Liu Hongyu ended the World Snooker Championship hopes of Jimmy White after dumping the six-time finalist out of the qualifying event on Thursday.
White was lucky sufficient to obtain a bye from the primary spherical of the preliminary competitors following the withdrawal of Martin Gould.
However the 61 year-old couldn’t take benefit, profitable solely three frames in a one-sided defeat to the Chinese language teenager.
It brings to an finish a disappointing 2023/24 marketing campaign for White, who might solely muster two victories all through your entire time period.
The reigning world seniors champion, thought to be arguably the perfect participant to have by no means gained a world title, hasn’t featured on the Crucible Theatre since 2006.
Liu dominated the affair from the start, the 19 year-old compiling breaks of 135, 74, 64, and 60 to arrange a gathering with Jack Lisowski.
Elsewhere on day 4 on the World Snooker Championship qualifying occasion in Sheffield, a number of matches went a lot nearer.
Lukas Kleckers consigned Allan Taylor to Q Faculty in a dramatic end the place the German potted the ultimate black within the deciding body.
Stuart Carrington additionally prevailed after a 19-frame thriller, the Englishman profitable the final three frames to disclaim countryman Liam Highfield.
The result of plenty of clashes had been decided with 10-8 scorelines, together with James Cahill’s overcome Bulscu Revesz and Michael White’s comeback glory over Andrew Higginson.
David Grace, Jenson Kendrick, and He Guoqiang additionally prevailed by the identical slim two-frame margin.
Among the many others to remain alive within the competitors had been Anthony Hamilton, Ian Burns, Ashley Hugill, and Jamie Clarke.
Mark Davis and Jimmy Robertson thrashed Andrew Pagett and Liam Davies 10-2 respectively, whereas Daniel Wells and Louis Heathcote additionally superior to the penultimate spherical.
The motion on the English Institute of Sport continues on Friday.
World Snooker Championship qualifiers draw
All matches are the perfect of 19 frames performed throughout two classes.
Scorelines in italics point out the tip of the primary session.
Qualifier 1
| Route | R1 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 15 | Alexander Ursenbacher 10-0 Iulian Boiko |
Alexander Ursenbacher 7-10 Anthony Hamilton |
Anthony Hamilton 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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 Occasions |
R2 Occasions |
R3 Occasions |
R4 Occasions |
| 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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