Kurt Maflin, Sunny Akani and Michael Holt continue progress at final snooker Q School qualifying event

Kurt Maflin and Sunny Akani kept alive their hopes of reclaiming World Snooker Tour status with respective wins in round three of event three on Tuesday. Three-time ranking event semi-finalist Maflin overcame 15-year-old Leone Crowley 4-1 with popular Thai player Akani running out a 4-0 victor against Callum Beresford in Sheffield. Stream top snooker action live and on-demand on discovery+

Kurt Maflin moved to within three wins of regaining his World Snooker Tour card with a 4-1 win against Irish teenager Leone Crowley at Ponds Forge in Sheffield on Tuesday.

The three-time ranking event semi-finalist opened with a break of 73 on his way to securing a meeting in round four of event three with Chinese teenager Liu Hongyu, who completed a 4-1 success against Kayden Brierley.

Norway's Maflin first turned professional in 2001 and reached 21 after his run to the World Championship last eight two years ago, but has suffered a gradual decline in form in dropping to 66 last season.

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Sunny Akani kept alive his hopes by contributing runs of 78, 69, 59 and 56 in a 4-0 whitewash of Callum Beresford.

There are four more tour cards on the table when Q School concludes on Thursday with the winner of four quarter-final matches securing playing rights for the next two years.

Fergal O'Brien, Rod Lawler, Andy Lee and Bai Langning claimed the first four tour cards from event one with Aaron Hill, Sanderson Lam, Zak Surety and Adam Duffy successful in event two.

Former Shoot Out winner Michael Holt overwhelmed Rory McLeod 4-1 later on Tuesday with breaks of 110, 56 and 102.

Holt meets Scottish amateur Keith Keldie on Wednesday afternoon as he continues his bid to retain his elite status after 26 successive years on tour.

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An Asia-Oceania Q School will also take place in Bangkok for the first time starting on Wednesday with another four tour cards on the line.

Two events are to be hosted in Thailand's capital city with the finalists from both earning a two-year card to the elite circuit.

19-year-old Julien Leclercq of Belgium clinched a two-year tour card with victory at the Q Tour play-offs.

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