SNOOKER talent Shokat Ali is one match away from an appearance in the UK professional championship at Preston.
The Blackburn player meets Jimmy Mickie, who qualified for this year's world championship in Sheffield, at the Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool this evening for a place in the final stages.
Tomorrow he plays Anthony Davies for a place in the televised stage of the Regal Welsh.
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