Dean Younger topped Group 8 – knocking out Thepchaiya Un-Nooh within the course of – as Championship League Snooker continued on Saturday in Leicester.
Scotland’s Younger dropped off the primary tour on the finish of the 2024/25 marketing campaign however has been invited to take part on this season’s opening rating occasion as a top-up.
The 24 year-old seized his alternative with a powerful and undefeated show on the Mattioli Enviornment.
Younger started the day with a 2-2 draw towards Un-Nooh, who represented the eighth seed within the competitors as one of many highest-ranked contenders.
Un-Nooh led 2-0 however may solely sit and watch as his youthful opponent compiled breaks of 82 and 107 to pinch an necessary level.
Younger then secured back-to-back victories over Louis Heathcote and Reanne Evans, with Un-Nooh crucially solely capable of tie with the latter.
It continues a poor stretch of type for the Thai, who has badly struggled within the months after sensationally claiming the World Open crown in Yushan.
Pang Junxu completed in first place in Group 15, in the meantime.
The 26 year-old from China edged a tightly contested round-robin section the place 4 out of the six video games led to 2-2 attracts.
Pang and countryman Luo Zetao managed to orchestrate a single triumph every, however the former’s 3-0 defeat of Fergal Quinn in the end proved to the distinction after Luo dropped a body throughout his success over David Lilley.
Younger and Pang will rejoin the occasion when Stage Two takes place in a few weeks.
There might be a relaxation day on Sunday earlier than the motion in Stage One resumes on Monday with Teams 18 and 29.
Hossein Vafaei is in Group 18 alongside Fan Zhengyi, Florian Nuessle, and Oliver Sykes, whereas Ben Woollaston has Noppon Saengkham, Liam Davies, and Huang Jiahao for firm in Group 29.
Championship League Snooker represents the opening rating occasion of the fledgling 2026/27 snooker season.
The general winner on July fifteenth will take house £33,000 value of prize cash and rating factors, plus a ticket to the profitable Champion of Champions invitational later this yr.
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Saturday, June 27
Group 8 Outcomes
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2-2 Dean Younger
Louis Heathcote 3-0 Reanne Evans
Dean Younger 3-1 Louis Heathcote
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2-2 Reanne Evans
Dean Younger 3-0 Reanne Evans
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3-1 Louis Heathcote
Group 8 Desk
1. Dean Younger – 7 factors
2. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh – 5 factors
3. Louis Heathcote – 3 factors
4. Reanne Evans – 1 level
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Group 15 Outcomes
Pang Junxu 2-2 Luo Zetao
David Lilley 2-2 Fergal Quinn
Luo Zetao 3-1 David Lilley
Pang Junxu 3-0 Fergal Quinn
Fergal Quinn 2-2 Luo Zetao
Pang Junxu 2-2 David Lilley
Group 15 Desk
1. Pang Junxu – 5 factors
2. Luo Zetao – 5 factors
3. David Lilley – 2 factors
4. Fergal Quinn – 2 factors
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