Matthew Selt and Ricky Walden qualify for final group as Championship League reaches penultimate day

The final two spots in the Championship League winners' group are set to be settled in Leicester on Tuesday with former UK and Masters champion Matthew Stevens bidding for a spot in the final day of the season's first ranking event. Ricky Walden produced two centuries in winning Group E on Monday with world No. 34 Matthew Selt scrapping his way to victory in Group F at the city's Mattioli Arena.

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Matthew Selt and Ricky Walden kept alive their prospects of a first ranking event title of the decade by reaching the final group stage of the Championship League in Leicester.

Selt defeated former world champion Stuart Bingham 3-0 to top Group F on frame difference ahead of Liam Davies after drawing 2-2 with Davies and overcoming fellow Welsh player Dylan Emery 3-1.

Walden also required his final match to win Group E as a 3-1 victory over Liu Hongyu saw him emerge in top spot.

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A 3-1 victory over former Championship League winner David Gilbert included breaks of 104, 85 and 74 after a 2-2 draw with Chris Wakelin saw Walden roll in 116.

Selt claimed the Indian Open in 2019 with a 5-3 win over Lyu Haotian in Kochi while Walden secured his third career ranking crown with a 10-7 success against Mark Allen in the final of the 2014 International Championship in the Chinese city of Tianjin.

The penultimate day of competition on Tuesday sees former UK and Masters champion Matthew Stevens take on Tom Ford, Wu Yize and Liu Wenwei in Group H.

Meanwhile, Ben Mertens, Sam Craigie, Amir Sarkhosh and Yao Pengcheng compete for a spot in the winners' group from Group G.

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The Championship League runs between June 30 and July 23, with 32 groups of four producing 32 winners, who are then split into eight groups of four.

Two final groups of four will determine who contests the final on Wednesday, with the winner earning £33,000 and a place in the Champion of Champions event in Leicester in November.

Championship League group winners

Group A: Joe O'Connor (Eng)
Group B: Stephen Maguire (Sco)
Group C: Pang Junxu (Chn)
Group D: Xu Si (Chn)
Group E: Ricky Walden (Eng)
Group F: Matthew Selt (Eng)

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