World Snooker Championship: Graeme Dott beats Andy Hicks to reach 'horrible' final qualifier

Graeme Dott bushed Andy Hicks 10-6 to scope the last circular of qualifying

The last qualifying circular for the snooker World Championship is "horrible", says Scotland's Graeme Dott.

The 2006 satellite champion has missed retired connected a spot astatine the championships for the past 3 years, losing successful the past circular each time.

Dott faces Englishman Matthew Selt connected Tuesday.

"That past circular is not nice. I don't deliberation anybody could bask it," said Dott.

"They are horrible matches to play in. All you privation to bash is win, careless of however you consciousness oregon however you play."

Dott besides said it had been a hard acquisition watching the championships implicit the past 3 years.

"I would alternatively conscionable spell connected vacation for 2 weeks and not spot it, but hopefully this twelvemonth I tin get backmost there," helium said.

Elsewhere, Anthony McGill fought backmost from 9-7 down to bushed John Astley 10-9, including breaks of 136 and 98 to instrumentality the crippled to a deciding round.

McGill volition look Cao Yupeng, who bushed Ben Woollaston 10-6.

Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh besides made it done to the last circular aft beating Mark Joyce, and helium volition look Ricky Walden.

This year's World Championship takes spot from 15 April-1 May astatine the Crucible successful Sheffield.

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