Fan Zhengyi knocked within the first 147 break of the fledgling 2025/26 snooker season at Championship League Snooker on Thursday.
The previous European Masters champion made the proper break within the second body of his round-robin contest with Xu Si in Group 29.
Fan’s second most second represents the 218th that has been competitively made on the World Snooker Tour.
A report 15 maximums had been compiled through the current 2024/25 marketing campaign.
Fan’s 147 break proved unimportant within the grander scheme of issues, nonetheless, with the Chinese language potter exiting the competitors with a haul of simply two factors.
Xu as an alternative topped Group 29 with a report of two victories and a draw, beating Michal Szubarczyk and Liam Highfield earlier than securing a tie with Fan to safeguard his spot within the final 32.
In Group 27, in the meantime, Dylan Emery progressed with an analogous seven-point complete.
The Welshman may solely draw his opening fixture of the day towards Canadian rookie Sahil Nayyar.
However triumphs over Gary Thomson and Aaron Hill adopted, with Emery leapfrogging the latter into first on the finish of play.
Stage Two Draw
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Joe O’Connor | Zhang Anda | Pang Junxu | Jack Lisowski |
| Elliot Slessor | Stephen Maguire | Lei Peifan | Xu Si |
| Haydon Pinhey | Yuan Sijun | Robbie Williams | David Lilley |
| Ng On Yee | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Alfie Burden | Artemijs Zizins |
| Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
| Chris Wakelin | Stuart Bingham | Ben Mertens | Tom Ford |
| David Gilbert | Matthew Selt | Amir Sarkhosh | Wu Yize |
| Ricky Walden | Liam Davies | Sam Craigie | Matthew Stevens |
| Liu Hongyu | Dylan Emery | Yao Pengcheng | Liu Wenwei |
Xu Si and Dylan Emery full the lineup for Stage Two, which can lastly start on Friday in Leicester.
Group A will see Joe O’Connor, Elliot Slessor, Ng On Yee, and Haydon Pinhey rejoin the fray.
Zhang Anda – the best ranked participant nonetheless within the hunt for glory – returns in Group B alongside Stephen Maguire, Yuan Sijun, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
Championship League Snooker represents the opening rating occasion of the fledgling 2025/26 snooker season.
The general winner on July twenty third will take dwelling £33,000 value of prize cash and rating factors, plus a ticket to the profitable Champion of Champions invitational later this yr.
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Thursday’s Outcomes
Group 27
Aaron Hill 3-0 Gary Thomson
Dylan Emery 2-2 Sahil Nayyar
Dylan Emery 3-0 Gary Thomson
Aaron Hill 3-0 Sahil Nayyar
Gary Thomson 3-1 Sahil Nayyar
Dylan Emery 3-0 Aaron Hill
Desk
1. Dylan Emery – 7 factors
2. Aaron Hill – 6 factors
3. Gary Thomson – 3 factors
4. Sahil Nayyar – 1 level
Group 29
Xu Si 3-0 Michal Szubarczyk
Liam Highfield 3-1 Fan Zhengyi
Fan Zhengyi 2-2 Michal Szubarczyk
Xu Si 3-1 Liam Highfield
Liam Highfield 3-1 Michal Szubarczyk
Xu Si 2-2 Fan Zhengyi
Desk
1. Xu Si – 7 factors
2. Liam Highfield – 6 factors
3. Fan Zhengyi – 2 factors
4. Michal Szubarczyk
Featured photograph credit score: WST
