Ronnie O’Sullivan misplaced his Group 2 decider to He Guoqiang on the Championship League in Leicester on Tuesday to endure an early exit on the season’s first rating occasion.
The seven-time world champion produced breaks of 72 and two 53s in a 3-0 win over Kayden Brierley, however was held to a 2-2 draw by Mitchell Mann leaving him needing a win over He to safe his progress to the final 32.
However it was final season’s rookie of the 12 months who held his nerve to provide breaks of 80, 57 and 77 in a 3-0 win on the Mattioli Enviornment that catapulted him prime of Group 2. a degree forward of Mann and two away from O’Sullivan.
Elsewhere, Jack Lisowski loved a dominant efficiency in profitable Group 12 as a run of 138 noticed him defeat Anton Kazakov 3-0 earlier than additional knocks of 127 and 106 helped him dump Jiang Jun 3-1.
A 2-2 draw with Mark Davis in his closing group outing was sufficient to see him finish the day on seven factors, two away from Davis.
The motion continues on Wednesday with Ali Carter, Zhou Yuelong, Fan Zhengyi and Mink Nutcharut chasing a spot within the final 32.
Stage one consists of 32 teams of 4 gamers. The eight group winners contest an additional two teams with the winners assembly within the closing.
There may be £33,000 on the desk for the winner plus a spot within the Champion of Champions later within the 12 months which is price one other £12,500 for qualifying.
Championship League: Newest group winners
- Group 21: Neil Robertson (AUS)
- Group 11: Ryan Day (WAL)
- Group 4: Mark Williams (WAL)
- Group 17: Chris Wakelin (ENG)
- Group 25: Matthew Stevens (WAL)
- Group 31: Ashley Carty (ENG)
- Group 23: Michael White (WAL)
- Group 22: Joe O’Connor (ENG)
- Group 10: Jackson Web page (WAL)
- Group 32: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
- Group 30: Jamie Jones (WAL)
- Group 29: Ben Woollaston (ENG)
- Group 8: Jak Jones (WAL)
- Group 7: Robbie McGuigan (NI)
- Group 24: Martin O’Donnell (Eng)
- Group 28: Wu Yize (CHN)
- Group 26: Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)
- Group 27: David Lilley (ENG)
- Group 1: Scott Donaldson (SCO)
- Group 14: Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
- Group 18: Stuart Bingham (ENG)
- Group 13: Si Jiahui (CHN)
- Group 20: Stuart Carrington (ENG)
- Group 19: Lengthy Zehuang (CHN)
- Group 6: Gary Wilson (ENG)
- Group 9: Ma Hailong (CHN)
- Group 2: He Guoqiang (CHN)
- Group 12: Jack Lisowski (ENG)
