This is WST report on what happened yesterday at the British Open qualifiers is here:

Wakelin Back From The Brink

Shoot Out king Chris Wakelin recovered a 3-0 deficit to beat Andrew Pagett 4-3 in the qualifying round for the Cazoo British Open.

Wakelin looked sure to miss out on a place in Cheltenham after losing the first three frames, especially when he trailed 52-23 in the fourth. But he hit back to snatch that frame with a 40 clearance. Pagett had chances in each of the last three frames, but couldn’t take them as Wakelin battled to victory with a top break of 65.

Zhang Anda made breaks of 119 and 129 to take a 2-1 lead over Graeme Dott, but 2006 World Champion Dott eventually prevailed 4-3 thanks to a 71 in the decider. Women’s World Champion Baipat Siripaporn suffered a 4-1 reverse against Liu Hongyu.

Anthony Hamilton top scored with 86 in a 4-1 win over Aaron Hill, and he was one of three players over 50 to win on Wednesday as Andy Hicks saw off Andrew Higginson 4-1 and Rod Lawler beat Sam Craigie 4-2.

Baipat’s defeat to Liu Hongyu was no surprise to me, having watched them both previously. I didn’t expect her to win a single frame actually. She is far away from the required level to be competitive on tour but she showed a lot of resilience and battling spirit. She potted some great balls but she doesn’t score enough. She needs to work on her break-building and to get used to the conditions.

No surprise either about Yuan Sijun beating Dylan Emery by 4-1. I wasn’t expecting too much from Yuan after his recent adventures in China and on social media but he has far too much for Dylan.

Rory McLeod was called in last minute to replace Asjad Iqbal and it’s not surprisingly that he was convincingly beaten by Tian Pengfei. Tian is a very solid player and Rory probably came into the match unprepared.