Girls’s world champion Bai Yulu beat Artemijs Zizins 4-2 to qualify for the 2025 British Open on Friday on the Mattioli Area.
The 21 year-old from China scored breaks of 67 and 80 to see off the Latvian, who had a 147 try within the second body finish on the 14th black.
Bai’s victory sees her instantly bounce again after struggling defeat within the Wuhan Open qualifiers to Lyu Haotian throughout the week in Leicester.
After claiming her second World Girls’s Championship crown in Could on the expense of Mink Nutcharut, Bai Yulu can have began the 2025/26 marketing campaign stuffed with confidence.
The rising star loved a headline-grabbing debut season on the primary tour final 12 months, memorably reaching the final 48 on the UK Championship and simply lacking out on a spot on the venue levels of that prestigious competitors.
It’ll be fascinating to see how far she will go in rating occasions this time period, with the British Open in Cheltenham in September representing an excellent alternative given its random draw format.
Elsewhere, there have been triumphs on Friday for the likes of Joe O’Connor, Matthew Selt, and Noppon Saengkham.
O’Connor defeated Ricky Walden 4-2, Selt thumped David Gilbert with a whitewash show, and Saengkham ousted tour rookie Liu Wenwei.
Sam Craigie, again on the circuit after recovering from an harm that stored him out for your entire 2024/25 season, beat Yao Pengcheng 4-1.
Former UK and Masters champion Matthew Stevens was additionally among the many winners, making it two from two within the qualifiers this week for the Welshman.
Younger English expertise Stan Moody edged Zhou Yuelong, whereas there have been victories for countrymen Oliver Traces and Martin O’Donnell as nicely.
It was an excellent day for the Irish contingent, with Antrim’s Robbie McGuigan beating Lyu Haotian and Cork’s Leone Crowley whitewashing Hatem Yassen.
Iulian Boiko was the final participant to seal his spot within the final 64 courtesy of a 4-2 defeat of Connor Benzey.
The British Open qualifiers conclude on Saturday with the remaining batch of fixtures from the spherical of 128.
Amongst those that might be in motion are 12-time girls’s world champion Reanne Evans, who takes on Lan Yuhao, and girls’s world primary Mink Nutcharut who meets Amir Sarkhosh.
In all probability the tie of the day sees former rating occasion winners Robert Milkins and Fan Zhengyi do battle.
The draw for the British Open qualifiers is obtainable by clicking right here. (snooker.org)
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