Friday, March 31, 2023

World Championship Qualifiers 2023 (Sections 1-4)

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.

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