Ding Junhui, Joe Perry and Matthew Stevens showed their class to advance to the last 64 of the Scottish Open on Tuesday. Ding overcame Eliot Slessor with knocks of 68, 125, 120 and 51 to reach the last 64 against the former British Open semi-finalist Slessor, who contributed 79 in the fourth frame.
Ad He was joined in the second round by Welsh Open champion Joe Perry and two-time world finalist Matthew Stevens. Scottish OpenDoherty turns back clock to qualify for Scottish Open, Carter advancesYESTERDAY AT 20:31 Perry completed a 4-2 victory against Zhao Jianbo, who had replaced Peter Lines in qualifying in Cannock, while Stevens ran out a 4-1 victor against Anton Kazakov.
Perry contributed breaks of 94 and 83 with Stevens compiling three 50-plus knocks to advance. Scottish hopefuls Anthony McGill and Scott Donaldson also booked their trip to Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh next month (November 28-December 4) for the final stages.
2020 world semi-finalist McGill was a 4-1 winner against Wu Yize with Donaldson concluding with a run of 101 in a 4-2 victory over Louis Heathcote.