Round 2 of the third and last 2021 Q-School concluded yesterday.
Here is what WST reported about it:
Wells Sunk By In-Form Muir
Former Scottish Open semi-finalist Daniel Wells faces a year away from professional snooker as he lost 4-2 to Ross Muir in the last 128 of the third and final Q School event.
Welshman Wells has been on the pro tour since 2015 but was relegated at the end of last season and has won just one match in the three Q School events.
Scotland’s Muir has made five centuries over the three events and impressed again today as a top break of 103 helped him set up a last-64 tie with Saqib Nasir. He needs four more wins to guarantee a tour card by reaching the semi-finals, and Muir is also in contention for the two cards available for the next two highest ranked players on the Order of Merit.
Women’s world number four Rebecca Kenna came from 2-0 down to 2-2 against Ross Bulman but eventually lost 4-2. Bulman now meets Lewis Gillen.
James Cahill made a 112 in a 4-0 win over Labeed Ahmed while Sanderson Lam, who lost narrowly to Barry Pinches in the final round of event two, got back on track with a 4-1 defeat of Jack Bradford.
France’s top player Brian Ochoiski top scored with 74 in a 4-1 victory over Carl Mottershaw, while Belgium’s Ben Mertens made breaks of 55, 58, 56 and 118 as he beat Evan Munro 4-0.
Mitchell Mann top scored with 111 in a 4-1 defeat of Umut Dikme, while Kishan Hirani came from 3-1 down to beat Michael Collumb 4-3.
There were also victories for non UK/Irish players Niel Vincent (France), Rodion Judin (Latvia), Mateusz Baranowski (Poland), Yu Kiu Chang (Hong Kong), Soheil Vahedi (Iran), Lei Peifan, Luo Honghao, Bai Langning, Si Jiahui (China), Florian Nüßle (Austria) and Brian Cini (Malta).
Unfortunately a number of them are set to face each other in round three. At the time of writing, Ben Mertens has beaten Niel Vincent and Soheil Vahedi has beaten Rodion Judin, whilst today, Luo Honghao is set to face Bai Langning and Si Jiahui will play Daan Leyssen (Belgium) who had a bye through round two.
Lei Peifan won his third round match and is currently on top of the Orfer of Merit list. In round four he will face Ben Mertens…
If you wonder what happened to Tony Knowles … as for once WST failed to report on him … fear not. He’s through to round four and the main feature of WST report on round three. Seriously, it’s quite remarkable what Tony achieves, and all credits to him, but he’s hardly the future of the game.
Ronnie O'Sullivan 
Yes, several very good players are now eliminated. The final Q School tourney is always a stressful time for players who fancy their chances, and many will crack under the strain after two weeks of bruising competition, with a considerable amount of travelling thrown in.
Lei Peifan did very well to come back from 3-1 down against Pat Wallace, making three good breaks. Objectively, Lei doesn’t appear to have a big game, but he has composure and keeps fighting. It’s these qualities which are most important in snooker, and the main reason why many more talented young players have underacheived, losing to the experienced older players.
But after the ‘disappointment’ expressed by many over the QS2 qualifiers, I’m not surprised WST stopped reporting Tony Knowles. They also avoided an in-depth analysis of the titanic battle between Rod Lawler and John Welsh, with both players having an AST of around 40s, finishing at 1:20am.