Mark Williams denied novice Connor Benzey in an in depth end to emerge because the winner of Group 4 as Championship League Snooker continued on Tuesday.
The Welshman may solely draw with the top-up novice competitor, breaks of 90 and 99 denying the Englishman a career-best victory.
Each Williams and Benzey proceeded to take most factors from their remaining two fixtures.
That left the pair tied on seven factors from a doable 9 after the round-robin schedule.
Nevertheless, whereas Benzey managed to orchestrate successive 3-1 defeats over David Grace and Fergal Quinn, Williams crucially prevented shedding one other body in opposition to the identical opponents.
That offered final yr’s runner-up with a superior body distinction, permitting him to progress to Stage Two of the 2024/25 snooker season’s opening rating occasion.
“It was not unhealthy,” Mark Williams, who compiled a 115 century break in his final match in opposition to Grace, mentioned afterwards.
“I’ve had a few exhibitions, however I haven’t touched my cue. I haven’t practiced or nothing.”
“I went for the whole lot. It was all-out assault in the present day, whether or not they went in or not.
“A variety of them went in, there have been a number of good breaks, and each match was over fairly fast.
“The one security pictures I performed have been the break-offs. I went for completely the whole lot, and I wasn’t going to show nothing down.
“Out and in as quick as I can. Hopefully win, but when not, out as quick as I can.”
It was arguably much more dramatic in Group 17, which nearly went all the way down to the very last body between Chris Wakelin and Ian Burns.
Wakelin conjured back-to-back whitewash wins over Rory McLeod and Liam Pullen to achieve management on the prime.
But Burns remained inside hanging distance of his fellow Englishman by beating Pullen and drawing with McLeod.
Success for Burns over Wakelin would have taken the 39 year-old by on the expense of the former Shoot Out champion.
It appeared promising when he took the opening body with a break of 87, however Wakelin responded by successful the following two frames to safe the precious level he required.
On Wednesday, Championship League Snooker continues with Teams 25 and 31.
Within the latter, Elliot Slessor is the best ranked contender and will probably be challenged by Ashley Carty, Mostafa Dorgham, and Simon Blackwell.
In Group 25, Robbie Williams will probably be in motion in opposition to Matthew Stevens, Farakh Ajaib, and rookie Haydon Pinhey.
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 June seventeenth |
Group 8 June seventeenth |
| Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Tom Ford | Jak Jones |
| Xing Zihao | Joe Perry | Sanderson Lam | Jordan Brown |
| Kreishh Gurbaxani | Michael Holt | Robbie McGuigan | Bulcsú Révész |
| Joshua Thomond | Huang Jiahao | Barry Pinches | Antoni Kowalski |
| Group 9 June twenty fourth |
Group 10 June 14th |
Group 11 | Group 12 June twenty fifth |
| John Higgins | Robert Milkins | Ryan Day | Jack Lisowski |
| Ma Hailong | Jackson Web page | Mark Davis | |
| Ben Mertens | Andrew Higginson | Jiang Jun | |
| Artemijs Zizins | Iulian Boiko | 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 June thirteenth |
Group 23 June thirteenth |
Group 24 June 18th |
| Neil Robertson | Joe O’Connor | Stephen Maguire | Ricky Walden |
| Aaron Hill | Michael White | Martin O’Donnell | |
| Oliver Traces | Dean Younger | Rory Thor | |
| Harvey Chandler | Ryan Davies | Umut Dikme |
| Group 25 June twelfth |
Group 26 June nineteenth |
Group 27 June nineteenth |
Group 28 June 18th |
| Robbie Williams | Matthew Selt | Yuan Sijun | Wu Yize |
| Matthew Stevens | Graeme Dott | David Lilley | Ross Muir |
| Haydon Pinhey | Alexander Ursenbacher | Liam Graham | Allan Taylor |
| Farakh Ajaib | Florian Nuessle | Paul Deaville | Joshua Cooper |
| Group 29 June fifteenth |
Group 30 June fifteenth |
Group 31 June twelfth |
Group 32 June 14th |
| Dominic Dale | Jamie Jones | Elliot Slessor | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| Ben Woollaston | Liu Hongyu | Ashley Carty | Daniel Wells |
| Stan Moody | Ishpreet Singh Chadha | Mostafa Dorgham | Julien Leclercq |
| Dylan Emery | Chris Totten | Simon Blackwell | Mark Joyce |
Featured photograph credit score: WST
