Ali Carter reserved his return to Crucible with a 10-5 victory over him Guoqiang; Matthew Stevens lost, losing 10-9 against Wu Yize after a last decisive; Jackson Page also surpassed in the final classification round; The Snooker World Championship runs since April 19, May 5
Last update: 04/16/25 11:47 pm
The two -time runner -up of the World Brillian Championship, Ali Carter
The two-time finalist of the Snooker Ali Carter World Championship reserved his return to Crucible with a 10-5 victory over the China He Guoqiang in the classification.
The 45 -year -old English opened an advantage of four paintings, but had to produce a 72 break to stop his opponent level after winning the next three.
Of 5-3, Carter won five of the next seven, with breaks of 57, 74, 68 and 69, hitting the air and shouting “enter” after sinking the final black to get the victory.
After his victory, Carter revealed that he was about to leave the qualification two days ago.
“I just had a terrible neck pain, to the extent that I was in unbearable pain playing Ian Burn (in the last round) and if I had left 6-3 behind, I was going to retire seriously,” he told WST to Play.
“I was in agony and it is not yet at this time. It was not a vintage performance in any period, but I finished in the next stage.”
However, another former finalist twice in the melting Wu Yize.
Matthew Stevens was twice runner -up in the Snooker World Championship in 2000 and 2005
Stevens was overcome 10-9, losing a final frame decisive, while Matthew Seth He apologized to the opponent Jimmy Robertson after his own 10-9 victory, since he returned from 8-3 down.
“I have to apologize and apologize to Jimmy. He told me something after one of the paintings I won, he said I was distracting him and postpone him,” he said.
“So this victory there is no good feeling towards that. Jimmy is, and it was, one of my closest friends, so that he feels so strong that he takes me to the side and say something that I feel absolutely terrible to be totally honest with you.
“I make many comments when I’m playing, but he felt strong enough to say something, so I would definitely have been wrong.”
Another remarkable result of the last classification day was Jackson’s 10-7 defeat Joe O’Connor. Page had made history before in the qualification by becoming the First player to hit two 147 in the same game.
Jackson Page became the first player to make two 147 in the same game before the qualification
Winners of the 2024/25 pool classification tournament
- Championship League: Ali Carter
- Xi’an Grand Prize: Kyren Wilson
- Saudi Arabia Masters: Judd Trump
- Open English: Neil Robertson
- British open: Mark Selby
- Wuhan Open: Xiao Guodong
- Northern Ireland Open: Kyren Wilson
- International Championship: Ding Junhui
- United Kingdom Championship: Judd Trump
- Go out: Tom Ford
- Scottish open: Lei Peifan
- German teachers: Kyren Wilson
- Open Welsh: Mark Selby
- Open of the world: John Higgins
- World prize: Neil Robertson
- Players Championship: Kyren Wilson
- Tour championship: John Higgins
- World Championship – It takes place from April 19 to May 5
Event winners no ranking
- Shanghai Masters: Judd Trump
- Champion champion: Mark Williams
- Riad seasonal championship: Mark Allen
- The teachers: Shaun Murphy
- Championship League Invitational: Mark Selby
