Jack Lisowski ended the run of Bai Yulu at this yr’s UK Championship with a 6-1 defeat of the younger Chinese language star within the qualifiers on Wednesday.
Lisowski made six half-century contributions to see off the problem of the reigning ladies’s world champion on the Mattioli Enviornment.
Victory for the Englishman implies that his identify will likely be entered into Thursday’s UK Championship draw for the final 32, with the venue phases commencing on Saturday in York.
Bai, a rookie on the principle tour this season, wasn’t capable of repeat her giant-killing performances of the earlier rounds.
However the 21 year-old turned the primary girl to win three matches in a row on the professional circuit and introduced herself as a expertise to undoubtedly control sooner or later.
“Clearly, it was all about Bai,” Jack Lisowski, who might face the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan or Judd Trump in the principle draw, informed the World Snooker Tour.
“It will have been unimaginable if she might have certified, however she had an unimaginable run anyway.”
“It was nearly making an attempt to maintain my focus tonight. I get simply distracted at the perfect of instances, so clearly her story line was at the back of my head.
“I believe she missed a blue to make it 1-1. I don’t know, I believe I simply made 50s and 60s in every body.
“We dragged one another down somewhat bit, however clearly I’m pleased to get by way of.
“I watched a little bit of her sport yesterday towards Scott [Donaldson], and she or he was nicking quite a lot of frames with good breaks.
“I assumed she may dish [in the second frame], and if it’s 1-1, it’s sport on. I believe that was most likely the important thing second within the match.
“I’m probably not positive [how my game is], it’s a bit patchy. Some good, some not so good. I’ve been practising much less.
“I’ve been in Dubai for the final two weeks enjoying Mohamed al-Joker, I used to be enjoying him every morning for about two hours.
“Simply a few best-of-sevens and that, I haven’t performed masses. Typically, you simply apply your self and I really feel like I’ve been making use of myself.
“I’m getting probably the most out of what I’ve bought on the minute. I’m really form of having fun with my snooker somewhat, in order that’s good.”
Who else certified?
Jack Lisowski was joined by seven different gamers who made it by way of the primary of two Judgement Days within the closing spherical of the UK Championship qualifiers.
The highest 16 seeds, who had been already assured of their place in the principle draw, received’t be significantly happy by the standard of the gamers who’ve superior up to now.
Former world champion Stuart Bingham thrashed Jimmy Robertson 6-0, whereas this yr’s Crucible runner-up Jak Jones beat Fan Zhengyi.
Former UK champion Stephen Maguire emerged from a titanic tussle with Elliot Slessor in a deciding body.
Barry Hawkins, Ryan Day, Wu Yize, and Jackson Web page additionally progressed courtesy of comparatively routine victories.
The remaining eight spots will likely be decided on Thursday, with the likes of Neil Robertson and Zhao Xintong again within the fray.
2024 UK Championship qualifiers
Spherical 4 – Judgement Day
Outcomes
Jak Jones 6-3 Fan Zhengyi
Elliot Slessor 5-6 Stephen Maguire
Jimmy Robertson 0-6 Stuart Bingham
Jackson Web page 6-2 Hossein Vafaei
Jack Lisowski 6-1 Bai Yulu
Ryan Day 6-2 Sanderson Lam
David Lilley 3-6 Wu Yize
Wang Yuchen 3-6 Barry Hawkins
Thursday, 1pm UTC
Lei Peifan vs Ben Woollaston
Zhou Yuelong vs Matthew Selt
Ricky Walden vs Zhao Xintong
Julien Leclercq vs David Gilbert
Thursday, 7pm UTC
Robert Milkins vs Xu Si
Stan Moody vs He Guoqiang
Liu Hongyu vs Michael Holt
Matthew Stevens vs Neil Robertson
Click on right here for up-to-date outcomes
(snooker.org)
The way to watch the UK Championship qualifiers
Watch worldwide on WST’s Fb or YouTube channels (outdoors China). You may as well watch dwell on discovery+ all through Europe together with the UK and Eire.
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