Here is WST report on the final day at the 2023 British Open

Maguire Cruises To White-Wash

Stephen Maguire proved too good for Jimmy White in the qualifying round for the Cazoo British Open, winning 4-0 to book his place in the final stages in Cheltenham.

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Veteran White, age 61, enjoyed a 6-4 success when these two met in UK Championship qualifying last season. But this time Scotland’s Maguire was in ruthless mode, firing breaks of 135 and 60 in a comfortable victory.

Shoot Out finalist Julien Leclercq impressed in a 4-2 win over Dean Young, making breaks of 122, 53 and 77. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh raced to a 4-0 defeat of Reanne Evans in just 49 minutes.

Stuart Bingham top scored with 68 in a 4-0 win over John Astley while Matthew Selt saw off Liam Highfield by the same scoreline. Former European Masters champion Fan Zhengyi trailed Mark Davis three times but eventually won 4-3 thanks to runs of 73 and 50 in the last two frames.

The final stages run from September 25 to October 1 in Cheltenham, for all details   including ticket information click here.

Again some results are missing and they aren’t from “late” matches either. Xiao Guodong beat Marco Fu by 4-2 in a match I found hard to watch. Marco struggles so much that it makes me feel sorry for him and very uneasy as a spectator. Maybe Xiao felt uneasy as well because he wasn’t at his best either. The other “forgotten” match saw Jamie Jones beat rookie Mostafa Dorgham from Egypt by 4-0. I didn’t watch that match, but at least two of the frames were very close.

There is more snooker going today with “The 900 streamed on SportyStuff TV YouTube channel. I’ll report on that tomorrow.

I’m very happy about Julien Leclercq victory of course but I didn’t see the match. I will watch it later today.

If you wonder what I was up to that made me miss that match here goes.

I knew I could watch the match later but that the live musical event would not be repeated…

Post Scriptum – I have now watched the match and it was an agreeable one between two young players who both attack and play positive snooker. I quite like Dean Young. He’s not one of the “fancied” boys, he’s not “bigging” himself, but after getting relegated he immediately re-qualified via the Q-School which is a rarity for a player so young.