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Women’s World Snooker champion Bai Yulu fell short in her bid to reach the UK Championship in York with a 6–1 defeat to former semi-finalist Jack Lisowski; The 32-strong field will include the world’s top 16 players and 16 qualifiers

Women’s world snooker champion Bai Yulu fell short in her bid to reach the UK Championship after a 6-1 defeat to Jack Lisowski in the last qualifying round.

The 21-year-old Chinese sensation defeated three players to register another win and become the first woman to make the main draw of a Triple Crown tournament.

But their hopes were dashed when Lisowski, a UK Championship semi-finalist two years ago, scored five half-centuries in their meeting on Wednesday.

Bai, who booked his place at Judgment Day by beating Scott Donaldson 6-5, had a chance to level the match at 1-1 after trailing 69-0 in the second frame, but missed the final blue .

Lisowski took it and led 4–0.

Bye claimed the fifth frame after a break of 59, but Lisowski was not to be denied and with runs of 85 and 66 sealed his place at York the following week.

UK Championship full schedule

first round

Saturday, November 23
1:00
Ronnie O’Sullivan (1) vs Qualifiers
Shaun Murphy (9) vs Qualifiers
7:00
Ding Junhui (8) vs Qualifiers
Xiao Guodong (16) vs. Qualifiers

Sunday, November 24
1:00
Mark Allen (4) vs Qualifiers
Ali Carter (12) vs Qualifiers
7:00
Si Jiahui (13) vs qualifiers
Mark Selby (5) vs Qualifiers

Monday, November 25
1:00
Chris Wakelin (15) vs Qualifiers
Kieran Wilson (2) vs Qualifiers
7:00
Luca Brecel (7) vs qualifiers
Gary Wilson (10) vs Qualifiers

Tuesday, November 26
1:00
John Higgins (14) vs qualifiers
Judd Trump (3) vs Qualifiers
7:00
Mark Williams (6) vs Qualifiers
Zhang Anda (11) vs qualifiers