The 2022 Betfred World Championship qualifiers finish at the moment with the 16 qualifiers being introduced for the ultimate phases of the occasion to be held at The Crucible from Saturday, sixteenth April.
Already certified into the draw are Stephen Maguire, Ding Junhui, Michael White, Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Jamie Jones, Ashley Hugill, a debutant, and Scotland’s Scott Donaldson and Lyu Haotian.
Eight extra gamers will come by means of by the top of at the moment with the draw for the Blue Ribbon occasion being made on Thursday.
For the second time in a matter of seven years, Ding Junhui, China’s figurehead of snooker has needed to come by means of the qualifying rounds, the place, in 2016, he managed to succeed in the ultimate of the World Championship as a qualifier however misplaced out to Mark Selby.
Ding performed David Lilley within the remaining matches and was trailing 7 – 4 earlier than his expertise gained by means of and denied Lilley, a World Seniors Champion a debut on the Crucible within the World Championship.
Ding mentioned after to Rob Walker: “At 7-4 down I felt I couldn’t pot a ball,” mentioned 14-time rating occasion winner Ding. “He was enjoying very nicely. Once I obtained again to 7-7 he began making errors. I attempted to play higher security to maintain him off the desk. I’m enjoying significantly better now than I used to be earlier than Christmas. It should take time, however I imagine I can discover my greatest kind once more.”
The 16 qualifiers shall be eagerly awaiting the annual draw to search out out who performs the Rocket Ronnie O’Sullivan within the first spherical correct at snooker’s house of the World Championship.
Bizarrely, Stephen Maguire, who got here by means of a tricky battle in opposition to Zhou Yuelong, informed Eurosport with Rob Walker, after: I used to be simply seeing gravestones and skulls.”
With the likes of Ding and Maguire within the draw, in addition to Michael White, the first-round attracts are all the time robust for the highest 16 gamers, who’ve certified by proper as one of the best on the planet.
A few of the gamers who’ve certified for the Crucible are only a stone throw’s stroll from the well-known theatre of goals on the Victoria Snooker Academy. Hugill, Haotian and others all study from one another.
Victoria Shi, the proprietor of the Vic Snooker Academy mentioned on Fb: “One other participant (Ashley Hugill, who moved from York to Sheffield to coach on the Academy and cites within the Metro as having had inspiration from the Rocket) primarily based at our academy who has improved past perception in current months.
Including: “We’re pleased with the ambiance we’ve got created which permits the gamers to study from one another. We’re taking a lot of bookings for QSchool. Why wouldn’t gamers need to expertise such a profitable ambiance?”
Gamers will battle for a high prize of 500K.
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