Some of the big hitters were in action yesterday in Sheffield and here is the report by WST:
Top Seeds Secure Tianjin Spots
Four-time Crucible king Mark Selby eased to a 6-2 victory over Muhammad Asif in the qualifying round for the International Championship, on a good day for the top seeds as four other players ranked within the world’s top 16 all booked places in Tianjin in November.
Selby recovered from the loss of the opening frame to take six of the next seven, making top breaks of 75 and 102. Mark Williams fired runs of 118 and 112 during a 6-0 whitewash of Rebecca Kenna.
Jack Lisowski top scored with 86 in a 6-3 win over He Guoqiang, while Mark Allen compiled runs of 124 and 113 in a 6-2 defeat of Ma Hailong. Kyren Wilson saw off Adam Duffy 6-3 with a top run of 74.
Lyu Hoatian made an 84 in the decider to edge out David Lilley 6-5, while breaks of 138 and 134 helped Elliot Slessor beat Hammad Miah 6-2.
As usual all the detailed results are available on snooker.org
As usual some results are missing in the report: Fan Zhengyi beat Mostafa Dorgham by 6-2, and Jamie Jones beat Ashley Carty by 6-4. This last match finished well past midnight UK time.
I wouldn’t say that Mark Selby “eased” past Muhammad Asif. Yes the end result looks one-sided but Muhammad made Mark really work for it, particularly after the MSI.
He Guogiang showed good stuff in his match against Jack Lisowski. Both players had three breaks over 50. What made the difference was Jack’s superior safety game. He won all the close frames.
Willo’s match was more like a walk in the park than an actual match … unfortunately. It’s always nice to watch Willo in full flow, but he had very little opposition, especially before the MSI.
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I’m still working China time, so with the longer matches I can only really see the first session.
Lyu Haotian did very well to win that deciding frame. He should really have won 6-3 or 6-4, but the pressure got to him. However, Lilley’s behaviour was awful: constantly complaining about table conditions, bad luck, his own bad shots,… No doubt this put extra pressure on his opponent and was a distraction, taking advantage of his opponent’s lack of English and the referee’s lack of intervention. Maybe Lilley was an amateur for too long and some old habits never die.
The other matches I saw were comfortable wins.
I agree Lewis, I didn’t like Lilley’s attitude at all – not for the first time – and Lyu as you say did well. I’m happy he’ll be at the main venue.
Yes, it will mean a lot to Lyu. He comes from south Beijing, not far from Tianjin. His new wife and parents may well be able to attend, and he will get huge local support.