Liam Pullen is hoping to finish his rookie season as knowledgeable in type by qualifying for the World Snooker Championship.
The 18 year-old, who reached the final 32 of the Worldwide Championship in Tianjin final November, beat Anton Kazakov 10-3 within the first spherical of the World Championship qualifiers on Wednesday.
Pullen, final 12 months’s WSF Junior Open runner-up, made six half-century contributions to comprehensively beat his Ukrainian opponent on the English Institute of Sport.
Within the subsequent spherical, the Englishman will face buddy Sanderson Lam in a repeat of their showdown on the World Championship qualifiers in 2023.
“I’m very happy ultimately,” world quantity 98 Liam Pullen instructed the World Snooker Tour.
“I used to be a bit aggravated with how I completed off – a bit nervy. However general, I believe I performed fairly good.”
“When it goes extra scrappy, it makes the photographs much more vital. Within the Worlds, it’s such large cash and rating factors extra importantly for me in the mean time.
“I believe I’m getting in the fitting route. I’ve clearly not achieved in addition to I might have appreciated [this season], however that’s a snooker participant I assume.
“The second in Tianjin was in all probability one of the best, however I believe since then I’ve had a few good runs.
“I misplaced to some good gamers within the final half of the season, and clearly when you don’t have begin within the qualifiers in the beginning of the season, it will get powerful in the direction of the tip.
“With me and Sanderson, he beat me final 12 months. There have been no laborious emotions from my aspect. Sanderson’s the kind of one who wouldn’t maintain a grudge if I received, or if he received once more.
“It’s clearly not excellent, I’d fairly play another person. However it’s what it’s, isn’t it?
“The goal is the Crucible, for anybody actually. It’s powerful, you simply wish to carry on taking part in, and now I’ve received my first sport, I can attempt to get into the competitors.
“I can see if I can play some great things, which is the goal.”
Elsewhere on day three, there have been large victories for Alfie Burden and Ashley Carty – the English duo beating Rebecca Kenna and Liam Graham respectively.
Gao Yang and Peter Traces defied their beginner statuses to inflict 10-6 defeats on Ishpreet Singh Chadha and Mohamed Ibrahim.
Mohammed Shehab, who will develop into knowledgeable subsequent season after his promotion from the Q Tour, additionally superior due to a 10-6 win over Stan Moody.
Peng Yisong progressed to the second spherical with a 10-5 overcome Manasawin Phetmalaikul, whereas Rod Lawler outlasted Gong Chenzhi 10-7.
Jimmy White, in the meantime, has his work lower out for him if he’s to take care of his aspirations of reaching the Crucible for the primary time since 2006.
The Whirlwind trails Liu Hongyu 7-2 after their opening session, with the match amongst a number of to renew on Thursday.
World Snooker Championship qualifiers draw
All matches are one of the best of 19 frames performed throughout two periods.
Scorelines in italics point out the tip of the primary session.
Qualifier 1
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 1 | Jimmy White w/o Martin Gould |
Jimmy White 3-10 Liu Hongyu |
Liu Hongyu vs Jack Lisowski |
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| Winner route 1 vs Winner route 2 |
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| 2 | Ryan Thomerson 3-10 Liam Davies |
Liam Davies 2-10 Jimmy Robertson |
Jimmy Robertson vs Matthew Stevens |
Qualifier 2
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 3 | Ian Burns 10-1 Dean Younger |
Ian Burns 10-7 Mark Joyce |
Ian Burns vs Ricky Walden |
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| Winner route 3 vs Winner route 4 |
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| 4 | Andy Lee 9-10 Andrew Pagett |
Andrew Pagett 2-10 Mark Davis |
Mark Davis vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
Qualifier 3
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 5 | Rory Thor 10-2 Hamza Ilyas |
Rory Thor 8-10 David Grace |
David Grace vs Dominic Dale |
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| Winner route 5 vs Winner route 6 |
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| 6 | Ross Muir 10-9 Cheung Ka Wai |
Ross Muir 8-10 He Guoqiang |
He Guoqiang vs Anthony McGill |
Qualifier 4
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 7 | Alfie Burden 10-1 Rebecca Kenna |
Alfie Burden vs Xu Si |
Winner vs Jamie Jones |
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| Winner route 7 vs Winner route 8 |
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| 8 | Ishpreet Singh Chadha 6-10 Gao Yang |
Gao Yang vs Zak Surety |
Winner vs Neil Robertson |
Qualifier 5
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 9 | Sean O’Sullivan 8-10 Bulscu Revesz |
Bulscu Revesz 8-10 James Cahill |
