Yesteday was the last of the 2024 International Championship qualifiers. The report by WST, once again, mainly focusses on how the British players faired.
LISOWSKI BEATS REVESZ WITH FINE FINISH
Jack Lisowski made a century in the deciding frame to beat Bulcsu Revesz 6-5 in a high quality tussle in the qualifying round for the International Championship.
Lisowski has suffered defeats against Xu Si and David Grace in qualifying events this season, but this time he finished superbly to earn a trip to Nanjing in China next month. Tour rookie Revesz led 5-3 with top breaks of 99, 77 and 76, and he was also 35-7 ahead in frame nine. But Lisowski took that one with a 69 clearance, then compiled runs of 55 and 57 in the tenth for 5-5, before a 108 in the last frame.
Mark Allen scored heavily in a 6-3 win over Farakh Ajaib, making breaks of 62, 127, 123, 85 and 60. Joe Perry could be in danger of relegation at the end of this season so his 6-1 win over Jonas Luz was a welcome boost.
Ryan Day recovered a 5-2 deficit to beat Ma Hailong 6-5, making breaks of 69, 75 and 93 in the last three frames. David Gilbert enjoyed runs of 104 and 100 as he came from 2-0 down to beat Bai Yulu 6-2. Matthew Stevens top scored with 106 in a 6-0 whitewash of Huang Jiahao.
The qualifying round is now complete and all winners go through to the final stages in Nanjing, China which run from November 3-10.
All the detailed results are on snooker.org (of course!)
He Guoqiang beat Antoni Kowalski by 6-1, Yuan Sijun beat Ian Burns by 6-1 and Liu Hongyu beat Rory Thor by 6-5. The latter match was hard-fought and it is Rory who scored the two centuries it featured: a 133 in the first frame and a134 in the fifth. That was a good match to watch.
The next event will be the 2024 Wuhan Open and it remains uncertain wether Ronnie will compete in it or not. He’s in the draw but his last interviews raised serious doubts about his intentions to play next week. I still expect him to go, because it is in China and he likes it there, and his sponsors may want him there, but we shall see.
Ronnie O'Sullivan 
You called it, Mon!
I believed ROS will play in China.
Looks like Ronnie has withdrawn from Wuhan, after all…
A pity about Bulcsú losing: it was his best match so far IMO: he played a lot better than in some matches he won. If he continues this way, it might be a good season for him.
Now the other match I watched by Bai Yulu was much more disappointing. There is a big difference between these two rookies, even though they probably have similar pre-tour experienced and Bulcsú is in fact younger.