Scottish Open snooker: James Cahill holds nerve to edge out Stan Moody in decider as Martin Gould progresses
James Cahill booked his spot in the last 64 of the Scottish Open with a 4-3 qualifying win over Stan Moody in Leicester.
Cahill moved 3-0 clear with breaks of 72 and 69 at the city’s Morningside Arena only for world junior champion Moody to restore parity at 3-3 boosted by a 54 break in the fourth frame.
He was joined in advancing from the round of 128 by former German Masters champion Martin Gould, who completed a 4-2 win over 12-time women’s world champion and Eurosport analyst Reanne Evans.
Evans rallied from losing the first three frames to close to 3-2 behind, but Gould added a closing 79 to go with an 85 in the third frame in finalising his trip to the finals venue.
18-year-old Xing Zihao edged out Fergal O’Brien 4-3 by winning the final three frames to finalise his spot at the event, while former Gibraltar Open semi-finalist Yuan Sijun produced 133 and 120 in whitewashing Muhammad Asif 4-0.
All the first-round matches are contested over the best of seven frames with the world’s top 16 starting their respective campaigns at the finals venue alongside two matches involving local wild cards.
World No. 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan was handed a tournament opener against Glaswegian Liam Graham.
World champion Luca Brecel, winner of the 2021 event, takes on Iulian Boiko of Ukraine with Trump up against Sydney Wilson in his first match.
Scottish Open latest results
- Xing Zihao 4-3 Fergal O’Brien
- Martin Gould 4-2 Reanne Evans
- Andrew Higginson 4-3 Allan Taylor
- Liam Highfield 4-0 Dean Young
- James Cahill 4-3 Stan Moody
- Rory Thor 4-1 Graeme Dott
- Julien Leclercq 4-0 Baipat Siripaporn
- He Guoqiang 4-0 Peng Yisong
- Alexander Ursenbacher 4-0 Wu Yize
- Yuan Sijun 4-0 Muhammad Asif
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