AARON Hill lost 10-4 to Matthew Selt in the third qualifying round for the Cazoo World Championship at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield yesterday,
The 22-year-old from Cork was chasing a first-ever appearance at the Crucible when the final stages begin on Saturday but after winning the first frame of the second session to level at 4-4, he lost the next six in a row as breaks of 60, 70 and 64 booked Selt a place in tomorrow’s final qualifying round against Joe O’Connor.
Noppon Saengkham had a maximum 147 in his 10-5 win over Andy Hicks.
The qualifying action ends tomorrow and the draw for the opening round will take place on Thursday. World number three Mark Allen will be the only Irish interest as he seeks an elusive first World title.
