Mark Williams gained Group D of Championship League Snooker on Monday on the Mattioli Enviornment in Leicester.
The Welshman was concerned in a good group in Stage Two of the competitors with Si Jiahui, Ben Woollaston, and Stuart Carrington.
The primary 4 video games through the round-robin play had been drawn, leaving all of it to play for heading into the third and final spherical of fixtures.
Woollaston recorded a 3-1 victory over Carrington to offer himself a chance to progress.
However Williams went one higher by whitewashing Si with a 3-0 scoreline that despatched him forward of Woollaston on body distinction.
Williams completed runner-up to Shaun Murphy on this event 12 months in the past and shall be hoping to go one higher this time round.
In Group H, in the meantime, Martin O’Donnell prevailed with an identical undefeated report of 1 triumph and two attracts.
Very like in Group D, every thing performed out evenly over the course of the opening 4 video games with O’Donnell locked in a tie with Jak Jones, Matthew Stevens, and Ma Hailong.
When Jones and Stevens duly couldn’t be separated in one other 2-2 consequence, it left the door ajar for both O’Donnell or Ma to pounce.
It was the previous who took benefit, final season’s Welsh Open runner-up edging Ma in a good fourth body on the colors.
Williams and O’Donnell be part of Ali Carter, David Gilbert, Scott Donaldson, and Lengthy Zehuang in Stage Three on Wednesday.
The remaining two spots within the final eight shall be stuffed on Tuesday, with Teams F and G nonetheless to be performed.
Gary Wilson, Ryan Day, Joe O’Connor, and David Lilley compete in Group F, whereas Group G contains Jackson Web page, Michael White, Alexander Ursenbacher, and Robbie McGuigan.
Monday, July 1st – Outcomes
Group D
1. Mark Williams 2-2 Stuart Carrington
2. Si Jiahui 2-2 Ben Woollaston
3. Si Jiahui 2-2 Stuart Carrington
4. Mark Williams 2-2 Ben Woollaston
5. Ben Woollaston 3-1 Stuart Carrington
6. Mark Williams 3-0 Ben Woollaston
Group H
1. Jak Jones 2-2 Ma Hailong
2. Matthew Stevens 2-2 Martin O’Donnell
3. Matthew Stevens 2-2 Ma Hailong
4. Jak Jones 2-2 Martin O’Donnell
5. Martin O’Donnell 3-1 Ma Hailong
6. Jak Jones 2-2 Matthew Stevens
Championship League Snooker
Stage One Draw
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
Scott Donaldson | He Guoqiang | Shaun Murphy | Mark Williams |
Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 |
Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Robbie McGuigan | Jak Jones |
Group 9 | Group 10 | Group 11 | Group 12 |
Ma Hailong | Jackson Web page | Ryan Day | Jack Lisowski |
Group 13 | Group 14 | Group 15 | Group 16 |
Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Fan Zhengyi |
Group 17 | Group 18 | Group 19 | Group 20 |
Chris Wakelin | Stuart Bingham | Lengthy Zehuang | Stuart Carrington |
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 |
Stage Two
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
Scott Donaldson | David Gilbert | Lengthy Zehuang | Mark Williams |
Group E | Group F July 2nd |
Group G July 2nd |
Group H |
Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Jackson Web page | Martin O’Donnell |
Ryan Day | Michael White | ||
Joe O’Connor | Alexander Ursenbacher | ||
David Lilley | Robbie McGuigan |
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