Original title: The Chinese Legion won all five games and 13 players advanced to the main draw of the Snooker World Open
China News Service, Beijing, January 25th. On the morning of the 25th, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker World Open ended the qualifying competition. The Chinese Legion won a complete victory on the final day. All five players who played that day advanced, making The number of Chinese players advancing to the main draw has increased to 13. Two famous Chinese players, Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda, who are ranked in the TOP16 (top 16 in the world), will participate in the postponed qualifying competition during the main competition.
The five Chinese players competing on the final day of this qualifying round are Cao Yupeng, Xu Si, Wu Yize, He Guoqiang and Long Zehuang. Among them, Cao Yupeng and Xu Si both swept their opponents 5-0, and Wu Yize and He Guoqiang both easily won 5-2.
Long Zehuang’s path to promotion is a bit thrilling. Facing Thai player Thachaiya Unu, Long Zehuang once led 2-0, 3-1, but then Thachaiya Unu launched a strong counterattack and took the lead 4-3 after winning 3 consecutive games. To the match point. Fortunately, Long Zehuang seized the opportunity at the last moment and successfully advanced 5-4 after winning two games in a row.
At this point, the qualifying competition for the 2024 Snooker World Open has ended. The Chinese Legion performed well overall, and 13 people advanced to the main draw.
The main draw of the 2024 Snooker World Open will be held in Yushan County, Jiangxi Province in March this year. The event will return to China after a lapse of five years. All 22 Chinese players with professional qualifications participated, 20 of whom participated in this qualifying round. Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda, the top players in the Chinese Legion’s world rankings, as well as last year’s champion Trump and last season’s world championship champion Brecher will participate in the postponed qualifying matches during the main competition.
Among the TOP16 players, Mark Williams, ranked 8th in the world, is absent from this World Open. In addition to the four players who participated in the postponed qualifying round, 11 TOP16 players participated in this qualifying round. Only Gary Wilson, ranked 16th in the world, missed the main draw. In addition, Lisovsky (ranked 17th in the latest world rankings), who had just fallen out of the TOP16, was also unexpectedly eliminated in the qualifying round.
The Snooker World Open, which has a history of more than 40 years, came to China in 2012 and was held three times in Haikou City, Hainan Province from 2012 to 2014. In 2016, the event was settled in Yushan County, Jiangxi Province, and has been held for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2019. Ding Junhui, the “first brother” of Chinese snooker, won the championship in 2017.
It is reported that the total prize money of the 2024 Snooker World Open will be increased to 815,000 pounds, and the championship prize will be increased to 170,000 pounds.
2024-01-25 06:15:00
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