Doherty wins on final day of qualifiers

Doherty outclassed China’s Liu Chuang with a 6-3 victory in the morning session to book a place at October’s brand new ranking event in Chengdu.

During the day Marco Fu, Jamie Cope, Ryan Day and Dominic Dale also sealed tickets on the plane to China, while Ali Carter and Peter Ebdon progressed from the evening session.

The International Championship has the highest level of prize money ever at a tournament in China. The winner will receive £125,000.

Morning session

Barry Hawkins 5-6 Michael White

Dominic Dale 6-3 Paul Davison

Ken Doherty 6-3 Liu Chuang

Ryan Day 6-3 Anthony Hamilton

Andrew Higginson 6-3 David Gilbert

Michael Holt 4-6 Pankaj Advani

Afternoon session

Marco Fu 6-3 Alfie Burden

Mark Davis 6-2 Kurt Maflin

Fergal O'Brien 6-3 Mark King

Jamie Cope 4-6 Aditya Mehta

Robert Milkins 6-1 Liang Wenbo

Evening session

Tom Ford 3-6 Cao Yupeng

Marcus Campbell 3-6 Jamie Burnett

Peter Ebdon 6-5 Nigel Bond

Joe Perry 5-6 Barry Pinches

Allister Carter 6-3 Dave Harold