Liu Chuang loses battle against Ryan Day: World Snooker Championship, final qualifying round
The Chinese Star, Liu Chuang, lost his battle against the Welshman, Ryan Day, by a frame score of 10-7 in the final qualifying round of the 2011 World Snooker Championship held at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England.
The 20-year-old, Chuang, was making an impressive way towards the Crucible. He started from the first round and beat the likes of David Gray, Jimmy White, and Tom Ford. However, his hopes to reach the home of snooker have been ended now in the last round
by the Dynamite, Day.
A magnificent battle took place between both players with spectacular breaks of 63, 83, 127, 122, 86, 64, 61, 61, and 65.
The overall score line was 85-20, 58-54, 40-79, 1-83, 127-0, 122-7, 70-40, 0-86, 68-36, 84-1, 25-78, 67-22, 16-70, 6-88, 5-105, 70-36, and 73-17.
Day stormed into a 2-0 lead with a classy break of 63 in the first and a couple of quick fires, 25 and 33, in the second. Chuang also bounced back and won two frames straight with carving breaks of 60 and 83 respectively to level the things by 2-2 before
the interval.
After the interval Day, who is one of the strongest break builders, produced mind boggling back to back century breaks of 127 and 122 in the fifth and sixth. He also took the seventh frame after rolling in 55 points in the end to lead by 5-2.
In the eighth frame, the Chinese showed signs of confidence by firing up a classy break of 86 to reduce the deficit by 5-3.
However, Day restored his three-frame lead again by winning the ninth with a break of 64 and ended the first session with a 6-3 lead.
In the evening session, it was again Day who dominated the first frame with dominant breaks of 54 and 30 whereas Chuang responded with a 61 in the next.
The next two frames were also traded in the similar manner between the players before the mid-session break.
Starting with an 8-5 deficit, Chuang clawed his way back and won the first two frames to trail his opponent by 8-7. He enjoyed superb breaks of 56 and 65 respectively.
However, he lost control of his emotions in the 16th, breaking down on 8. A bout of safety play was seen between the players and in the end, it was Day who came on top.
Chuang, who was left with two frames down with three to play, got his chance in the 17th but he could only manage a break of 16 and when the chance presented itself, Day slotted an outclass break of 65 to finish the matters off by 10-7.
Ryan Day has now reached the most prestigious stage of snooker and will face the seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry in the last 32.
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