Ronnie O’Sullivan didn’t get his 2024/25 snooker season off to the most effective begin, failing to advance from Group 2 of Championship League Snooker on Tuesday.
The Rocket had been the pre-tournament favorite with the bookies, however he might solely end third in his four-player league desk.
A fast 3-0 victory over newbie top-up Kayden Brierley, the place O’Sullivan compiled breaks of 72 and a brace of 53s, appeared to set him on his means.
However the reigning UK and Masters champion might solely handle a 2-2 draw with Mitchell Mann, which meant that he wanted a optimistic outcome from his remaining fixture of the day.
That didn’t materialise, with He Guoqiang producing a superb show and contributions of 80, 77, and 57 serving to the Chinese language cueist to a 3-0 victory at O’Sullivan’s expense.
It was a powerful turnaround from He following his preliminary defeat to Mann, and having then crushed Brierley 3-0, the 23 year-old’s file of two wins and a loss proved to be sufficient to see him transfer by.
In an in depth end, Mann might have led to first had he crushed Brierley, however the Englishman misplaced the final body and disappointingly needed to accept a draw.
In Group 12, Jack Lisowski topped the standings with an undefeated stretch of video games on the Mattioli Area in Leicester.
Nonetheless bidding for a maiden rating title, Lisowski reached the final 32 of this competitors with assistance from a pair of victories over Anton Kazakov and Jiang Jun.
The Englishman wanted a single level from his final match towards Mark Davis, and that’s precisely what he bought as he received the opening two frames to ensure his progress.
The penultimate day of a prolonged Stage One in Championship League Snooker takes place on Wednesday, in the meantime.
Ali Carter stars in Group 5, with the Captain set to face Xing Zihao, tour rookie Kreishh Gurbaxani, and newbie Joshua Thomand.
In Group 16, Chinese language pair Zhou Yuelong and Fan Zhengyi will battle for first alongside Alfie Burden and Mink Nutcharut.
Tuesday, June twenty fifth – Outcomes
Group 2
1. Ronnie O’Sullivan 3-0 Kayden Brierley
2. Mitchell Mann 3-1 He Guoqiang
3. He Guoqiang 3-0 Kayden Brierley
4. Ronnie O’Sullivan 2-2 Mitchell Mann
5. Mitchell Mann 2-2 Kayden Brierley
6. He Guoqiang 3-0 Ronnie O’Sullivan
Group 12
1. Jack Lisowski 3-0 Anton Kazakov
2. Mark Davis 2-2 Jiang Jun
3. Mark Davis 3-1 Anton Kazakov
4. Jack Lisowski 3-1 Jiang Jun
5. Jiang Jun 2-2 Anton Kazakov
6. Jack Lisowski 2-2 Mark Davis
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 June twenty sixth |
Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 |
| Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Robbie McGuigan | Jak Jones |
| Xing Zihao | |||
| Kreishh Gurbaxani | |||
| Joshua Thomond |
| 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 June twenty sixth |
| Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Zhou Yuelong |
| Xu Si | Fan Zhengyi | ||
| Andrew Pagett | Alfie Burden | ||
| Duane Jones | Mink Nutcharut |
| 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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