Singh When You’re Winning
India’s Ishpreet Singh Chadha continued his promising start to his rookie season on the World Snooker Tour as he beat Manasawin Phetmalaikul 4-1 to qualify for the final stages of the Cazoo British Open.
Having earning a place on the circuit via Asian Q School, Singh has won his first two qualifying matches of the season as he also beat Ryan Thomerson to earn a spot at next week’s BetVictor European Masters in Germany. He can then look forward to a trip to Cheltenham in September.
Singh, who had a previous career as one of India’s top professional gamers before dedicating himself to snooker, compiled breaks of 50, 92 and 62 today in an emphatic win over Phetmalaikul.
Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif also enjoyed a notable victory as he beat seven-time World Champion Stephen Hendry 4-2. Veteran Hendry took the opening frame with a run of 73, but Asif hit back to take four of the next five with a top break of 66.
Crucible semi-finalist Si Jiahui beat Lukas Kleckers 4-1 while rising star Ben Mertens made a 101 to round off a 4-2 win over Louis Heathcote. Ken Doherty came from 2-1 down to beat Alfie Burden 4-2.