Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 16th~17th)

Tuesday 16th ~ Wednesday 17th of April at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield

Round 3 Is the round that decides the 16 players that will go head to head with the likes of Mark Selby, Judd Trump, Neil Robertson, Ronnie O'Sullivan and defending champion Mark Williams at the Crucible.

Tian Pengfei playing in his 11th World Championship dating back to 2005 and hes never reached the crucible and only the second time hes reached this round. Last year he lost to Chris Wakelin 10-1 at this stage thanks to Matthew Stevens he wont get another meeting with Chris Wakelin this year.

Joining Tian Pengfei are others hoping to reach the crucible for the first time Luo Honghao, Daniel Wells, Michael Georgiou,Li Hang, John Astley, Eden Sharav, Joe O'Connor, Lu Ning, Scott Donaldson, Zhao Xintong, Martin O'Donnell and Amateur James Cahill who will play ex pro Michael Judge in a historic match the winner will be the first non tour player to play at the Crucible.

Will we get a spade of debutantes at the Crucible or will experience win on Judgement Day?

DRAW

3rd Round

Tian Pengfei v Matthew Stevens Tian Pengfei leads 2-1
Gary Wilson v Liang Wenbo Liang Wenbo leads 3-2
Luo Honghao v Tom Ford Ford leads 1-0
Robert Milkins v Anthony McGill McGill leads 3-0
Graeme Dott v Kurt Maflin Tied at 2-2
Li Hang v Ben Woollaston Woollaston leads 2-0
Daniel Wells v Martin Gould Gould leads 1-0
Michael Georgiou v Yan Bingtao Never played before
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Ali Carter v John Astley Never played before
Eden Sharav v Zhou Yuelong Never played before
Mark Davis v Luy Haotian Tied at 1-1
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Joe O'Connor Never played before
Michael Judge v James Cahill Never played before
Lu Ning v Scott Donaldson Donaldson leads 1-0
Matthew Selt v Zhao Xintong Zhao Xintong leads 1-0
Martin O'Donnell v Joe Perry Never played before

Players in Bold appeared at the Crucible in 2018

ORDER OF PLAY





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Theres 9 matches with a chinese player so potentially there could be 10 Chinese players at the Crucible this year including Ding Junhui.

So an amateur is garanteed at The Crucible for the first time ever.

Thats great.