The last-eight lineup for Championship League Snooker is now identified after Tom Ford and Ben Mertens superior from Stage Two on Tuesday.
After greater than two weeks of play on the Mattioli Area in Leicester, the remaining contenders shall be break up into two last teams of 4 on Wednesday.
The 2 desk toppers following the round-robin section will subsequently face one another for the 2025/26 snooker season’s opening rating title.
Reigning Snooker Shoot Out champion Ford progressed from Group H with an undefeated file of two wins and a draw.
The Englishman edged Matthew Stevens and Wu Yize in a decent group, with rookie Liu Wenwei taking on the rear with a hat-trick of defeats.
It was extremely tight in Group G, nevertheless, the place all 4 gamers completed on the identical variety of factors and the very same body distinction.
Ben Mertens, Amir Sarkhosh, Sam Craigie, and Yao Pengcheng remarkably all ended the day with respective information of 1 win, one draw, and one loss.
The one option to separate them was by who made the very best break of the day’s play, which was Belgium’s Mertens.
The 20 year-old’s century break of 111 in his first outing towards Yao in the end proved to be pivotal in seeing him transfer via within the competitors.
Stage Three Draw
| Group A | Group B |
| Tom Ford | Pang Junxu |
| Joe O’Connor | Stephen Maguire |
| Ricky Walden | Matthew Selt |
| Xu Si | Ben Mertens |
Ford and Mertens be a part of Stephen Maguire, Joe O’Connor, Pang Junxu, Xu Si, Matthew Selt, and Ricky Walden in Wednesday’s last day of motion.
Championship League Snooker represents the opening rating occasion of the fledgling 2025/26 snooker season.
The general winner on July twenty third will take residence £33,000 price of prize cash and rating factors, plus a ticket to the profitable Champion of Champions invitational later this yr.
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Tuesday’s Outcomes
Group G
Ben Mertens 3-0 Yao Pengcheng
Sam Craigie 3-0 Amir Sarkhosh
Yao Pengcheng 3-0 Sam Craigie
Amir Sarkhosh 3-0 Ben Mertens
Amir Sarkhosh 2-2 Yao Pengcheng
Ben Mertens 2-2 Sam Craigie
Desk
1. Ben Mertens – 4 factors
2. Amir Sarkhosh – 4 factors
3. Sam Craigie – 4 factors
4. Yao Pengcheng – 4 factors
Group H
Tom Ford 3-0 Liu Wenwei
Wu Yize 2-2 Matthew Stevens
Wu Yize 3-1 Liu Wenwei
Tom Ford 2-2 Matthew Stevens
Matthew Stevens 3-1 Liu Wenwei
Tom Ford 3-1 Wu Yize
Desk
1. Tom Ford – 7 factors
2. Matthew Stevens – 5 factors
3. Wu Yize – 4 factors
4. Liu Wenwei – 0 factors
Featured photograph credit score: WST
