Matthew Stevens, Stephen Maguire, Ricky Walden and Jordan Brown qualify for Welsh Open snooker
Matthew Stevens showed his evergreen qualities with a 4-1 win over the 2022 European Masters winner Fan Zhengyi Welsh Open qualifying at the Barnsley Metrodome.
The 2000 Masters champion rolled in breaks of 77 and 64 to advance to the last 64 of the Welsh Open in front of his home fans in Llandudno (13-19 February LIVE on Eurosport).
Elsewhere on Thursday, former UK champion Stephen Maguire found some of his prolific scoring form in a 4-1 victory against Michael Judge.
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The Scotsman lost the first frame, but runs of 139, 53 and 50 booked his trip to the Welsh coastal town next month.
Maguire has remarkably yet to go beyond the last 16 of any ranking event this season with a 4-3 loss to Mark Williams at the Northern Ireland Open his best run so far.
World No. 20 Ricky Walden ran out a 4-2 winner against Liam Highfield boosted by knocks of 138, 96, 108 and 59.
2021 Welsh Open champion Jordan Brown produced five plus-50 efforts in a 4-1 win over Steven Hallworth, who prevented the whitewash with a fine effort of 100 in the third frame.
Elliot Slessor weighed in with the highest break of the qualifying stage courtesy of a 142 in a 4-0 whitewash of Dylan Emery that also included classy contributions of 68, 65 and 91.
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Qualifying concludes on Friday with 2012 Welsh Open winner Ding Junhui meeting Ashley Hugill 2009 champion facing John Astley.
Matches involving the top 16 seeds at the fourth Home Nations event of the season are held over until the final venue with world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan meeting Oliver Lines on Monday 13 February.
Latest Welsh Open qualifying results
- Pang Junxu 4-3 Xu Si
- Julien Leclercq 4-0 Duane Jones
- Jordan Brown 4-1 Steven Hallworth
- Rebecca Kenna 0-4Jak Jones
- James Cahill 1-4 Louis Heathcote
- Matthew Selt 4-2 Adam Duffy
- Mink Nutcharut 1-4 Sam Craigie
- David Lilley 4-3 Jamie Clarke
- Peng Yisong 4-1 Reanne Evans
- Ricky Walden 4-2 Liam Highfield
- Stephen Maguire 4-1 Michael Judge
- Robert Milkins 4-2 Oliver Brown
- Allan Taylor 0-4 Ben Woollaston
- Elliot Slessor 4-0 Dylan Emery
- Sanderson Lam 3-2 Anthony Hamilton
- Matthew Stevens 4-1 Fan Zhengyi
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