Pang upstaged by Carrington at Championship League on Long day in Leicester

Stuart Carrington emerged because the winner of Group 20 on the Championship League on Saturday as he earned a 2-2 draw with Pang Janxu to progress on the Mattioli Enviornment in Leicester.

World No. 72 Carrington wanted some extent towards Pang within the part decider after finishing wins over Gong Chenzhi (3-1) and Gerard Greene (3-0) and held his nerve to achieve the final 32 of the season’s first rating occasion.

Regardless of former WST Basic finalist Pang, the proficient world No. 29, producing breaks of 67 and 57 to twice degree the competition it was not sufficient to keep away from an early exit.

There have been no such issues for Pang’s compatriot Lengthy Zehuang in topping Group 19 with three straight victories over Lei Peifan (3-1), Alfie Davies (3-1) and Jamie O’Neill (3-1) as he completed 5 factors away from Davies.

Lengthy made 5 50-plus breaks, ending with a 98 in his win towards O’Neill, who had changed Noppon Saengkham within the competitors.

4-time world champion John Higgins begins his marketing campaign on Monday, with Scottish and Welsh Open champion Gary Wilson additionally in motion.

Stage one consists of 32 teams of 4 gamers. The eight group winners contest an additional two teams with the winners assembly within the remaining.

There’s £33,000 on the desk for the winner plus a spot within the Champion of Champions later within the yr which is price one other £12,500 for qualifying.

• 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)