'Perfect event' – Ricky Walden makes solid start to new season at Championship League snooker
Ricky Walden made a winning start to the new season by topping Group 15 to reach the last 32 of the Championship League in Leicester. Walden made breaks of 71 and 60 in a 3-1 win against Andy Lee to open his account for the campaign. Ad/> He drew 2-2 with the evergreen Northern Irishman Gerard Greene before a timely 106 helped him complete a 3-1 victory against Jackson Page to finish on seven points at the Morningside Arena.