Jimmy Robertson, Ali Carter, Zhang Anda and Chris Wakelin all made it through the qualifying rounds of the Six Red World Championship to earn places in the final stages in Thailand in March.
This is the first time that the invitation event has a qualifying process, with the four winners to join the field for the main tournament which runs from March 6-11 in Bangkok.
Robertson beat Aaron Hill 6-3 in the final qualifying round, making breaks of 69, 73, 63 and 73. Wakelin saw off Ben Mertens 6-2 while Zhang beat Robbie Williams 6-3 with a top run of 68. Carter fired runs of 74, 73 and 50 in a 6-1 success against Zhou Yuelong.
The field of 32 players is:
Stephen Maguire
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Judd Trump
Mark Selby
John Higgins
Mark Williams
Kyren Wilson
Shaun Murphy
Jack Lisowski
Barry Hawkins
Luca Brecel
Stuart Bingham
Mark Allen
Anthony McGill
Hossein Vafaei
Ricky Walden
Ding Junhui
Noppon Saengkham
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Jimmy White
Mink Nutcharut
Andreas Petrov
Dechawat Poomjaeng
Ken Doherty
Mahmoud El Hareedy
James Wattana
Sunny Akani
Poramin Danjirakul
Jimmy Robertson
Ali Carter
Zhang Anda
Chris Wakelin
The draw will be announced soon.
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