Jak Jones received his 2024/25 season off to a constructive begin by topping Group 8 of Championship League Snooker in dramatic circumstances on Monday.
This yr’s shock World Championship finalist went undefeated on the Mattioli Enviornment with a victory and two attracts from his three round-robin fixtures.
The Welshman started the day with a 2-2 draw with Antoni Kowalski, Poland’s latest skilled participant who ended up sharing the factors in all of his ties.
Jones then beat Hungary’s first ever snooker skilled, overcoming Révész Bulcsú 3-1 with a excessive break of 88 that might finally show to be essential.
By this level, Jordan Brown had gathered the identical variety of factors following a 3-1 win and a 2-2 draw with the identical opponents.
When Jones subsequently went 2-1 up in opposition to Brown within the final match of the day, the latter knew that, with their data set to be equivalent, solely a contribution larger than Jones’ earlier 88 would take him via.
The Northern Irishman certainly received the body however fell agonisingly in need of his goal, breaking down on 87 to concede a spot in Stage Two of the competitors.
In Group 7, in the meantime, Tom Ford was the very best ranked participant however was pressured to drag out halfway via the day’s motion resulting from medical causes.
That opened the door for the remaining three contenders, who every secured one win and suffered one loss from the revised three-player format.
It got here down to border distinction with the factors degree, making certain a terrific begin to life on the tour for rookie Robbie McGuigan.
The Northern Irishman’s 3-0 whitewash defeat of Sanderson Lam ended up being vital as he edged out each Lam and Barry Pinches within the remaining standings.
On Tuesday, Championship League Snooker continues with two extra teams in what’s the marketing campaign’s first rating match.
Group 24 sees Ricky Walden in motion in opposition to Martin O’Donnell, Rory Thor, and Umut Dikme.
Wu Yize is the highest seed in Group 28, with the younger Chinese language competitor cueing up alongside Ross Muir, Allan Taylor, and Joshua Cooper.
Championship League Snooker
Stage One Draw
| Group 1 June twentieth |
Group 2 June twenty fifth |
Group 3 June twenty seventh |
Group 4 |
| Kyren Wilson | Ronnie O’Sullivan | Shaun Murphy | Mark Williams |
| Scott Donaldson | He Guoqiang | Tian Pengfei | |
| Baipat Siripaporn | Mitchell Mann | Reanne Evans | |
| Daniel Womersley | Kayden Brierley | Steven Hallworth |
| Group 5 June twenty sixth |
Group 6 June twenty fourth |
Group 7 | Group 8 |
| Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Robbie McGuigan | Jak Jones |
| Xing Zihao | Joe Perry | ||
| Kreishh Gurbaxani | Michael Holt | ||
| Joshua Thomond | Huang Jiahao |
| Group 9 June twenty fourth |
Group 10 | Group 11 | Group 12 June twenty fifth |
| John Higgins | Jackson Web page | Ryan Day | Jack Lisowski |
| Ma Hailong | Mark Davis | ||
| Ben Mertens | Jiang Jun | ||
| Artemijs Zizins | Anton Kazakov |
| Group 13 June twenty first |
Group 14 June twentieth |
Group 15 June twenty seventh |
Group 16 June twenty sixth |
| Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Zhou Yuelong |
| Jimmy Robertson | Louis Heathcote | Xu Si | Fan Zhengyi |
| Zak Surety | Manasawin Phetmalaikul | Andrew Pagett | Alfie Burden |
| Lee Daegyu | Josh Mulholland | Duane Jones | Mink Nutcharut |
| Group 17 | Group 18 June twenty first |
Group 19 June twenty second |
Group 20 June twenty second |
| Chris Wakelin | Stuart Bingham | Noppon Saengkham | Pang Junxu |
| Anthony Hamilton | Lengthy Zehuang | Stuart Carrington | |
| Ahmed Aly Elsayed | Lei Peifan | Gong Chenzhi | |
| Hamim Hussain | Alfie Davies | Gerard Greene |
| Group 21 | Group 22 | Group 23 | Group 24 June 18th |
| Neil Robertson | Joe O’Connor | Michael White | Ricky Walden |
| Martin O’Donnell | |||
| Rory Thor | |||
| Umut Dikme |
| Group 25 | Group 26 June nineteenth |
Group 27 June nineteenth |
Group 28 June 18th |
| Matthew Stevens | Matthew Selt | Yuan Sijun | Wu Yize |
| Graeme Dott | David Lilley | Ross Muir | |
| Alexander Ursenbacher | Liam Graham | Allan Taylor | |
| Florian Nuessle | Paul Deaville | Joshua Cooper |
| Group 29 | Group 30 | Group 31 | Group 32 |
| Ben Woollaston | Jamie Jones | Ashley Carty | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
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