Welsh teenager Liam Davies swept to three victories out of three to win Group 6 of the BetVictor Championship League Ranking event in Leicester, while Iran's Amir Sarkhosh topped Group 7 to progress.
Davies faced a crucial final game against defending champion Ali Carter, where he fired in a match and group winning 62 to come through a 3-1 victor. He set up his progression with 3-1 defeats of Jack Bradford and Huang Jiahao. Davies composed a superb 135 during his victory against Bradford.
Sarkhosh came through an extremely tight day of play in Group 7. The only match win of the day saw him beat Alex Clenshaw 3-1. Every other match in the group ended in a 2-2 draw. He needed to take the final frame of the day against Gary Wilson to progress, which he did in style with a break of 129 to end 2-2.
The action continues on Tuesday with the likes of Jack Lisowski and Pang Junxu taking to the baize.