James Cahill vs Zhou Yuelong |
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| Winner route 9 vs Winner route 10 |
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| 10 | Andres Petrov 10-1 Ahmed Elsayed |
Andres Petrov 7-10 Jamie Clarke |
Jamie Clarke vs Jak Jones |
Qualifier 6
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 11 | Adam Duffy 10-5 Mink Nutcharut |
Adam Duffy 4-10 Ashley Hugill |
Ashley Hugill vs Stephen Maguire |
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| Winner route 11 vs Winner route 12 |
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| 12 | Andrew Higginson 10-7 Duane Jones |
Andrew Higginson 8-10 Michael White |
Michael White vs Yuan Sijun |
Qualifier 7
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 13 | Louis Heathcote 10-4 Oliver Sykes |
Louis Heathcote 10-7 Oliver Traces |
Louis Heathcote vs Elliot Slessor |
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| Winner route 13 vs Winner route 14 |
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| 14 | Stuart Carrington 10-5 Himanshu Jain |
Stuart Carrington 10-9 Liam Highfield |
Stuart Carrington vs Stuart Bingham |
Qualifier 8
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 15 | Alexander Ursenbacher 10-0 Iulian Boiko |
Alexander Ursenbacher 3-3 Anthony Hamilton |
Winner vs Robbie Williams |
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| Winner route 15 vs Winner route 16 |
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| 16 | Allan Taylor 10-6 Vladislav Gradinari |
Allan Taylor 9-10 Lukas Kleckers |
Lukas Kleckers vs Chris Wakelin |
Qualifier 9
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 17 | Marco Fu 10-1 Baipat Siripaporn |
Marco Fu vs Ken Doherty |
Winner vs Hossein Vafaei |
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| Winner route 17 vs Winner route 18 |
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| 18 | Jiang Jun 10-6 Amir Sarkhosh |
Jiang Jun vs Fan Zhengyi |
Winner vs Sam Craigie |
Qualifier 10
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 19 | Hammad Miah 2-10 Haydon Pinhey |
Haydon Pinhey vs Julien Leclercq |
Winner vs Joe O’Connor |
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| Winner route 19 vs Winner route 20 |
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| 20 | Daniel Womersley w/o Muhammad Asif |
Daniel Womersley vs Aaron Hill |
Winner vs Matthew Selt |
Qualifier 11
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 21 | Ma Hailong 10-1 Victor Sarkis |
Ma Hailong vs Martin O’Donnell |
Winner vs Cao Yupeng |
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| Winner route 21 vs Winner route 22 |
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| 22 | Oliver Brown 10-0 Reanne Evans |
Oliver Brown vs Dylan Emery |
Winner vs Pang Junxu |
Qualifier 12
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 23 | Fergal O’Brien 8-10 Mostafa Dorgham |
Mostafa Dorgham vs Graeme Dott |
Winner vs Jackson Web page |
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| Winner route 23 vs Winner route 24 |
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| 24 | Lengthy Zehuang 10-1 Sydney Wilson |
Lengthy Zehuang vs Andy Hicks |
Winner vs Noppon Saengkham |
Qualifier 13
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 25 | Rod Lawler 10-7 Gong Chenzhi |
Rod Lawler vs Ben Mertens |
Winner vs Si Jiahui |
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| Winner route 25 vs Winner route 26 |
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| 26 | Stan Moody 6-10 Mohamed Shehab |
Mohamed Shebab vs Tian Pengfei |
Winner vs Wu Yize |
Qualifier 14
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 27 | Xing Zihao 10-6 Michael Holt |
Xing Zihao 5-10 Daniel Wells |
Daniel Wells vs Lyu Haotian |
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| Winner route 27 vs Winner route 28 |
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| 28 | Jenson Kendrick 10-7 Bai Yulu |
Jenson Hendrick 10-8 Ben Woollaston |
Jenson Hendrick vs Jordan Brown |
Qualifier 15
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 29 | Liam Pullen 10-3 Anton Kazakov |
Liam Pullen vs Sanderson Lam |
Winner vs Xiao Guodong |
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| Winner route 29 vs Winner route 30 |
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| 30 | Peng Yisong 10-5 Manasawin Phetmalaikul |
Peng Yisong vs David Lilley |
Winner vs David Gilbert |
Qualifier 16
| Route | R1 Instances |
R2 Instances |
R3 Instances |
R4 Instances |
| 31 | Mohamed Ibrabim 6-10 Peter Traces |
Peter Traces vs Scott Donaldson |
Winner vs Joe Perry |
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| Winner route 31 vs Winner route 32 |
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| 32 | Ashley Carty 10-4 Liam Graham |
Ashley Carty vs John Astley |
Winner vs Ryan Day |
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