon Saengkham

Poland: Adam Stefanow and Kacper Filipiak

Austria: Andreas Ploner and Florian Nuessle

Norway: Kurt Maflin and Christopher Watts

Germany: Simon Lichtenberg and Lukas Kleckers

 

Group B

Northern Ireland: Mark Allen and Jordan Brown

England: Kyren Wilson and Jack Lisowski

Iran: Hossein Vafaei and Soheil Vahedi

Republic of Ireland: Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien

Hong Kong: Andy Lee and Ka Wai Cheung

Saudi Arabia: Omar Alajlani and Ahmed Aseeri

 

Group C

Scotland: John Higgins and Stephen Maguire

Belgium: Luca Brecel and Ben Mertens

Malaysia: Thor Chuan Leong and Moh Keen Hoo

Israel: Eden Sharav and Sachar Ruberg

United Arab Emirates: Mohamed Shehab and Mohammed Al Joaker

Cyprus: Michael Georgiou and Antonis Poullos

 

Group D

Wales: Mark Williams and Ryan Day

China B: Zhou Yuelong and Liang Wenbo

Switzerland: Alexander Ursenbacher and Luis Vetter

Malta: Alex Borg and Brian Cini

Australia: Steve Mifsud and Ryan Thomerson

India: Himanshu Jain and Lucky Vatnani

Northern Ireland's two-time World Championship semi-finalist Joe Swail has retired as a professional player.

 

The Belfast man has taken the decision "due to various health/mental reasons needed to compete at the top level".

 

Swail, 49, finished the 2018/19 season 89th in the world rankings after a 10-1 defeat by Joe O'Connor in the World Championship qualifiers.

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China's Yan Bingtao became the first teenager for 13 years to win a ranking title with a 5-2 win over Mark Joyce in the final of the Riga Masters.

 

The 19-year-old world number 21 dominated the 54th-ranked Englishman and a break of 66 sealed victory.

 

Yan is the youngest ranking title winner since compatriot Ding Junhui won the 2006 Northern Ireland Open aged 19.