Section 1:
To Qualify: Ryan Day
Main Danger: Yuan Sijun
Other players in this section:
1.1 Ashley Hugill, George Pragnell, Lukas Kleckers
1.2 Fergal O'Brien, Liam Davies, Scott Donaldson
After Day's showing in the second session of the Tour Championship defeat to Mark Selby, he should have enough to navigate through this section.
Section 2:
To Qualify: Pang Junxu
Main Danger: Xu Si
Other players in this section:
2.1 Zak Surety, Farakh Ajaib, Jamie Jones
2.2 Ken Doherty, Reanne Evans, Hammad Miah
Confidence will be high for Junxu following his impressive run to the WST Classic final, his biggest test will come on judgement day against Xu Si or Jamie Jones.
Section 3:
To Qualify: Jimmy Robertson
Main Danger: Ben Mertens
Other players in this section:
3.1 NG On Yee, Michael Holt, Oliver Lines, Anthony Hamilton
3.2 Victor Sarkis, Julien Leclercq
I fancy Robertson to make up for his defeat in last years final qualifying round and get to the Crucible this year.
Section 4:
To Qualify: Zhou Yuelong
Main Danger: Elliot Slessor
Other players in this section:
4.1 Ryan Thomerson, Ian Martin, Liam Highfield
4.2 James Cahill, Stephen Hendry, Lei Peifan
A consistent year for Yuelong has set him up to reach the Crucible for the 3rd time, I think he will be too strong in this section.
