Lengthy Zehuang dominated Group 19 as Championship League Snooker continued on Saturday in Leicester.
The 27 year-old Chinese language competitor received all three of his round-robin fixtures to sit down fairly on the prime of his league desk.
Lengthy, who turned skilled a 12 months in the past and reached the final 16 of the Snooker Shoot Out, began his account off with a 3-1 defeat of Lei Peifan.
He subsequently repeated the identical scoreline two extra occasions, scoring breaks of 98, 78, 68, and 60 in seeing off beginner top-ups Alfie Davies and Jamie O’Neill.
Lengthy was joined within the final 32 by Stuart Carrington, who additionally went undefeated in the course of the day’s play in Group 20.
The Englishman bought off to a pleasant opening on the Mattioli Area by securing a 3-1 overcome Gong Chenzhi with a break of 107 within the fourth body.
Carrington then overcame Gerard Greene with a whitewash show earlier than his crunch tie got here in opposition to the group’s highest seed Pang Junxu.
Pang had gathered 4 factors by this stage having solely managed a draw in opposition to Greene.
The younger participant from China wanted to beat Carrington to progress and the state of affairs appeared tight when the pair shared the opening two frames.
However Pang’s destiny was sealed when Carrington duly received the third body to safeguard the only level he required to succeed in Stage Two.
The 2024/25 snooker season’s first rating event takes a break on Sunday earlier than resuming with extra Stage One motion on Monday.
John Higgins is ready to make his first look of the brand new marketing campaign in Group 9 in opposition to Ma Hailong, Ben Mertens, and Artemijs Zizins.
In Group 6, in the meantime, Gary Wilson faces Joe Perry, Michael Holt, and Huang Jianbo.
Saturday, June twenty second – Outcomes
Group 19
1. Jamie O’Neill 2-2 Alfie Davies
2. Lengthy Zehuang 3-1 Lei Peifan
3. Lengthy Zehuang 3-1 Alfie Davies
4. Lei Peifan 3-0 Jamie O’Neill
5. Alfie Davies 3-1 Lei Peifan
6. Lengthy Zehuang 3-1 Jamie O’Neill
Group 20
1. Pang Junxu 2-2 Gerard Greene
2. Stuart Carrington 3-1 Gong Chenzhi
3. Stuart Carrington 3-0 Gerard Greene
4. Pang Junxu 3-1 Gong Chenzhi
5. Gong Chenzhi 3-1 Gerard Greene
6. Pang Junxu 2-2 Stuart Carrington
Championship League Snooker
Stage One Draw
| Group 1 | Group 2 June twenty fifth |
Group 3 June twenty seventh |
Group 4 |
| Scott Donaldson | Ronnie O’Sullivan | Shaun Murphy | Mark Williams |
| He Guoqiang | Tian Pengfei | ||
| Mitchell Mann | Reanne Evans | ||
| 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 | Group 14 | Group 15 June twenty seventh |
Group 16 June twenty sixth |
| Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Zhou Yuelong |
| Xu Si | Fan Zhengyi | ||
| Andrew Pagett | Alfie Burden | ||
| Duane Jones | Mink Nutcharut |
| Group 17 | Group 18 | Group 19 | Group 20 |
| Chris Wakelin | Stuart Bingham | Lengthy Zehuang | Stuart Carrington |
| Group 21 | Group 22 | Group 23 | Group 24 |
| Neil Robertson | Joe O’Connor | Michael White | Martin O’Donnell |
| Group 25 | Group 26 | Group 27 | Group 28 |
| Matthew Stevens | Alexander Ursenbacher | David Lilley | Wu Yize |
| Group 29 | Group 30 | Group 31 | Group 32 |
| Ben Woollaston | Jamie Jones | Ashley Carty | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
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