Stuart Bingham and Elliot Slessor coast into Championship League last 32 with unbeaten powerhouse scoring show

The man dubbed ‘Ballrun’ began his day at the Championship League with breaks of 83 and 102 in a 3-0 win over Halim Hussain.

He added 85 and 84 in easing to 3-0 win over Hatem Yassen before winning the Group 11 decider 3-1 against Antoni Kowalski with closing runs of 64 and 54 after the Polish hopeful had moved 1-0 clear with an 88 of his own.

As it was, Bingham, who started the campaign as world No. 22, won the section by three points ahead of Kowalski in dropping only one frame in a display that illustrated his qualities.

Elliot Slessor was equally as effective in closing out Group 17 with three straight victories of his own against Mark Lloyd (3-1), Oliver Brown (3-0) and Stan Moody (3-1)

The world No. 29 compiled 96 and 74 against Lloyd, 52 against Brown and finished with 113 and 54 against former world junior champion Moody, who rolled in 97 in the third frame.

Meanwhile, former Scottish and Welsh Open champion Gary Wilson takes on women’s world champion Bai Yulu in a Group 7 that also contains Amir Sarkhosh and Alex Clenshaw.

Two final groups of four will determine who contests the final on July 23, with the winner earning £33,000 and a place in the Champion of Champions event in Leicester in November.

• Group 15: Stephen Maguire (Sco)
• Group 26: Yao Pengcheng (Chn)
• Group 3: Alfie Burden (Eng)
• Group 22: Matthew Selt (Eng)
• Group 25: Matthew Stevens (Wal)
• Group 18: Yuan Sijun (Chn)
• Group 28: Ricky Walden (Eng)
• Group 9: Wu Yize (Chn)
• Group 2: Zhang Anda (Chn)
• Group 32: Ng On Yee (HK)
• Group 11: Stuart Bingham (Eng)
• Group 17: Elliot Slessor (Eng)