Neil Robertson superior to the venue levels of the Wuhan Open after a snug 5-0 defeat of Ken Doherty within the qualifiers on Tuesday.
After a prolonged tactical battle on the finish of the primary body, Robertson potted pink and black to grab an early lead.
From then on, the Australian managed the competition and compiled breaks of 55, 101, 91, and 80 within the following 4 frames.
It has been a optimistic begin to the 2024/25 snooker season for Robertson, who ended the final marketing campaign outdoors the world’s prime 16 and with out a spot within the World Championship.
Many anticipate the 42 year-old to bounce again this time period, and it’s a case of thus far so good with two qualifying victories from two.
He was additionally undefeated within the season-opening Championship League Snooker however was compelled to withdraw from that following a scheduling mishap.
World primary Mark Allen was among the many different gamers who progressed within the Wuhan Open.
Regardless of his esteemed rating, the Antrim man’s round-of-128 match was considerably surprisingly not chosen as one of many a number of held over to the primary levels in October.
Nonetheless, Allen made mild work of his conflict with Bai Yulu – beating the reigning ladies’s world snooker champion 5-1 with a excessive contribution of 102.
Jack Lisowski additionally made it by means of courtesy of a 5-2 conquer Liam Graham.
Like Robertson, Lisowski has endured a tough spell of kind that has seen the gifted Cheltenham cueist drop outdoors the highest 16.
There have been victories elsewhere for World Championship finalist Jak Jones, his fellow Welshman Jackson Web page, and veteran Mark Davis.
Marco Fu rolled again the years, in the meantime, with a advantageous 5-1 success towards Zhou Yuelong that included a 105 break and three extra above 50.
Xiao Guodong, Jimmy Robertson, Louis Heathcote, Stan Moody, and Andrew Pagett have been the others to report wins.
With the preliminary section for the Wuhan Open over, it’s on to the following batch of qualifiers on the Mattioli Area.
On Wednesday, Lisowski and Si Jiahui are among the many higher-profile names again in motion.
2024 Wuhan Open qualifying draw and schedule
Spherical of 128 (bo9)
Sunday, July 28
Sanderson Lam 5-3 Huang Jiahao
Fan Zhengyi 5-0 Mink Nutcharut
He Guoqiang 5-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Stephen Maguire 4-5 Cheung Ka Wai
Xu Si 5-1 Ian Burns
Si Jiahui 5-3 Gong Chenzhi
Chris Wakelin 5-1 Ma Hailong
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Jiang Jun
Gary Wilson 5-4 Alexander Ursenbacher
Anthony McGill 5-3 Simon Blackwell
Aaron Hill 5-2 Ashley Carty
Robert Milkins 5-1 Farakh Ajaib
Jamie Clarke 5-4 Alfie Burden
Ricky Walden 4-5 Mostafa Dorgham
Joshua Thomand 0-5 Allan Taylor
Robbie Williams 5-4 Kreishh Gurbaxani
John Higgins 5-1 Ben Mertens
Jamie Jones 3-5 Haris Tahir
Mark Selby 4-5 Lengthy Zehuang
Shaun Murphy 5-1 Michael Holt
Dominic Dale 3-5 Jimmy White
Monday, July 29
Stuart Bingham 1-5 Xing Zihao
Pang Junxu 5-2 Révész Bulscú
Ali Carter 5-3 Wang Yuchen
Wu Yize 5-1 Rory Thor
David Grace 3-5 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Iulian Boiko 5-4 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Tian Pengfei 5-3 Andrew Higginson
Hossein Vafaei 5-0 Ahmed Elsayed
Ryan Day 5-3 Liu Hongyu
Scott Donaldson 1-5 Zak Surety
Graeme Dott 5-2 Julien Leclercq
Tom Ford 2-5 Sunny Akani
Matthew Selt 5-2 Liam Pullen
Joe Perry 4-5 Daniel Womersley
Anthony Hamilton 5-4 Reanne Evans
Elliot Slessor 5-3 Artiemijs Zizins
Luca Brecel 4-5 Duane Jones
Ben Woollaston 5-1 Oliver Traces
David Lilley 5-1 Mohamed Shehab
Noppon Saengkham 5-1 Daniel Wells
Joe O’Connor 3-5 Hammad Miah
Tuesday, July 30
Mark Allen 5-1 Bai Yulu
Jackson Web page 5-3 Lei Peifan
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-5 Louis Heathcote
Dylan Emery 5-1 Kok Leong Lim
Lyu Haotian 1-5 Andrew Pagett
Xiao Guodong 5-1 Haydon Pinhey
Zhou Yuelong 1-5 Marco Fu
Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Amir Sarkhosh
Neil Robertson 5-0 Ken Doherty
Jack Lisowski 5-2 Liam Graham
Jak Jones 5-3 Ross Muir
Mark Davis 5-3 Chris Totten
Matthew Stevens 2-5 Stan Moody
Heldover Matches
Schedule TBC
Judd Trump vs Antoni Kowalski
Yuan Sijun vs Wildcard
Ding Junhui vs Robbie McGuigan
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Mitchell Mann
Zhang Anda vs Dean Younger
Jordan Brown vs Wildcard
Martin O’Donnell vs Wildcard
David Gilbert vs Wildcard
Kyren Wilson vs Liam Davies
Featured photograph credit score: WST
