Sanyuan Foods China Open Qualifiers Firmly Underway

Prestatyn is the venue once again for the latest World Snooker qualification tournament.

The first two round are complete with the biggest shock of the round being Jimmy White’s 5-4 capitulation to Xiao Guodong. A loss that means White will now be struggling to stay on the tour for the 2011 season.

The win however, will delight Guodong who will be looking to qualify for his home tournament after previously only being given a wildcard spot.

Tom Ford continues his good form by beating Michael White 5-0 and then defeating former stable mate Jimmy Michie 5-2, thus booking a final qualifying round match against Judd Trump. Trump will be a different proposition for Ford who recently qualified for the Welsh Open televised stages.

Elsewhere Tony Drago has continued in his rich vein of form after victories over Lee Page and John Parrott, both by the same 5-2 scoreline. A 4pm match today against Anthony Hamilton stands between him and a final qualifying rounf match against Stephen Lee. It was be an awesome feat to come through 4 qualifying round matches twice in a row.

First Round Results:

Atthasit Mahitti 4-5 Michael White, Christopher Norbury 5-4 Anda Zhang, Ben Woolaston 5-0 Andrew Norman, Matt Selt 5-2 Mark Boyle, Noppadol Sangnil 4-5 Mei Xiwen, Daniel Wells 3-5 Joe Jogia, Patrick Wallace 5-2 Brendan O’Donoghue, Lee Spick 3-5 Ian Preece, Xiao Guodong 5-3 Jordan Brown, Simon Bedford 1-5 James Wattana, Lee Page 2-5 Tony Drago, Stephen Rowlings 4-5 Jimmy Robertson, Li Hang 0-5 David Gray, Bjorn Haneveer 5-4 Thepchaiya Un Nooh, Matt Couch 5-3 David Hogan, Craig Steadman 3-5 Sam Baird.

Second Round Results:

Tom Ford 5-0 Michael White, David Morris 3-5 Christopher Norbury, Andy Hicks 5-1 Ben Woolaston, Rod Lawler 5-4 Matt Selt, Robert Milkins 5-1 Mei Xiwen, Peter Lines 4-5 Joe Jogia, David Gilbert 5-1 Patrick Wallace, Mark Joyce 5-4 Ian Preece, Jimmy White 4-5 Xiao Guodong, Joe Delaney 0-5 James Wattana, John Parrott 2-5 Tony Drago, Jin Long 2-5 Jimmy Robertson, Barry Pinches 5-1 David Gray, David Roe 4-5 Bjorn Haneveer, Paul Davies 2-5 Matt Couch, Liu Song 2-5 Sam Baird.

Third Round results (Completion this afternoon):

Jimmy Michie 2-5 Tom Ford, Mike Dunn 5-3 Christopher Norbury, Michael Judge 5-1 Andy Hicks, Dominic Dale 3-5 Rod Lawler, Marcus Campbell 0-5 Robert Milkins, Andrew Higginson 5-0 Joe Jogia, Ken Doherty 5-0 David Gilbert, Alan McManus 5-1 Mark Joyce.

As you can see from the results, Ken Doherty has once again blasted his way into round 4 where he will again play Graeme Dott to qualify.