Ali Carter left it late however managed to win Group 5 of Championship League Snooker on the Mattioli Enviornment in Leicester on Wednesday.
The 2024 Masters runner-up opened his 2024/25 snooker marketing campaign with a 2-2 draw towards novice top-up Joshua Thomand.
That surprising scoreline instantly put the Captain on the again foot, however he finally recovered with back-to-back victories to progress.
Carter overcame tour rookie Kreishh Gurbaxani 3-1 in a scrappy affair after which repeated that outcome towards Xing Zihao.
The latter might have superior at Carter’s expense with a draw of their last recreation.
There was late drama as the end result of their match got here all the way down to a decent fourth body, however Carter finally received the job performed on the colors.
In Group 16, in the meantime, Fan Zhengyi topped the standings with an identical undefeated report of two triumphs and a draw.
The previous European Masters champion recorded a brace of 3-0 victories over Alfie Burden and Zhou Yuelong, both facet of a 2-2 tie with Mink Nutcharut.
Zhou had been the group’s prime seed however surprisingly ended the day in final place having scored only a level from his three fixtures.
The primary stage of this 12 months’s Championship League Snooker lastly concludes on Thursday with the final couple of teams.
Defending champion Shaun Murphy enters the fray in Group 3 alongside Tian Pengfei, Reanne Evans, and Steven Hallworth.
One other former champion fronts Group 15, with David Gilbert in motion towards Xu Si, Andrew Pagett, and Duane Jones.
Wednesday, June twenty sixth – Outcomes
Group 5
1. Ali Carter 2-2 Joshua Thomand
2. Xing Zihao 3-0 Kreishh Gurbaxani
3. Xing Zihao 3-1 Joshua Thomand
4. Ali Carter 3-1 Kreishh Gurbaxani
5. Joshua Thomand 3-1 Kreishh Gurbaxani
6. Ali Carter 3-1 Xing Zihao
Group 16
1. Zhou Yuelong 2-2 Mink Nutcharut
2. Fan Zhengyi 3-0 Alfie Burden
3. Fan Zhengyi 2-2 Mink Nutcharut
4. Alfie Burden 3-1 Zhou Yuelong
5. Alfie Burden 3-0 Mink Nutcharut
6. Fan Zhengyi 3-0 Zhou Yuelong
Championship League Snooker
Stage One Draw
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 June twenty seventh |
Group 4 |
| Scott Donaldson | He Guoqiang | Shaun Murphy | Mark Williams |
| Tian Pengfei | |||
| Reanne Evans | |||
| Steven Hallworth |
| 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 June twenty seventh |
Group 16 |
| Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Fan Zhengyi |
| Xu Si | |||
| Andrew Pagett | |||
| Duane Jones |
| 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 |
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