Yesterday was the last day of the “qualifiers” at the 2025 English Open, although actually, those didn’t exactly feel like qualifiers because of this tournament structure and schedule.

Here is the report shared by WST:

BetVictor English Open Day Four

Michael Holt scored a 4-0 whitewash win over women’s world number one Mink Nutcharut to book a meeting with Judd Trump at the BetVictor English Open. 

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The Hitman hasn’t beaten world number one Trump since 2015, having lost their previous seven meetings. However, a fine performance today earned him another crack at the sport’s premier player. Holt fired in runs of 116 and 106 during his whitewash win. 

Ireland’s Aaron Hill conjured a magical 147 break during his 4-2 win over China’s Yao Pengchang. He now faces an intriguing clash with 2004 UK Champion Stephen Maguire. 

Ricky Walden top scored with 84 in a 4-1 win over Women’s World Champion Bai Yulu. He now faces Joe O’Connor. 

Liam Pullen avenged his 2023 WSF Junior final loss to Stan Moody by prevailing 4-1. Next up he faces a clash with Chinese legend Ding Junhui.

All the results are available on snooker.org

Here is Aaron Hill’s 147 shared by WST on YouTube:

Once again this report’s focus is on the British/Irish players. Not a single match won by a non British/Irish player features in it and yet there were wins for Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Gong Chenzi, He Guoqiang and Ishpreet Singh Chadha. The latter beat Ben Mertens by 4-1 and looked very solid. I was disappointed by Ben’s performance but credits to Ishpreet, he played really well and totally deserved the win.

Liam Pullen also played really well in beating Stan Moody; he scored breaks of 96 and 82 in the process.

Strangely the match between Matthew Stevens and Dylan Emery is missing from the report. That match went to a deciding frame that ended on a 56-57 score and was won by Dylan on the final black. Dylan had breaks of 57, 72, 109 and 130 in that match, Matthew had “only” a 51 and a 71. Some standard… and drama, but not worth reporting on ???