Alexander Ursenbacher and David Lilley have been the most recent gamers to emerge from Stage One in every of Championship League Snooker in Leicester.
Two extra teams befell on Wednesday on the Mattioli Area with the gamers competing within the 2024/25 snooker season’s opening rating occasion.
A particularly tight Group 26 noticed 5 out of the six round-robin fixtures drawn with 2-2 scorelines.
The one participant to interrupt the development was Ursenbacher, the Swiss beating neighbour Florian Nuessle of Austria 3-0 in his final outing to progress.
Ursenbacher has had a disappointing few seasons however remains to be solely 28, and he shall be buoyed by topping a gaggle that additionally included former rating occasion winners Graeme Dott and Matthew Selt.
Proceedings have been way more easy in Group 27, with Lilley dominating the day by successful all three of his video games.
The Englishman obtained off to the proper begin with a convincing 3-0 victory in opposition to Liam Graham and adopted it up with a second whitewash success in opposition to Paul Deaville.
Ultimate opponent Yuan Sijun had the chance to leapfrog his manner into first however wanted to beat Lilley within the remaining round-robin affair.
However regardless of dropping the primary body in opposition to the Chinese language competitor, Lilley took the next three to soundly progress.
On Thursday, eight extra gamers will vie for a spot within the final 32 and Stage Two of the competitors later this month.
Amongst them is Kyren Wilson, the game’s latest world champion who is about to make his first look of the marketing campaign.
Wilson will face Scott Donaldson, Baipat Siripaporn, and Daniel Womersley in Group 1.
In Group 14, in the meantime, Hossein Vafaei shall be challenged by Louis Heathcote, Manasawin Phetmalaikul, and Josh Mulholland.
Wednesday, June nineteenth – Outcomes
Group 26
1. Matthew Selt 2-2 Florian Nuessle
2. Graeme Dott 2-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
3. Graeme Dott 2-2 Florian Nuessle
4. Matthew Selt 2-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
5. Alexander Ursenbacher 3-0 Florian Nuessle
6. Matthew Selt 2-2 Graeme Dott
Group 27
1. Yuan Sijun 3-0 Paul Deaville
2. David Lilley 3-0 Liam Graeme
3. David Lilley 3-0 Paul Deaville
4. Yuan Sijun 2-2 Liam Graham
5. Liam Graham 2-2 Paul Deaville
6. David Lilley 3-1 Yuan Sijun
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 |
| 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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