2013 Betfair World Snooker Championship - 初賽 Review

一連兩日由非職業球手進行之 2013 Betfair World Snooker Championship 初賽經已完成，兩位前職業球手，Joe Swail 及 Justin Astley 取得出線外圍賽資格。

初賽第一圈賽果
Ali Bassiri 0–5 Surinder Gill
Del Smith 4–5 Ian Barry Stark
Paul Wykes 5–2 Robin Hull
Stephen Ormerod 5–0 Bill Kelly

初賽第二圈賽果
Andrew Norman 5–1 Philip Minchin
Les Dodd 5–4 Surinder Gill
David Morris 1–5 Joe Swail
Stephen Rowlings 5–4 Ian Barry Stark
Justin Astley 5–2 Tony Knowles

Joe Swail 將會出戰外圍賽

Lucky Vatnani 3–5 Paul Wykes
David Singh 2–5 Tony Chappel
Patrick Wallace 5–0 Stephen Ormerod

初賽第三圈賽果
Andrew Norman 1–5 Les Dodd
Joe Swail 5–2 Stephen Rowlings
Justin Astley 5–2 Paul Wykes
Tony Chappel 1–5 Patrick Wallace

初賽第四圈賽果
Les Dodd 1–5 Joe Swail
Justin Astley 5–2 Patrick Wallace

緊接將會進行外圍賽第一圈的賽事，由於局制較長關係，首日只會決出六個出線外圍賽第二圈的席位；而另外會有六場比賽分兩日完成。中國代表田鵬飛及張安達，均會在今日決定能否晉身外圍賽第二圈。

外圍賽第一圈賽程（括號內為世界排名，底線為預測勝出之球手）
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (69) vs Scott Donaldson (89)
張安達 (80) vs Passakorn Suwannawat (92)
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (73) vs Jamie O'Neill (93)
Michael Wasley (79) vs Sean O'Sullivan (91)
Craig Steadman (81) vs David Grace (88)
田鵬飛 (68) vs Martin O'Donnell (86)
Tony Drago (82) vs Mohamed Khairy (96)
Aditya Mehta (74) vs Daniel Wells (87)
Luca Brecel (71) vs Fraser Patrick
Robbie Williams (77) vs 李岩 (84)
Dechawat Poomjaeng (70) vs Michael Leslie (95)
Pankaj Advani (72) vs Joe Swail
Ian Burns (67) vs Joel Walker (90)
Liam Highfield (78) vs Simon Bedford (85)
陳喆 (76) vs Sam Baird (83)
Paul Davison (75) vs Justin Astley