Haining Open 2023

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.

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

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)

The big question is who is Barry Vestey?

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.

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.

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

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

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

Quarter Finals:

Liu Hongyu 4:1 Jin Long
Chen Ruifu 1:4 He Guoqiang
Xie Jintao 3:4 Wu Yize
Yuan Sijun 4:1 Wang Zepeng

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.

Final between Wu Yize and Yuan Sijun will be at 12pm UK time. There are live streams, as above.

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.

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

The winner:

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

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.

Hendry predicted this win years ago

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.