Williams Comes Through Petrov Test
Mark Williams pulled away from 2-2 to beat Andres Petrov 5-2 and qualify for the final stages of the Wuhan Open.
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Estonia’s top player Petrov made a break of 90 as he came from 2-0 down to 2-2, but three-time Crucible king Williams took the last three frames with a top run of 59 and he’ll be heading to China for the final stages of this new world ranking event next month.
BetVictor European Masters champion Barry Hawkins extended his winning streak with a 5-1 defeat of Louis Heathcote, compiling runs of 76, 77 and 75. Jack Lisowski needed just 56 minutes to beat Jenson Kendrick 5-0, firing breaks of 108, 61, 81 and 97.
Jamie Jones came from 3-1 and 4-3 down to beat Liam Pullen 5-4, making a break of 70 in the decider. Pang Junxu top scored with 100 in a 5-1 win over Stan Moody.
Ishpreet Singh Chadha continued his impressive start to his debut pro season as he edged out Anthony McGill 5-4. The Indian cueman made a 105 earlier in the match, and in a tense deciding frame he converted excellent pots on the blue, pink and black to snatch victory.
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This will be short one as I’m on the road today…
As usual a lot of matches are “ignored” in the above report. You will find all the results on snooker.org
The McGill v Singh Chadha match is the only one I followed from start to finish yesterday. It was an excellent match and Singh Chadha totally deserved the win. Snooker was born in India, and we had some very good players from India in the past, notably Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta. They should have done better but the truth is that they didn’t settle in the UK, Pankaj in particular was very unhappy, terribly homesick and eventually he decided that it wasn’t worth it. Singh Chadha has a lot of potential. Let’s hope that he can be happy and adapts to this new life, so very different from what he’s used to in his country.
Ronnie O'Sullivan 
The other close match was Jamie Jones against Liam Pullen. Pullen missed a pink in frame 8 which was probably match-ball. He’s obviously a very talented boy, and with a bit more experience will be a dangerous opponent. The question, as always, is whether players like Pullen and Chadha can stay on ‘the tour’.