Matthew Stevens moved into Stage Two of Championship League Snooker by topping Group 25 on Wednesday in Leicester.
The Welshman compiled a break of 66 to wrap up a 3-0 victory over Haydon Pinhey in his preliminary round-robin affair, the latter taking part in in his first match as knowledgeable participant.
Stevens subsequently regarded set to keep up his 100% file however missed a difficult ultimate black in opposition to Farakh Ajaib, with the Pakistan participant duly sinking it to attract the sport 2-2.
That left each Stevens and Ajaib on 4 factors every on the prime of the group heading into the third and final spherical of fixtures.
Ajaib’s problem rapidly pale, nonetheless, with a 3-0 reverse in opposition to Pinhey, leaving the door ajar for Stevens to energy via.
The previous UK and Masters champion wanted solely some extent to prevail however took all three, beating the upper seed Robbie Williams 3-1 with contributions of 97, 91, and 59.
Ashley Carty, in the meantime, grew to become the primary competitor of the week to go undefeated whereas holding an ideal file of three wins from three outings.
The Englishman misplaced solely a single body as he dominated Group 31 on the Mattioli Enviornment.
Carty started with 3-0 overcome Mostafa Dorgham and adopted it up with a 3-1 defeat of novice top-up Simon Blackwell.
Remaining opponent Elliot Slessor had additionally recorded two wins up till this level in opposition to the identical opposition, however Carty managed their essential winner-takes-all tie with runs of 81, 59, and 53.
On Thursday, Championship League Snooker continues with two extra Stage One teams in what’s the 2024/25 season’s opening rating occasion.
Former world quantity two Stephen Maguire fronts Group 23 in opposition to Michael White, Dean Younger, and Ryan Davies.
In Group 22, Joe O’Connor will encounter Aaron Hill, Oliver Strains, and Harvey Chandler.
Championship League Snooker
Stage One Draw
| Group 1 June twentieth |
Group 2 June twenty fifth |
Group 3 June twenty seventh |
Group 4 |
| Kyren Wilson | Ronnie O’Sullivan | Shaun Murphy | Mark Williams |
| Scott Donaldson | He Guoqiang | Tian Pengfei | |
| Baipat Siripaporn | Mitchell Mann | Reanne Evans | |
| Daniel Womersley | Kayden Brierley | Steven Hallworth |
| Group 5 June twenty sixth |
Group 6 June twenty fourth |
Group 7 June seventeenth |
Group 8 June seventeenth |
| Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Tom Ford | Jak Jones |
| Xing Zihao | Joe Perry | Sanderson Lam | Jordan Brown |
| Kreishh Gurbaxani | Michael Holt | Robbie McGuigan | Bulcsú Révész |
| Joshua Thomond | Huang Jiahao | Barry Pinches | Antoni Kowalski |
| Group 9 June twenty fourth |
Group 10 June 14th |
Group 11 | Group 12 June twenty fifth |
| John Higgins | Robert Milkins | Ryan Day | Jack Lisowski |
| Ma Hailong | Jackson Web page | Mark Davis | |
| Ben Mertens | Andrew Higginson | Jiang Jun | |
| Artemijs Zizins | Iulian Boiko | Anton Kazakov |
| Group 13 June twenty first |
Group 14 June twentieth |
Group 15 June twenty seventh |
Group 16 June twenty sixth |
| Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Zhou Yuelong |
| Jimmy Robertson | Louis Heathcote | Xu Si | Fan Zhengyi |
| Zak Surety | Manasawin Phetmalaikul | Andrew Pagett | Alfie Burden |
| Lee Daegyu | Josh Mulholland | Duane Jones | Mink Nutcharut |
| Group 17 | Group 18 June twenty first |
Group 19 June twenty second |
Group 20 June twenty second |
| Chris Wakelin | Stuart Bingham | Noppon Saengkham | Pang Junxu |
| Anthony Hamilton | Lengthy Zehuang | Stuart Carrington | |
| Ahmed Aly Elsayed | Lei Peifan | Gong Chenzhi | |
| Hamim Hussain | Alfie Davies | Gerard Greene |
| Group 21 | Group 22 June thirteenth |
Group 23 June thirteenth |
Group 24 June 18th |
| Neil Robertson | Joe O’Connor | Stephen Maguire | Ricky Walden |
| Aaron Hill | Michael White | Martin O’Donnell | |
| Oliver Strains | Dean Younger | Rory Thor | |
| Harvey Chandler | Ryan Davies | Umut Dikme |
| Group 25 | Group 26 June nineteenth |
Group 27 June nineteenth |
Group 28 June 18th |
| Matthew Stevens | Matthew Selt | Yuan Sijun | Wu Yize |
| Graeme Dott | David Lilley | Ross Muir | |
| Alexander Ursenbacher | Liam Graham | Allan Taylor | |
| Florian Nuessle | Paul Deaville | Joshua Cooper |
| Group 29 June fifteenth |
Group 30 June fifteenth |
Group 31 | Group 32 June 14th |
| Dominic Dale | Jamie Jones | Ashley Carty | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| Ben Woollaston | Liu Hongyu | Daniel Wells | |
| Stan Moody | Ishpreet Singh Chadha | Julien Leclercq | |
| Dylan Emery | Chris Totten | Mark Joyce |
Featured photograph credit score: WST
