Now that we are done with the Riga Masters Qualifiers, let’s immediately move onto the World Open Qualifiers!
A quick round up of the Riga Masters Qualifiers first though. There are not to many surprises. Zhao Xintong, Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson prove to be the top scorers over the past few days. Other impressive wins include Ollie Lines against Sunny Akani and Scott Donaldson against Noppon Saengkham. The biggest shock however, was Niu Zhuang whitewashing Stuart Bingham 4-0. Amateur David Lilley gained revenge from being beaten in Q School by reinstated-professional Hammad Miah by reversing the scoreline at 4-2. Also, Lukas Kleckers won a match, which is a lovely Brucie Bonus!
Gutted with my result last night but that’s the way it goes sometimes.
On a positive, it only can get better! Lol.
Back up to Preston on Friday to play Zhang Anda in the World Open.— Stuart Bingham (@Stuart__Bingham) July 4, 2018
Now more big boys are coming out to play, with Judd Trump, Ding Junhui and Mark Selby joining the fray. Unfortunately Yu Delu and Cao Yupeng can’t attend because……..they have washing to do? Maybe? To clean up their act somewhat?
Ding Junhui vs. James Wattana
Xu Si vs. Yuan Sijun
Robert Milkins vs. Chen Zifan
Li Hang vs. David Lilley (a)
Marco Fu vs. Chris Totten
Peter Ebdon vs. Jamie Clarke
Liang Wenbo vs. James Cahill (a)
Andrew Higginson vs. Luo Honghao
Matthew Stevens vs. Allan Taylor
David Gilbert vs. Niu Zhuang
Rory McLeod vs. Thor Chuan Leong
Ali Carter vs. Basem Eltahhan
Dominic Dale vs. Hammad Miah
Ricky Walden vs. Joe Swail
Daniel Wells vs. Andy Lee
Neil Robertson vs. WC
Barry Hawkins vs. Alfie Burden
Sunny Akani vs. Fan Zhengyi
Michael Holt vs. John Astley
Mark Davis vs. Sam Baird
Anthony McGill vs. Lee Walker
Matthew Selt vs. Joe O’Connor
Yan Bingtao vs. Ashley Carty
Stuart Carrington vs. Duane Jones
Fergal O’Brien vs. Robin Hull
Graeme Dott vs. Zhao Xintong
Scott Donaldson vs. Sanderson Lam
Luca Brecel vs. Ian Burns
Gary Wilson vs. Jimmy White
Tom Ford vs. Dechawat Poomjaeng (a)
Martin O’Donnell vs. Soheil Vahedi
Judd Trump vs. Kishan Hirani
Mark Selby vs. Luke Simmonds (a)
Gerard Greene vs. Elliot Slessor
Zhou Yuelong vs. Adam Duffy (a)
Jamie Jones vs. Sam Craigie
Ryan Day vs. Ross Muir
Robbie Williams vs. Oliver Lines
Mark King vs. Rod Lawler
Noppon Saengkham vs. Sean O’Sullivan
Michael Georgiou vs. Jordan Brown
Xiao Guodong vs. Zhang Yong
Liam Highfield vs. Jak Jones
Stuart Bingham vs. Zhang Anda
Mark Joyce vs. Chen Feilong
Anthony Hamilton vs. Rhys Clark
Ken Doherty vs. Simon Lichtenberg
Shaun Murphy vs. Mei Xiwen
Kyren Wilson vs. Nigel Bond
Alan McManus vs. Paul Davison
MIchael White vs. Harvey Chandler
Kurt Maflin vs. Lu Ning
Mark Allen vs. Peter Lines
Lyu Haotian vs. Eden Sharav
Jack Lisowski vs. Zhang Jiankang
Chris Wakelin vs. Craig Steadman
Mike Dunn vs. WC
Joe Perry vs. Li Yuan
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs. Billy Joe Castle
Stephen Maguire vs. Adam Stefanów
Ben Woollaston vs. WC
Jimmy Robertson vs. WC
Alexander Ursenbacher vs. Tian Pengfei
Mark Williams vs. Lukas Kleckers