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Ali Carter wins Group 17 of Championship League

Ali Carter went undefeated in Group 17 of the Championship League on Thursday at the Morningside Arena in Leicester.

The Captain beat Robbie McGuigan, a replacement for Kurt Maflin, 3-0 in his opening fixture of the day.

A subsequent whitewash defeat of Louis Heathcote mainted a 100% record heading into his last tie with Wu Yize.

Having earned four points from his initial couple of matches, Wu could have pinched first place with a victory over Carter.

But despite seeing his opponent compile a brace of centuries, the latter won the two frames he needed to secure a point and top spot.

A similar situation unfolded in Group 25, with Pang Junxu edging out Ryan Day in the same manner.

Pang recorded a pair of 3-1 successes in his early games with Reanne Evans and Dylan Emery to lead the way on six points.

Day’s victory over Evans and draw with fellow Welshman Emery meant that he needed to beat Pang in order to advance.

However, the former world number six could only draw with the young Chinese competitor, and it was Pang who progressed.

Both Ali Carter and Pang Junxu will next feature in Stage Two of the competition later this month.

There’ll be a brief respite from the Championship League action over the weekend before Stage One finally concludes next week.

Eight more group winners still need to be determined, starting again on Monday with Groups 11 and 14.

In Group 11, Stuart Bingham enters the fray alongside Cao Yupeng, Peter Lines, and amateur top-up Peter Devlin.

Group 14 sees Hossein Vafaei commence his 2022/23 snooker season alongside Tian Pengfei, Ng On Yee, and Ryan Thomerson.

Live coverage is available on FreeSports and Matchroom.Live in the UK and Ireland, and by various other means around the world.

Click here to view the draw (times: CET)

Featured photo credit: WST

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