Si Jiahui won all three of his round-robin fixtures to prevail in Group 13 of Championship League Snooker on Friday in Leicester.
Last season’s German Masters runner-up got off to a perfect start at the Mattioli Arena by beating Peter Lines 3-0 in his first clash.
Si followed that up with a 3-0 defeat of Zak Surety where he compiled breaks of 82 and 74.
That already guaranteed his spot in Stage Two of the season’s opening ranking event, but he overcame Jimmy Robertson in his remaining encounter for good measure as well.
Si, a World Championship semi-finalist in 2023, has risen into the top 20 in the world rankings and will have aspirations of pushing for a place among the top 16 this term.
In Group 18, Stuart Bingham topped proceedings thanks to a record of two wins and a draw from his three games.
The 2015 world champion squandered a 2-0 advantage in his initial match against Hamim Hussain.
But a 3-0 victory against struggling American Ahmed Aly Elsayed set Bingham up to progress from the group.
A winner-took-all tie with Anthony Hamilton followed, the latter having also accumulated four points from his two affairs against the same opponents.
Bingham duly secured a 3-1 victory over his fellow Englishman to safeguard his place in the last 32.
Championship League Snooker continues on Saturday with two more groups in what has been a very long process to complete Stage One.
Pang Junxu is in Group 20 with the young Chinese competitor set to face Stuart Carrington, Gong Chenzhi, and Gerard Greene.
Group 19 has been affected by withdrawals with Noppon Saengkham pulling out, meaning there are two top-up amateurs involved.
Jamie O’Neill and Alfie Davies join Long Zehuang and Lei Peifan in a quartet that offers a big opportunity for one of them to move to the latter stages of a ranking event.
Friday, June 21st – Results
Group 13
1. Si Jiahui 3-0 Peter Lines
2. Zak Surety 3-1 Jimmy Robertson
3. Peter Lines 3-1 Jimmy Robertson
4. Si Jiahui 3-0 Zak Surety
5. Peter Lines 3-1 Zak Surety
6. Si Jiahui 3-1 Jimmy Robertson
Group 18
1. Stuart Bingham 2-2 Hamim Hussain
2. Anthony Hamilton 3-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
3. Anthony Hamilton 2-2 Hamim Hussain
4. Stuart Bingham 3-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
5. Hamim Hussain 3-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
6. Stuart Bingham 3-1 Anthony Hamilton
Championship League Snooker
Stage One Draw
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| Scott Donaldson | He Guoqiang | Shaun Murphy | Mark Williams |
| Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 |
| Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Robbie McGuigan | Jak Jones |
| Group 9 | Group 10 | Group 11 | Group 12 |
| Ma Hailong | Jackson Page | Ryan Day | Jack Lisowski |
| Group 13 | Group 14 | Group 15 | Group 16 |
| Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Fan Zhengyi |
| Group 17 | Group 18 | Group 19 | Group 20 |
| Chris Wakelin | Stuart Bingham | Long Zehuang | Stuart Carrington |
| Group 21 | Group 22 | Group 23 | Group 24 |
| Neil Robertson | Joe O’Connor | Michael White | Martin O’Donnell |
| Group 25 | Group 26 | Group 27 | Group 28 |
| Matthew Stevens | Alexander Ursenbacher | David Lilley | Wu Yize |
| Group 29 | Group 30 | Group 31 | Group 32 |
| Ben Woollaston | Jamie Jones | Ashley Carty | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
Stage Two
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Scott Donaldson | David Gilbert | Long Zehuang | Mark Williams |
| Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
| Ali Carter | David Lilley | Jackson Page | Martin O’Donnell |
Stage Three
| Final Group 1 | Final Group 2 |
| Ali Carter | Jackson Page |
Final (bo5)
Ali Carter 3-1 Jackson Page
Featured photo credit: WST
