John Lumley playing in his first world championship eliminator process wins the best of 9 set match against Chris Chapman. After the first day’s play Lumley led 3/1. A further 3 sets were played for Lumley to win the necessary 5 sets. It was a great win for Lumley and he now waits to see who his opponent will be in the final eliminator.
The final score was 6/2 6/4 6/4 5/6 6/4 4/6 6/0
The second 1st round eliminator is being played on the 29th and 31st March between Ben Taylor-Matthews and Nick Howell in Aiken. The match on both days starts at 18:00 GMT.