Liam Pullen is hoping to finish his rookie season as an expert in fashion by qualifying for the World Snooker Championship.

The 18 year-old, who reached the final 32 of the Worldwide Championship in Tianjin final November, beat Anton Kazakov 10-3 within the first spherical of the World Championship qualifiers on Wednesday.

Pullen, final 12 months’s WSF Junior Open runner-up, made six half-century contributions to comprehensively beat his Ukrainian opponent on the English Institute of Sport.

Within the subsequent spherical, the Englishman will face pal Sanderson Lam in a repeat of their showdown on the World Championship qualifiers in 2023.

“I’m more than happy in the long run,” world quantity 98 Liam Pullen instructed the World Snooker Tour.

“I used to be a bit irritated with how I completed off – a bit nervy. However general, I feel I performed fairly good.”

“When it goes extra scrappy, it makes the photographs much more essential. Within the Worlds, it’s such large cash and rating factors extra importantly for me for the time being.

“I feel I’m getting in the proper route. I’ve clearly not finished in addition to I might have appreciated [this season], however that’s a snooker participant I suppose.

“The second in Tianjin was in all probability one of the best, however I feel since then I’ve had a few good runs.

“I misplaced to some good gamers within the final half of the season, and clearly should you don’t have begin within the qualifiers at the beginning of the season, it will get powerful in the direction of the tip.

“With me and Sanderson, he beat me final 12 months. There have been no arduous emotions from my facet. Sanderson’s the kind of one that wouldn’t maintain a grudge if I received, or if he received once more.

“It’s clearly not ideally suited, I’d reasonably play another person. However it’s what it’s, isn’t it?

“The goal is the Crucible, for anybody actually. It’s powerful, you simply wish to carry on enjoying, and now I’ve received my first recreation, I can try to get into the competitors.

“I can see if I can play some good things, which is the intention.”

Elsewhere on day three, there have been large victories for Alfie Burden and Ashley Carty – the English duo beating Rebecca Kenna and Liam Graham respectively.

Gao Yang and Peter Traces defied their newbie statuses to inflict 10-6 defeats on Ishpreet Singh Chadha and Mohamed Ibrahim.

Mohammed Shehab, who will turn out to be an expert subsequent season after his promotion from the Q Tour, additionally superior due to a 10-6 win over Stan Moody.

Peng Yisong progressed to the second spherical with a 10-5 conquer Manasawin Phetmalaikul, whereas Rod Lawler outlasted Gong Chenzhi 10-7.

Jimmy White, in the meantime, has his work minimize out for him if he’s to take care of his aspirations of reaching the Crucible for the primary time since 2006.

The Whirlwind trails Liu Hongyu 7-2 after their opening session, with the match amongst a number of to renew on Thursday.

World Snooker Championship qualifiers draw

All matches are one of the best of 19 frames performed throughout two periods.
Scorelines in italics point out the tip of the primary session.

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Qualifier 3

Qualifier 4

Qualifier 5

Qualifier 6

Qualifier 7

Qualifier 8

Qualifier 9

Qualifier 10

Qualifier 11

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