Results of Qualifying Round 1 of World Snooker Championship 2011
The Qualifying Round 1 of the World Snooker Championship 2011, held at the World Snooker Academy, has concluded.
Following are the overall results for the round:
Kyren Wilson 10-5 Dermot McGlinchey
Liu Song 10-8 Michael Judge
James Wattana 10-3 Justin Astley
T’.T’boon 8-10 Sam Baird
James McBain 10-9 Issara Kachaiwong
Igor Figueiredo 5-10 Joe Delaney
Liu Chuang 10-3 David Gray
David Morris 8-10 David Gilbert
Paul Davison 10-5 Stephen Rowlings
Patrick Wallace 10-2 Del Smith
Michael White 10-2 Adam Wicheard
Liam Highfield 8-10 Kuldesh Johal
Simon Bedford 10-3 Noppon Saengkham
Ben Woollaston 10-8 Jamie O’Neill
Andrew Pagett 10-6 Zhang Anda
Xiao Guodong 10-9 Kurt Maflin
Sixteen best-of-nineteen matches were played overall in Round 1. It was a well fought round as most of the players put on fully stretched battles. Following are the most amazing match-ups:
The most dominating players of the day were Patrick Wallace and Michael White who won with a 10-2 frame score against Del Smith and Adam Wicheard respectively.
Patrick Wallace produced three century breaks – 100, 115, and 119 – against Smith whereas Michael White was not able to produce any big breaks.
David Grey, who got a walkover in the previous round like Del Smith, was whitewashed by Chinese star Liu Chang with a frame score of 10-3.
Stephen Rowlings, who had a comfortable win against Jak Jones previously, also lost to Paul S Davison with a 19-5 frame score.
Another interesting match was Kurt Maflin vs. Xiao Guodong. Maflin, who played excellently and had dominated in the China Open 2011 qualifiers, has been thrown out by Guodong. It was a spectacular game four centuries apart from other classy breaks.
Maflin, who was a strong contender, had a cut-throat competition against the Chinese, but in the end, lost with a frame score of 10-9.
James Wattana, who beat Justin Astley comfortably with a 10-3 frame score, made the highest break of 141.
Sam Baird, the man who knocked out Reanne Evans, has reached Round 2 after beating Thanawat Thirapongpa with a 10-8 frame score. Baird also compiled the third-highest break of 133.
Matches to be played in Round 2 qualifiers are:
Joe Swail vs. Kyren Wilson
Adrian Gunnell vs. Michael Judge
Andy Hicks vs. James Wattana
Alfie Burden vs. Sam Baird
Ian McCulloch vs. James McBain
Joe Jogia vs. Joe Delaney
Jimmy White vs. Liu Chuang
Barry Pinches vs. David Gilbert
Anthony McGill vs. Paul Davison
Rod Lawler vs. Patrick Wallace
Matt Couch vs. Michael White
Jack Lisowski vs. Kuldesh Johal
Jamie Jones vs. Simon Bedford
Stuart Pettman vs. Ben Woollaston
Bjorn Haneveer vs. Andrew Pagett
Jimmy Robertson vs. Xiao Guodong
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