Gutsy break sends David Gilbert via


David Gilbert produced a outstanding end to win Group 15 as Stage One among Championship League Snooker concluded on Thursday.

A wierd set of outcomes noticed all six round-robin fixtures involving Gilbert, Xu Si, Duane Jones, and Andrew Pagett finish in 2-2 attracts.

With virtually all the things within the league desk equivalent, their respective positions got here all the way down to the best break compiled in the course of the day’s play in Leicester.

A 100 from Pagett and a 130 from Jones proved to not be sufficient, which appeared like sending Xu via courtesy of his contribution of 131.

However taking part in in opposition to the Chinese language competitor within the final recreation and trailing 2-1, Gilbert constructed a marvellous run of 136 to advance as a substitute.

In what is basically a boring format, it marked some of the thrilling climaxes to a Championship League Snooker group ever.

The scenario was a lot clearer in Group 3, with defending champion Shaun Murphy easing his means into the final 32.

The Magician, who beat Mark Williams in final yr’s last to assert the final of his 12 rating titles, misplaced just one body as he orchestrated an ideal file on the Mattioli Area.

Murphy secured a brace of 3-0 triumphs over Steven Hallworth and Tian Pengfei both aspect of a 3-1 victory in opposition to Reanne Evans.

With the lineup for Stage Two now full, the subsequent section of Championship League Snooker can lastly start after virtually three weeks of motion.

Teams B and C happen on Friday, with each Murphy and Gilbert instantly returning to the fray.

In Group B, Gilbert will face Stuart Bingham, Ashley Carty, and He Guoqiang.

Murphy entertains Hossein Vafaei, Jamie Jones, and Lengthy Zehuang in Group C.

Like earlier than, the participant who finishes in first place following the round-robin format will advance.

Thursday, June twenty seventh – Outcomes

Group 3
1. Shaun Murphy 3-0 Steven Hallworth
2. Tian Pengfei 3-0 Reanne Evans
3. Steven Hallworth 3-1 Tian Pengfei
4. Shaun Murphy 3-1 Reanne Evans
5. Steven Hallworth 3-0 Reanne Evans
6. Shaun Murphy 3-0 Tian Pengfei

Group 15
1. David Gilbert 2-2 Duane Jones
2. Xu Si 2-2 Andrew Pagett
3. Xu Si 2-2 Duane Jones
4. David Gilbert 2-2 Andrew Pagett
5. Andrew Pagett 2-2 Duane Jones
6. David Gilbert 2-2 Xu Si


Championship League Snooker
Stage One Draw

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
Scott Donaldson He Guoqiang Shaun Murphy Mark Williams
Kyren Wilson Mitchell Mann Steven Hallworth Connor Benzey
Daniel Womersley Ronnie O’Sullivan Tian Pengfei David Grace
Baipat Siripaporn Kayden Brierley Reanne Evans Fergal Quinn
Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
Ali Carter Gary Wilson Robbie McGuigan Jak Jones
Xing Zihao Joe Perry Barry Pinches Jordan Brown
Joshua Thomand Michael Holt Sanderson Lam Antoni Kowalski
Kreishh Gurbaxani Huang Jiahao Tom Ford Bulcsú Révész
Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12
Ma Hailong Jackson Web page Ryan Day Jack Lisowski
Ben Mertens Andrew Higginson Liam Davies Mark Davis
John Higgins Robert Milkins Hammad Miah Jiang Jun
Artemijs Zizins Iulian Boiko Marco Fu Anton Kazakov
Group 13 Group 14 Group 15 Group 16
Si Jiahui Hossein Vafaei David Gilbert Fan Zhengyi
Peter Traces Louis Heathcote Xu Si Alfie Burden
Zak Surety Joshua Mulholland Duane Jones Mink Nutcharut
Jimmy Robertson Manasawin Phetmalaikul Andrew Pagett Zhou Yuelong
Group 17 Group 18 Group 19 Group 20
Chris Wakelin Stuart Bingham Lengthy Zehuang Stuart Carrington
Ian Burns Hamim Hussain Alfie Davies Pang Junxu
Rory McLeod Anthony Hamilton Lei Peifan Gong Chenzhi
Liam Pullen Ahmed Aly Elsayed Jamie O’Neill Gerard Greene
Group 21 Group 22 Group 23 Group 24
Neil Robertson Joe O’Connor Michael White Martin O’Donnell
Cheung Ka Wai Aaron Hill Ryan Davies Ricky Walden
Jamie Clarke Harvey Chandler Stephen Maguire Rory Thor
Zack Richardson Oliver Traces Dean Younger Umut Dikme
Group 25 Group 26 Group 27 Group 28
Matthew Stevens Alexander Ursenbacher David Lilley Wu Yize
Farakh Ajaib Matthew Selt Yuan Sijun Ross Muir
Robbie Williams Graeme Dott Liam Graham Allan Taylor
Haydon Pinhey Florian Nuessle Paul Deaville Joshua Cooper
Group 29 Group 30 Group 31 Group 32
Ben Woollaston Jamie Jones Ashley Carty Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Stan Moody Ishpreet Singh Chadha Elliot Slessor Daniel Wells
Dominic Dale Chris Totten Simon Blackwell Mark Joyce
Dylan Emery Liu Hongyu Mostafa Dorgham Julien Leclercq

Stage Two

Group A
June twenty ninth
Group B
June twenty eighth
Group C
June twenty eighth
Group D
July 1st
Chris Wakelin David Gilbert Shaun Murphy Mark Williams
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Stuart Bingham Hossein Vafaei Si Jiahui
Fan Zhengyi Ashley Carty Jamie Jones Ben Woollaston
Scott Donaldson He Guoqiang Lengthy Zehuang Stuart Carrington
Group E
June twenty ninth
Group F
July 2nd
Group G
July 2nd
Group H
July 1st
Ali Carter Gary Wilson Jackson Web page Jak Jones
Jack Lisowski Ryan Day Michael White Matthew Stevens
Neil Robertson Joe O’Connor Alexander Ursenbacher Martin O’Donnell
Wu Yize David Lilley Robbie McGuigan Ma Hailong

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