James Pougher (Hawarden, WAL) finished 3-4 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pougher lost
8-6 to
Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT), droppimg another game,
15-6 to
Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR) where Pougher responded with a
13-3 win over
Lukas Matt (Liechtenstein, LIE). Pougher went on to lose
11-2 against
Rob Retchless (Preston, ENG). Pougher responded with a
8-2 win over
Juraj Gallo (Bratislava, SVK). Pougher won
7-6 against
Ireland's John Wilson. Pougher went on to lose
10-7 against
Gontzal Garcia (San Sebastian, ESP) in their final qualifying round match.
Pougher earned
1.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 18 of the event schedule, Pougher did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Pougher ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
