Snooker world championships 2021 - Graeme Dott and Zhou Yuelong knocked out of World Championships

Updated 13/04/2021 at 21:52 GMT

Scottish veteran snooker player Graeme Dott was one round from the World Championship proper as he reached the fourth round of the tournament's qualifying stage. However he could not get past Tan Pengfei, who came away with a hard-fought but impressive 10-7 win over his more experienced opponent.

Graeme Dott

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Scottish veteran Graeme Dott was sent packing in the fourth round of the qualifiers at the World Championships in Sheffield.

Tian Pengfei defeated him 10-7 and scored heavily throughout. He took the first four frames with breaks of 82, 108, 110 and 78, and added three more 50-plus breaks, including a 114 to keep him in contention.

While Dott was in decent form himself, with half-centuries of his own, it was the Chinese player who won out to reach the tournament proper.

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He was joined in the next round by countryman Lu Haotian, who defeated Chang Bingyu 10-6 earlier in the day.

Elsewhere, Mark Davis defeated Jamie Clarke 10-8, Jamie Jones defeated Li Hang 10-5, Matthew Selt enjoyed a comfortable 10-3 win over Scott Donaldson, and Kurt Maflin beat Robert Milkins 10-4.

Liam Highfield sprung a surprise with a 10-7 win over Zhou Yuelong, and Liang Wenbo defeated Lu Ning by the same scoreline.