Mark Allen, Mark Selby, Mark Williams, Kyren Wilson and Jack Lisowski begin their respective International Championship title bids in Sheffield on Thursday.
UK champion Allen, the 2018 International Championship winner, opens his campaign against Ma Hailong at 9:30am (British Summer Time) with Jack Lisowski meeting He Guoqiang in another morning match.
Two-time International champion Selby takes on Muhammad Asif at 2:30pm with Wilson facing Adam Duffy before the three-time Crucible winner Williams takes to the baize against Rebecca Kenna at 7:30pm.
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Pagett loses frame on three-miss rule in whitewash loss to Hawkins
2015 world champion Stuart Bingham booked his spot in the finals venue with a 6-0 whitewash of Xing Zihao on Wednesday, while Iran’s No. 1 Hossein Vafaei is also through to the last 64 after hitting two centuries in a 6-1 win over Reanne Evans, who produced breaks of 53 and 77.
18-year-old tour rookie Liam Pullen completed a 6-4 win over 2006 world champion Graeme Dott, who lost the first frame on the three-miss rule, boosted by runs of 119 and 101.
Scottish Open champion Gary Wilson was also in fine form as he took just 81 minutes to complete a 6-0 whitewash of Mohamed Ibrahim with knocks of 103, 89, 64, 103 and 94.
International Championship latest qualifying results
- Liam Pullen 6-4 Graeme Dott
- Stuart Bingham 6-0 Xing Zihao
- Hossein Vafaei 6-1 Reanne Evans
- Noppon Saengkham 6-3 Victor Sarkis
- Xiao Guodong 6-4 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
- Gary Wilson 6-0 Mohamed Ibrahim
- Mark Davis 6-4 Rod Lawler
- Sam Craigie 6-1 Thor Chuan Leong
- Zhang Anda 6-3 Alexander Ursenbacher
- Jimmy Robertson 6-2 Anton Kazakov
- Tom Ford 6-4 Stan Moody
