By BBC (Sports) | Created at 2024-11-20 08:49:07 | Updated at 2024-11-20 11:39:24
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Women's world champion Bai Yulu has continued her historic run in the UK Championship qualifiers with a record third victory.
The 21-year-old Chinese won the final three frames to defeat world number 44 Scott Donaldson 6-5 as she became the first woman to win three matches at a ranking event.
She will play England's world number 21 Jack Lisowski in the final qualifying round on Wednesday (19:00 GMT) for a place in the main draw in York.
The last-32 stage gets under way on Saturday, 23 November and will be televised on the BBC. The top 16 seeds will be drawn against 16 qualifiers, with record eight-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan defending the title.
Bai, 120th in the rankings, had already become the first woman this century to win back-to-back matches at a ranking event with victories over Jamie Jones and Farakh Ajaib.
She is playing on the professional tour for the first time this season and had not won a match on the main tour before this week.
