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Haining Open 2019

Postby lhpirnie

The Pro-Am Haining Open has begun, usually considered as a warm-up event before a professional ranking tournament, in this case the World Open in Yushan. Yushan is about 2 hours away by high-speed rail.

Several professionals have travelled directly from the English Open, including Mark Selby, who beat Li Hang in last year's final.

The 113-player field contains 27 current professionals including Selby, Bingham, Walden, Hawkins, Jimmy Robertson, Thepchaiya, Mark Davis, King, Holt and Slessor, plus the Chinese players Zhou Yuelong, Zhao Xintong, Mei Xiwen, Zhang Anda, Li Hang and others.

In the first round 13-year old prodigy Gong Chenzhi lost, but 16-year old Bai Yulu won her match. The only professional to lose was Jordan Brown (to Geng Mingqi). The second round (L64) takes place tomorrow, and they play best-of-7's until the final on Saturday.

The draw is located at: http://bems.crandtec.com/index.php?g=&m ... Tcw&type=1, and the CBSA website have two tables on live streams.

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby Iranu

Wow, pretty strong lineup there.

Maybe better than the Paul Hunter Classic lineup?

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby lhpirnie

So far today, Mark Selby was impressive in his 2nd round win over Liu Hongyu. In the only professional clash so far, Jackson Page beat Zhang Jiankang. Zhou Yuelong and Zhao Xintong also won their matches, which means they will meet in the 3rd round, early on Friday morning.

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby motorhead

Cloud Strife wrote:
Pink Ball wrote:Why is there a Pokemon playing snooker in the poster?


That's not a Pokémon, that's the mythological Chinese God of Thunder, as first mentioned in the legendary I Ching several centuries ago.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching

Hat off.

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby lhpirnie

The second round matches are complete, the only professional clashes saw Ricky Walden beat Xu Si and Zhang Anda beat Billy Castle. The third round is played on Friday:

Zhou Yuelong vs. Zhao Xintong
Mark Selby vs. Liang Xiaolong
Zhang Yong vs. Barry Hawkins
Jackson Page vs. Pang Junxu
Mei Xiwen vs. Michael Georgiou
Jimmy Robertson vs. Chang Bingyu
Yao Pengcheng vs. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Craig Steadman vs. Zhao Jianbo
Zhang Anda vs. Li Jianbing
Mark Davis vs. Luo Honghao
Chen Ruifu vs. Mark King
Michael Holt vs. Igor Figureido
Li Yingdong vs. Lu Ning
Ricky Walden vs. Yang Jiaxin
Li Ting vs. Stuart Bingham
Si Jiahui vs. Li Hang

There are two live streams on:
http://www.cbsa.org.cn/gnnews/2019/1022/298726.html

and many matches have a Nikolay video.

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby lhpirnie

Last 32 matches completed, and last 16 currently in progress. Selected results:
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Zhao Xintong (after Zhao led 3-1)
Jackson Page 0-4 Pang Junxu
Mei Xiwen 2-4 Michael Georgiou
Jimmy Robertson 2-4 Chang Bingyu
Craig Steadman 3-4 Zhao Jianbo
Mark Davis 3-4 Luo Honghao
Michael Holt 3-4 Igor Figureido
Si Jiahui 1-4 Li Hang

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby lhpirnie

Last 16 now completed. Full results:
Mark Selby 4-3 Zhou Yuelong
Barry Hawkins 4-2 Pang Junxu
Chang Bingyu 4-2 Michael Georgiou
Thepchaiya Uh-nooh 4-0 Zhao Jianbo
Luo Honghao 4-0 Zhang Anda
Igor Figuereido 4-1 Mark King
Ricky Walden 4-3 Lu Ning
Li Hang 4-2 Stuart Bingham

Quarter-final matches about to start...

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby lhpirnie

It looks like the final could be a repeat of last year!

Semi-finals now:
Selby vs. Thepchaiya
Li Hang vs. Figuerido

The Luo-Figuerido match was very close, the others one-sided.

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby lhpirnie

Thepchaiya Un nooh and Li Hang both won their semi-finals 4-2, Thepchaiya ending Selby's winning streak. The final is played today at 7pm, local time.

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby GeF

HappyCamper wrote:C'mon Thep!


IMHO Thep will win.

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby lhpirnie

It's 2-2 now at the MSI, best-of-9.

As expected, Thepchaiya attacking, Li Hang playing a tactical game. Extreme clash of styles.

Re: Haining Open 2019

Postby Iranu

Badsnookerplayer wrote:It's Haining Men.

Hang-Un Nooh yeah it’s Haining Men