Ronnie O’Sullivan’s ‘future world champion’ prediction Si Jiahui makes winning start at Championship League snooker
Si Jiahui showed why Ronnie O’Sullivan expects him to become a future world champion with a classy display at the Championship League in Leicester.
Returning to competitive action for the first time since the dejection of his agonising 17-15 loss to Luca Brecel in the World Championship semi-finals in April, Si picked up from where he left off by winning Group 25.
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The Chinese player – who turns 21 on Tuesday – completed a 3-1 win over Haydon Pinhey before a 2-2 draw with Mohamed Ibrahim was followed by a 3-0 victory over Mark Joyce at the Morningside Arena.
Meanwhile, former Crucible last-16 competitor James Cahill was boosted by a new cue as he emerged victorious in Group 20 with two 3-0 wins over Andres Petrov and Matthew Selt, respectively.
A 3-0 defeat to Sydney Wilson ultimately proved meaningless in the final-section standings with Cahill finishing above Selt from their head-to-head meeting.
Noppon Saengkham, Mark Davis and Michael Holt take to the table in Monday’s action at the Championship League.
The tournament carries total prize money of £328,000 with the final on Friday, July 21 also worth a spot in the Champion of Champions in November.
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Championship League latest group winners
- Group 3: Ashley Carty (Eng)
- Group 30: Daniel Wells (Wal)
- Group 11: Martin O’Donnell (Eng)
- Group 21: Chris Wakelin (Eng)
- Group 10: Michael White (Wal)
- Group 22: Robbie Williams (Eng)
- Group 5: Kyren Wilson (Eng)
- Group 29: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Tha)
- Group 6: Mark Williams (Wal)
- Group 27: Barry Pinches (Eng)
- Group 32: Xiao Guodong (Chn)
- Group 16: Ben Woollaston (Eng)
- Group 15: Matthew Stevens (Wal)
- Group 28: Anthony Hamilton (Eng)
- Group 17: Zhou Yuelong (Chn)
- Group 26: Jak Jones (Wal)
- Group 7: Long Zehuang (Chn)
- Group 24: Pang Junxu (Chn)
- Group 8: Robert Milkins (Eng)
- Group 23: Sam Craigie (Eng)
- Group 20: James Cahill (Eng)
- Group 25: Si Jiahui (Chn)
Championship League Stage 1
- June 26-30
- July 3-8
- July 10-14
Championship League Stage 2
Championship Stage 3
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