"I feel happy—I feel like I've done myself some justice, because I haven't played in the World Championships for three years,” Hundal said. "I kind of feel I deserve to be there.  I played well. I beat Anthony Ginn 10-3 and then I beat Kevin11-5 in the end.  That's a good scoreline for me. I'm just happy with my performance."

Huw had earlier beaten Hundal in the double-elimination format event, whilst Ginn knocked out favourite Steve Knight at the quarterfinal stage.  But Hundal held his nerve to join fellow qualifiers Sascha Trautmann (Weert Qualifier), Pat Holtz (Scottish Qualifier) and James Kay (UK Pro 9-ball Tour Qualifer) in the main draw.

Results from Riley's Victoria Open Qualifier:

Last 16

So Shahriari 9:1 Richard Jones

David Walsh 9:7 Andy Bucknell

Kevin Huw 9:3 Nigel Joshi

Steve Knight 9:4 Simon Widlo

Raj Hundal 9:6 Matt Hyden

Paul Williams 9:7 David Larsson

Anthony Ginn 9:7 Kevin Uzzell

Lee Chenman 9:4 Martin Correia

Last 8

David Walsh 10:7 So Shahriari

Kevin Huw 10:6 Steve Knight

Raj Hundal 10:8 Paul Williams

Anthony Ginn 10:7 Lee Chenman

Semifinals

Kevin Huw 10:3 David Walsh

Raj Hundal 10:3 Anthony Ginn

Finals

Raj Hundal 11 : 5 Kevin Huw

REMAINING QUALIFYING EVENTS:

June 5: Pro 9 Ball Tour Masters Qualifier: Mickey Flynn's, Cambridge, England. (1 Spot)

June 11-13: Open Qualifier: Corner Billiards, New York, USA. (1 Spot)

June 18-20: Nigerian National Qualifier - Final stages: Lagos, Nigeria. (1 Spot)  (Organised with APC Nigeria)

July 4-9: Open Qualifiers: Taipei. (10 Spots).

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