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Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

Currently taking place in Haining, Zhejiang Province, this large Pro-Am always attracts many professional players. Mark Selby has won several times.

I'll post details when I've found them. There's a live stream at:

https://m.huya.com/880214/

Currently they are showing Si Jiahui against Liu Hongyu. Earlier Yuan Sijun beat Pang Junxu.

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

Selected First-Round Matches (Last 64):

Si Jiahui 4:2 Ma Huiming
Mei Xiwen 4:0 Du Yang
Ju Reti 4:2 Chen Feilong
Gao Yang 4:0 Barry Vestey
Lei Peifan 2:4 Liu Hongyu
Xu Si 4:2 Yao Dongcheng
Wu Yize 4:2 Li Chengjie
Yuan Sijun 4:1 Zhou Jinhao (Yuan had a 128)
Pang Junxu 4:3 Wang Xinbo
Zhang Yang 4:3 Wu Zhuoran
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Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

Second Round Matches (Last 32):

Gao Yang 4:3 Zhang Yang (Gao had 133)
Wu Yize 4:2 Ma Chunmao (Wu had 143 and 115)
Yuan Sijun 4:2 Pang Junxu (Yuan had 102)
Si Jiahui 3:4 Liu Hongyu (Liu had 120)

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

SteveJJ wrote:The big question is who is Barry Vestey?

He's a middle-aged British ex-pat who plays in most of these CBSA events. He was quite a decent player a few years ago, but impact of lockdowns meant he hasn't been able to play continuously.

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby chengdufan

lhpirnie wrote:
SteveJJ wrote:The big question is who is Barry Vestey?

He's a middle-aged British ex-pat who plays in most of these CBSA events. He was quite a decent player a few years ago, but impact of lockdowns meant he hasn't been able to play continuously.

His less extrovert cousin, Pubby Shirty, has stayed steadfastly in the UK.

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby SnookerEd25

chengdufan wrote:
lhpirnie wrote:
SteveJJ wrote:The big question is who is Barry Vestey?

He's a middle-aged British ex-pat who plays in most of these CBSA events. He was quite a decent player a few years ago, but impact of lockdowns meant he hasn't been able to play continuously.

His less extrovert cousin, Pubby Shirty, has stayed steadfastly in the UK.


:chuckle:

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

OK, I've managed to track down and translate most of the results.

First Round:

Du Yang 0:4 Mei Xiwen
Chen Xiaolong 4:2 Shi Fangmin
Ju Reti 4:2 Chen Feilong
Zhang Yang 4:0 Fujing
Su Jinxiong 0:4 He Guoqiang
Barrie Vestey 0:4 Gao Yang
Li Wei 4:0 Huang Yanyun
Tu Xuan 0:4 Lei Zhenyu
Feng Yu 4:? Long Zehuang
Luo Honghao ?:4 Xie Jintao
Ma Yongkun 4:? Yang Jiaxin
Liang Xiaolong 4:? Ren Zhijie
Ma Huiming 2:4 Si Jiahui
Ma Chunmao 4:2 Zhao Hanyang
Li Chengjie 2:4 Wu Yize
Deng Fuyi 4:3 Meng Yingjiu
Pang Junxu 4:3 Wang Xinbo
Zhou Jinhao 1:4 Yuan Sijun
Wanjie 1:4 Huang Jiahao
Li Ting 2:4 Ren Jiaxing
Xu Si 4:2 Yao Dongcheng
Luo Zetao 3:4 Liu Jiaming
Qin Jianfeng 3:4 Cai Jianzhong
Wang Zepeng 4:3 Chen Qien
Chen Ruifu 4:1 Li Wei
Liu Hongyu 4:2 Lei Peifan
Xing Zihao 0:4 Gong Chenzhi
Chen Qiyu 1:4 Zhang Anda
Li Zhen 2:4 Jiang Jun
Zhang Zhijie 2:4 Peng Yisong
Ma Hailong 4:0 Zhang Zhanhao
Lan Yuhao 2:4 Jin Long
Deng Haohui 1:4 Deng Jinhong

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

Second Round:

Zhang Yang 3:4 Gao Yang
Ju Reti 1:4 Mei Xiwen
Chen Ruifu 4:3 Chen Xiaolong
Lei Zhenyu 2:4 He Guoqiang
Ma Chunmao 2:4 Wu Yize
Liang Xiaolong 4:0 Ma Yongkun
Xie Jintao 4:1 Feng Yu
Deng Fuyi 0:4 Huang Jiahao
Pang Junxu 2:4 Yuan Sijun
Xu Si 3:4 Jiang Jun
Ren Jiaxing 3:4 Cai Jianzhong
Wang Zepeng 4:0 Liu Jiaming
Liu Hongyu 4:3 Si Jiahui
Gong Chenzhi ?:4 Zhang Anda
Ma Hailong 4:0 Peng Yisong
Deng Jinhong 1:4 Jin Long

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

Third Round (Last 16):

Gao Yang 2:4 He Guoqiang
Wu Yize 4:1 Huang Jiahao
Chen Ruifu 4:0 Mei Xiwen
Yuan Sijun 4:1 Cai Jianzhong
Liu Hongyu 4:2 Zhang Anda
Wang Zepeng 4:3 Jiang Jun
Jin Long 4:3 Ma Hailong
Xie Jintao 4:0 Liang Xiaolong

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

Semi-Finals:

Yuan Sijun 4:3 Liu Hongyu
Wu Yize 4:2 He Guoqiang

After a 110 break, Liu was 3:2 up and had a reasonable chance in each of the last 2 frames, but didn't take them and Yuan got two clearances.

At 2:2, Wu won a tight frame which proved decisive.

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

Yuan Sijun 5:1 Wu Yize

Wu didn't really turn up in the final. He was down 4:0 at the MSI. A nice break in the next frame was too late.

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

Wu Yize did get the high-break prize for that 143. There were lots of century breaks in this tournament.

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Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby HappyCamper

is the greatest teenager of all time (tm) starting to fulfil his potential?

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

HappyCamper wrote:is the greatest teenager of all time (tm) starting to fulfil his potential?

He was a bit shaky in the semi-final. But he does appear a bit more stable on the shot. I'd thought he was a bit yippy after the Covid lockdown, when he couldn't play for 6 months. But he was very nervous in the World Championship. Anyway, a win is always good.

Re: Haining Open 2023

Postby lhpirnie

He's won one of these tournaments before. Haining is quite close to his home in Jiangxi province, so he seems very happy to play there.