Scott Donaldson beats Jordan Brown to win Group 5 of Championship League as Kyren Wilson struggles
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Updated 08/01/2022 at 21:33 GMT
Kyren Wilson and Ali Carter were the two biggest names taking part in Saturday's action in Group 5 of the Championship League tournament. Neither of them reached the final, with Scott Donalson and Jordan Brown the best players of the day. Donaldson came back from 2-1 down in the final to claim overall victory.
Scott Donaldson of Scotland plays a shot during the 2nd round match against Joe Perry of England on day four of 2020 Coral World Grand Prix at the Centaur on February 6, 2020 in Cheltenham, England.
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Scott Donaldson beat Jordan Brown in the final of Group 5 in the Championship League.
Donaldson secured the first frame comfortably 88-0, but Brown rallied into the lead with two consecutive frame wins.
The first of 61-27 was decided by a 52 break, and Donaldson then put up a score of 64 to help him to 98-5, leaving him one from outright victory.
However Donaldson rallied when a break of 60 gave him a 70-44 frame win to level.
In the decisive fifth, Donaldson’s match-high break of 88 won the game and the group.
Brown began the day with a 3-0 win over Allister Carter, and then moved straight onto a 3-2 victory against David Gilbert, with Gilbert enjoying a 3-2 win over Kyren Wilson later in the day.
He reached the semi-final by demolishing Martin Gould 3-0, before recording the same margin against Carter as they met for the second time on Saturday in the semi-final.
Carter made his way to the semis by going on to lose 3-0 to Scott McDonaldson, but recovered to defeat Wilson 3-1.
Wilson earlier enjoyed a 3-0 win over Lu Ning, with the Chinese player defeating Donaldson 3-2 before losing 3-1 to Gould.
Donaldson and Wilson met in the group’s other semi-final with the Scot hitting a 130 break on the way to the final.
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