David Gilbert moved into the final eight of Championship League Snooker after profitable his second group stage in Leicester on Friday.
It took till the sixteenth day of the 2024/25 marketing campaign’s opening rating event for the Englishman to enter the fray.
However having squeezed by his preliminary round-robin foursome in dramatic style on Thursday, Gilbert was instantly again on the baize for Stage Two.
Buoyed by the terrific 136 century break that took him by a day earlier, the 2021 champion progressed to the ultimate group stage in complete style this time round.
Gilbert, who made a second profession look on the semi-finals of a World Championship final month, secured back-to-back 3-1 victories over Ashley Carty and He Guoqiang.
That left him needing only a level from his ultimate fixture in opposition to Stuart Bingham, who oddly sufficient Gilbert had by no means overwhelmed in 13 earlier makes an attempt.
Breaks of 62 and 52, nevertheless, assured the draw he required, and he duly received the third body for good measure to make sure his 100% profitable report for the day.
Gilbert shall be joined in Stage Three by Lengthy Zehuang, who regardless of being the bottom ranked competitor prevailed from Group C on the Mattioli Enviornment.
Reigning champion Shaun Murphy had appeared to be on target to proceed his defence of the event.
The Magician beat Lengthy 3-1 to open his account after which adopted that up with a 3-0 defeat of Jamie Jones.
Murphy wanted solely some extent in opposition to ultimate opponent Hossein Vafaei however was whitewash by the Iranian, leaving the door ajar for Lengthy.
Having earlier recovered to eclipse Vafaei 3-0, the 27 year-old from China orchestrated the identical scoreline in opposition to Jones in his final match to prime the group.
Lengthy, Vafaei, and Murphy all completed on six factors with a report of two wins and a defeat, however the former superior because of his superior body distinction.
On Saturday, Stage Two continues with two extra teams.
Neil Robertson has withdrawn from the competitors, which means Group E boasts solely three gamers within the type of Ali Carter, Jack Lisowski, and Wu Yize.
In Group A, Chris Wakelin entertains Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Fan Zhengyi, and Scott Donaldson.
Thursday, June twenty seventh – Outcomes
Group B
1. David Gilbert 3-1 Ashley Carty
2. Stuart Bingham 3-1 He Guoqiang
3. Stuart Bingham 2-2 Ashley Carty
4. David Gilbert 3-1 He Guoqaing
5. He Guoqiang 3-1 Ashley Carty
6. David Gilbert 3-0 Stuart Bingham
Group C
1. Shaun Murphy 3-1 Lengthy Zehuang
2. Hossein Vafaei 3-1 Jamie Jones
3. Lengthy Zehuang 3-0 Hossein Vafaei
4. Shaun Murphy 3-0 Jamie Jones
5. Lengthy Zehuang 3-0 Jamie Jones
6. Hossein Vafaei 3-0 Shaun Murphy
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 June twenty ninth |
Group B | Group C | Group D July 1st |
| Chris Wakelin | David Gilbert | Lengthy Zehuang | Mark Williams |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Si Jiahui | ||
| Fan Zhengyi | Ben Woollaston | ||
| Scott Donaldson | Stuart Carrington |
| Group E June twenty ninth |
Group F July 2nd |
Group G July 2nd |
Group H July 1st |
| Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Jackson Web page | Jak Jones |
| Jack Lisowski | Ryan Day | Michael White | Matthew Stevens |
| Wu Yize | Joe O’Connor | Alexander Ursenbacher | Martin O’Donnell |
| David Lilley | Robbie McGuigan | Ma Hailong |
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