Kyren Wilson went unbeaten in his first outing as world champion however nonetheless didn’t emerge from Group 1 of Championship League Snooker on Thursday.
The Englishman beat Jak Jones to say a maiden world title final month on the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
In his opening match of the brand new marketing campaign, Wilson may solely handle a 2-2 draw with newbie top-up Daniel Womersley.
Issues regarded extra promising after he secured a 3-0 victory over Baipat Siripaporn, however he wanted to beat Scott Donaldson in his remaining round-robin fixture to progress.
The latter had recorded back-to-back 3-0 triumphs towards the identical opponents and required solely a draw from his third match.
When Wilson went in entrance with a break of 79, it regarded just like the turnaround could possibly be on the playing cards.
However Donaldson subsequently made contributions of 88 and 101 to ensure the purpose he wanted to maneuver into the final 32.
Wilson ended the day with a break of 111, but it surely was solely adequate for second place within the group behind Donaldson, prematurely ending his Championship League Snooker run.
It was far more convincing in Group 14, the place Hossein Vafaei dominated proceedings by profitable all three of his encounters.
The Iranian surrendered only a single body throughout the day as he outplayed Josh Mulholland, Manasawin Phetmalaikul, and Louis Heathcote.
Vafaei’s odds within the outright betting marketplace for the Championship League Snooker winner have been slashed to about 14/1 with most on-line bookies.
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On Friday, in the meantime, the motion on the Mattioli Area in Leicester continues with two extra teams from Stage One in what’s the 2024/25 snooker season’s first rating occasion.
China’s Si Jiahui is in Group 13 alongside Jimmy Robertson, Zak Surety, and Peter Strains.
In Group 18, former world champion Stuart Bingham faces Anthony Hamilton, Ahmed Aly Elsayed, and Hamim Hussain.
Thursday, June twentieth – Outcomes
Group 1
1. Kyren Wilson 2-2 Daniel Womersley
2. Scott Donaldson 3-0 Baipat Siripaporn
3. Scott Donaldson 3-1 Daniel Womersley
4. Kyren Wilson 3-0 Baipat Siripaporn
5. Daniel Womersley 3-0 Baipat Siripaporn
6. Kyren Wilson 2-2 Scott Donaldson
Group 14
1. Hossein Vafaei 3-0 Josh Mulholland
2. Louis Heathcote 2-2 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
3. Louis Heathcote 3-1 Josh Mulholland
4. Hossein Vafaei 3-1 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
5. Josh Mulholland 3-0 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
6. Hossein Vafaei 3-0 Louis Heathcote
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 June twenty first |
Group 14 | Group 15 June twenty seventh |
Group 16 June twenty sixth |
| Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Zhou Yuelong |
| Jimmy Robertson | Xu Si | Fan Zhengyi | |
| Zak Surety | Andrew Pagett | Alfie Burden | |
| Peter Strains | 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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