the First round of the UK Snooker Championshiphe UK Championship Which opens ‘triple crown’ In the 2023-2024 season, it was closed on Tuesday evening to finish preparing the sixteen players who will compete between Wednesday and Thursday in order to qualify for the quarter-finals. Four days into this preliminary round, the draw has seen several candidates advance, but also some notable surprises.
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Champion 2022 Mark Allen, Sean Murphy, Kyren Wilson, Jack Lisowski and Neil Robertson There were some brilliant men who… They said goodbye From the tournament in the first round. Yes, they continue Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Mark Williams or John Higginsamong other things.
View the top of the table re-release final 2022 between Mark Allen and Ding Junhui. This time it was Chinese Who took his revenge after his victory 6-5 A game in which Allen led 2-4. 102 In the “decider” Ding served to eliminate the current tournament champion. Thus, he will face the Chinese team in the round of 16 Tom Ford Who had to reach the “decider” to win as well 6-5 to Nopon Saengkham.
One of the other great candidates at the top of the lottery did not fail, A.J Mark Williams By which he was defeated 6-4 in favor of Fan Xingyi. Despite the 130 from the Chinese in the ninth frame with which he tried to compress the score in a close match (which Williams broke in his favor only from 3-3 to 5-3), the Welshman prevailed in the last table with a victory. It will be measured in eighths to a Jimmy Clark Who presented another surprise in the first round after winning it 6-5 to Kyren Wilsonagainst whom he returned from 3-5 with breaks of 80, 104 and 76.
The second quarter of the round of 16 will leave one of the star duels in that round. Mark Selby Swept by force 6-0 to Mark Joyce To meet in the second round with A Barry Hawkins Which contains momentum Ben Woollaston To hit him 6-4. Selby was one of the players who conveyed the best emotion in this initial round against the utterly superior Joyce, while Hawkins used his mentality in the final segment to decide a match that would have finished 4-4.
The fourth round of the round of 16 will have the main protagonist being one of the men in the best shape, as in Judd Trump. The English were strongly defeated, l 6-1 to Pang Junxu Let’s see how Welsh Jimmy Jones Eliminate his friend Jack Lisowski with 6-4. In this way, it will be Jones who will challenge the Bristol player in the last 16.
Ronnie O’Sullivan, Luca Brecel and John Higgins in attack
Already at the bottom of the plate, Ronnie O’Sullivan He made his debut on Tuesday in a game that looked complicated for him at times Anthony McGillBut the Englishman came back to win it 6-2. McGill scored the first two frames exploiting his strength in defensive play, but little by little O’Sullivan began to impose his attacking style and reliability in the build-up, although some tables were riddled with errors on the part of both, take the victory. Thus, Rooney will be measured in the round of 16 Robert MilkinsWhich wrapped up his win on Tuesday night 6-5 before Thepchaya un noh Who did not know how to end the match that they controlled with a score of 3-5.
Who punished the options that were granted? Joe O’Connor He was John Huggins. The Scot won 6-3 His opponent in a match in which he showed that he can be very reliable in building breaks, with a score of 122 and four and a half hundreds. They will be measured in the round of 16 against A Chu Yuelong This expanded his difficult gaming moment Neil Robertson After they hit him loudly 6-2 In a match in which he was imperial in the scoring, with scores of 136, 134 and five-and-a-half hundreds compared to the Australian’s 135.
already at the bottom, Hussein Wafai He was victorious in one of the superstar duels in the first round after winning it 6-4 to Shaun Murphy. After gradually becoming more comfortable building his breaks, he finished with a total of 100 and four-and-a-half hundreds to reach the last 16 with a 100-point lead. Matthew Siltthe executioner L 6-3 by Ali Carter In the match they dominated 3-3.
The bottom half of the draw will be completed with one of the most exciting clashes in the round of 16. World Champion Luca Brecel One of the men of the moment will be measured like the Chinese Zhang Anda. Naturally, neither of them showed a sense of control in the first round matches. Presil He had to do his best to brake with 6-4 Chinese momentum Yuan SijunWho could not keep up with the pace of the Belgian player after 4-4. For this part, He goesthe last champion of the international tournament, won it 6-5 to Elliot Slessor In a playoff game full of tension in match after match of constant substitutions.
And so they will start this Wednesday The round of 16, which continues until Thursday. They will continue to see high-profile duels, although Mark Selby-Barry Hawkins, Zhang Anda-Luca Brecel and Ding Junhui-Tom Ford all emerge, due to the moment, as poster star duels. Complementing these are John Higgins-Zhu Yuelong, Jimmy Jones-Judd Trump, Ronnie O’Sullivan-Robert Milkins, Mark Williams-Jamie Clarke, and Hussein Vafai-Matthew Silt.
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