Stephen Hendry withdraws from 2022 UK Championship qualifying due to schedule clash, Andrew Pagett to receive bye

Stephen Hendry has withdrawn from the qualifying rounds for the UK Championship qualifiers because of a schedule conflict.

Hendry is again on the skilled circuit as he continues an tried a comeback after retiring in 2012. 9 years later he determined to return however has struggled to search out something like his finest kind.

The 53-year-old is thought to be one of many best gamers to have ever taken half within the sport and for 20 years was a feared opponent.

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Nonetheless, he has hardly ever obtained out of the qualifiers for the occasions he does attend, along with his finest achievement since his comeback being a second-round look within the 2021/22 season’s British Open.

The Scot is a seven-time World Championship winner and had been because of play Andrew Pagett within the first spherical of qualifying at Ponds Forge on Saturday in Sheffield.

Hendry has received the UK Championship 5 instances – in 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, and 1996 – however must wait for an additional probability so as to add to that file.

Now although his Welsh opponent will get a bye to the subsequent spherical, and can play a second round-match in opposition to Xu Si on Sunday.

Hendry has performed simply two matches to this point this season, shedding them each. He misplaced 5-0 to Mark Joyce within the qualifiers of the German Masters, and likewise misplaced within the qualifiers in opposition to Zhang Anda, who received by a cushty 5-1 margin.

The previous world No. 1 is presently enterprise punditry and commentary duties this week for the Champion of Champions, and will likely be working the Saturday he was because of attend the qualifiers. Due to this fact he has chosen to withdraw from the qualifiers so as to present commentary for Saturday’s motion.

Writing on Twitter, he mentioned: “Only a fast rationalization as to why I needed to pull out of UK qualifier.

“They scheduled my matches for this weekend once I’m working on the COC for ITV.”