Stephen Maguire finds form to lead Championship League snooker group as Ronnie O'Sullivan withdraws

28.02.2023 - 01:23 eurosport.com

Stephen Maguire won three of his four matches to lead the way in Championship League Group Seven at Leicester's Morningside Arena on Monday.

The 2004 UK champion lost his first match of the day 3-2 to fellow Scot Graeme Dott, but recovered strongly with wins over Matthew Selt (3-1), Lyu Haotian (3-1) and Xiao Guodong (3-1) enough to see him finish on three points.

Ad 'The Maverick' compiled the highest break of the section so far with a 124 in the opening frame of his win over Lyu, who was a last-minute replacement in the event for world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Players ChampionshipOpinion: Murphy's 10th ranking title a huge achievement for a peerless ambassador9 HOURS AGO Dott progressed to win his remaining two matches of the day – against Tom Ford (3-2) and Selt (3-0) – to reach three points with Maguire ahead of him on frames won having played one more match.

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