Only 16 players remain on course to gain a professional tour card at the fourth and last Q-School of the 2022/23 season. Of those 16 players, 9 are from China/Hong-Kong, 4 from Pakistan, 1 from India, 1 from UAE and 1 from Iran. A bit surprisingly, given that the event is played in Thailand, there are no Thai player left in the draw. But then, maybe, playing at home actually added pressure on them.

You can find all the detailed results on snooker.org

The level of the Asian Q-Schools has been much better this year than it was last year and the presence of a strong Chinese/Hong Kongese contingent has probably something to do with it.

Lei Peifan and On Yee Ng were the only two freshly relegated professionals in the draw. Both are out of the competition already.

On Yee reached round 3, having got a w/o in round 2. She was beaten today by Amir Sarkhosh from Iran. Amir is a solid player who has a lot of experience in IBSF events. The score was 4-1, but in the only frame she won On Yee scored a 104 and that was a maximum attempt.

Lei Peifan lost by 4-3, on the final black to Sattar Noor from Pakistan. I had never heard of Sattar before this event but he impressed me: he’s a very aggressive player with a strong long potting. He scored three breaks over 50 against Lei. Today, he gave Wang Yuchen a serious test. All the frames were hard-fought.

One “recent” former pro who is still in the draw is Gao Yang. He was on the main tour in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. Incredibly, Gao is only 18 years old. Needles to say … he was far too young at the time, only a kid far away from his family at a time when the covid crisis made everything even harder. Gao’s next opponent is the 24 years old Cheung Ka Wai from Hong Kong who reached the final round in this season Asia-Ocenia Q-School Event 1. This should be a good match.

A lot of the matches were streamed and can be found on https://www.facebook.com/BsatTH