Ken Doherty overcomes Robbie Williams to qualify for English Open snooker

ByEurosport

Updated 26/10/2022 at 07:50 GMT

Ken Doherty booked his spot at the English Open in December with a 4-1 qualifying win over recent British Open semi-finalist Robbie Williams at the Morningside Arena in Leicester. Meanwhile, 19-year-old Wu Yize hit the highest break of his fledgling career with a sparkling 140 on Tuesday to advance in a 4-1 defeat of Anton Kazakov. The Home Nations series is live and exclusive on discovery+.

1997 world champion Ken Doherty rolled in a break of 82 to qualify for the English Open last 64 with a 4-1 victory over Robbie WIlliams.

The evergreen Irishman secured his progress against the recent British Open semi-finalist Williams, who restored parity at 1-1 before losing the final three frames.

He was joined in qualifying for Brentwood by Chinese teenager Wu Yize, who compiled the highest break of his career of 140 in a 4-1 victory against Ukraine's Anton Kazakov.

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19-year Wu also enjoyed knocks of 64 and 65 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester.

Elsewhere on Tuesday, Lukas Kleckers was thumped 4-0 by Hammad Miah with Tian Pengfei contributing 55, 94 and two 53 breaks in 4-1 win against Peng Yisong in an all-Chinese encounter.

Michael White recorded the highest break of the event with a terrific 141 in a 4-0 whitewash of Michael Judge. The Welshman also made 77, 92 and 50 to reach the last 64.

The English Open will be staged by the Brentwood Centre in Essex (12-18 December) and is live on Eurosport.

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Latest English Open qualifying results

• Si Jiahui 0-4 Julien Leclercq
• Anton Kazakov 1-4 Wu Yize
• Tian Pengfei 4-1 Peng Yisong
• Ken Doherty 4-1 Robbie Williams
• Lukas Kleckers 0-4 Hammad Miah
• Jenson Kendrick 2-4 Joe O'Connor
• Michael White 4-1 Michael Judge
• Craig Steadman 4-0 Himanshu Jain

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