here will be four Chinese debutants at the current year's Betfred World Championship after Zhao Xintong, Luo Honghao, Tian Pengfei, and Li Hang advanced at qualifying in Sheffield. 

They join Asian number one Ding Junhui and Zhou Yuelong in tomorrow's draw, implying that there will be a record six Chinese players at the Crucible this year, beating the past best of five set in 2017. 

Zhao Xintong protected his presentation with an exciting showcase to beat Indian Open hero Matthew Selt 10-4. 

The 22-year-old has revived his amusement this term. He dropped off the visit toward the finish of last season, before promptly verifying his arrival through Q School. From that point forward he has delighted in a brilliant crusade, achieving a lady positioning occasion semi-last at the 2018 China Championship and making the last eight of the 2019 Welsh Open. 

Zhao's improvement hasn't come to the detriment of his quickfire and assaulting style of play. He's second just to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh as far as the normal shot time this season. He overwhelmed Selt today with his break building, making commitments of 51, 54, 124, 79, 72, 51, 103, 72 and 56 on his approach to triumph. 

"I played very well in this match. I had more certainty than in the last two rounds. I made a ton of breaks which gave me that certainty," said Zhao. "It will be energizing to play at the Crucible, yet I'll possibly somewhat apprehensive on the grounds that it is my first time there." 

2018 WSF Amateur Champion Luo Honghao booked his lady trek to the Crucible with a thin 10-8 prevail upon Tom Ford. 

The capable 19-year-old delivered a fine presentation to verify his movement. Luo made comes up short on 57, 64, 61, 54, 60, 106 and 66 on his way to the great triumph. 

Luo had as of now displayed his capacity in an enchanting fight against Ronnie O'Sullivan in the quarter-finals of the English Open prior this season. He in the long run missed out 5-3, yet has expressed he might want to confront the Rocket in his opening match at the Crucible. 

Luo stated: "Each best 16 player is superior to me, so it is the same playing Ronnie O'Sullivan. I simply need to learn and appreciate the match. I need to play against my deity. I truly love Ronnie, so I need to confront him at the Crucible." 

Tian pengfeiTian Pengfei endures a Matthew Stevens fightback to advance with a limited 10-8 triumph. 

This was 2015 Ruhr Open finalist Tian's eleventh endeavor to meet all requirements for the World Championship and it had appeared as though he may need to hold up one more year when two-time finalist Stevens began to remove at his critical lead. 

Tian held a 9-3 advantage before Stevens created breaks of 114, 95, 67, 60 and 143 as he guaranteed five casings straight to make it 9-8. Notwithstanding, Tian demonstrated his character by making a commitment of 56 to take the match and avert a choosing outline. 

"I was 9-3 up, however for the following five edges he didn't generally give me any odds. It gave me a ton of weight. I am extremely fortunate to win this diversion. Matthew is a decent player," said Tian. "I figured it would go to a decider, there was such a great amount of weight in that last casing. I haven't ever experienced anything like that previously." 

Li Hang got through a hard taken on conflict with Ben Woollaston 10-8 to book his Crucible presentation. The 2017 China Championship semi-finalist won two edges in succession from 8-8 to secure the triumph. 

A diminished Scott Donaldson won an epic choosing casing to edge past Lu Ning 10-9 and book his Crucible presentation. 

The Scot held a 9-4 advantage before China's Lu burrowed profound to drive his way once more into the tie and take the match to the last casing. 

Donaldson seemed, by all accounts, to be over the line when he held a 64-24 advantage, with his adversary requiring two games of snooker. Lu figured out how to get them, yet Donaldson held his nerve and self-restraint to pot the last red and a yellow to verify triumph. That success implies that altogether there will be seven debutants at the current year's World Championship. 

Donaldson stated: "I've never felt like that in my life. I could barely breathe out there. I have no clue how I figured out how to make that break in the last edge. You understand that is the reason you need to put in continually consistently. We would all be able to play well when there is no weight. I can't trust I won that amusement. As a matter of first importance, I can't trust I about lost it, presently I can't trust I won it." 

Graeme Dott won his fifteenth back to back World Championship qualifying match, beating Norway's Kurt Maflin 10-2 to achieve the Crucible. 

Scotland's 2006 World Champion will currently show up in the last phases of the World Championship for the twentieth time in his vocation. The successes for Dott and Donaldson now mean there will be five Scottish players at the Crucible, as they join Anthony McGill, John Higgins, and Stephen Maguire. 

41-year-old Dott has demonstrated amazing structure this week, dropping only eight of the 38 Frames against Xu Si, however other than that I've played actually well in the three matches," said Dott. "When they changed the configuration to three matches five years prior, I began to figure I may never get back on the grounds that it is a hard three amusements. To win 15 coordinates in succession and get during each time is extremely great."