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In the early morning of November 10, Beijing time, the final round of the Snooker British Championship qualification round ended eight matches, and eight players including Xu Si, Lu Haotian and Zhou Yuelong took the lead in advancing to the main competition. Ding Junhui will face veteran Milkins tonight for a spot in the main event.
In the final round, Xu Si defeated Tian Pengfei 6-4, and the two shot five shots 50+ each, but Xu Si had stronger key points ability, winning 6-4 to advance to the main event. Lv Haotian defeated former World Championship Final Four Hicks 6-1, and Lv Haotian completed a 100-2 par 50+. Hicks also has a two-shot 50+. Zhou Yuelong defeated Jack Jones 6-3, this time Zhou Yuelong shot a hundred and four shots of 50+, and his opponent also had three par 50+. Wu Yize lost 5-6 to former British Championship champion Matthew Stevens of Wales and missed the main event. Wu Yize made a three-shot 50+, and Stevens broke a 15-stroke 50+.
Veteran Jimmy White, 60, continued his good form in the first three rounds, defeating the 51-year-old Dale 6-1 in the final round. This is White's first qualification for the main event of the British Championship since 2010. White was in great form in this qualifying round, 6-0 Sargis, 6-0 Mann, 6-4 Harry Maguire, 6-1 Dale, and won four consecutive games.
White won the British Championship 30 years ago. Since turning professional in the 1980 season, White has competed professionally. White said I didn't go to York [where the English Championships were playing] just to catch up on the numbers, I could win if I could play A-level. While White reached the main event, he also received a guaranteed prize of 10,000 pounds, and the world ranking has risen to 89th. White said I can still play like the top players, but they're more consistent than me. If I didn't think I could win, I wouldn't have played. Even at my age, if you have the enthusiasm to practice, you can keep playing.
White says he's been in good form this season, but hasn't achieved anything. But when I played against Mitchell Mann this week, something happened, he said. I played well against Stephen Maguire. It was a tough game today and I was lucky to take a 3-1 lead. At halftime, I said to myself come on, there is still work to be done. I'm thinking about John Higgins because even though he struggled, he still played well.
Matthew Stevens, the 2003 British Championship champion, returned to the main event after defeating Wu Yize, and the 45-year-old is currently ranked 60th in the world and reached fourth at the peak of his career. Stevens said that with a 4-1 lead, I could tell that Wu Yize was eager to pull it back. Wu Yize won five consecutive games and rewrote the big score to 5-4. At the crucial moment, Stevens scored 91 and 58 to end the game. Stevens said, "I'm happy to keep playing. Wu is talented for a 19-year-old player and he looks going to be a great player.
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On November 10, eight more matches will be played in the final round. At 21 o'clock Beijing time, Ding Junhui played against Milkins. Ding Junhui won the British Championships three times in 2005, 2009 and 2019. Xiao Guodong will face Petrov tomorrow at 3 a.m.