Kyren Wilson, James McBain enjoy walkovers on Qualifying Day One of China Open
The Qualifying Round One of the China Open 2011 held on 24th February in the sunny Sheffield has been completed.
The overall results for the day are below:
Zhang Anda 5 – 2 Patrick Wallace
Liu Song 5 – 1 Noppon Saengkham
Xiao Guodong 5 – 2 Dermot McGlinchey
Kurt Maflin 5 – 2 Simon Bedford
Joe Delaney 5 – 2 Andrew Pagett
Liam Highfield 5 – 2 Jamie O’Neill
David Gilbert 5 – 4 David Morris
Liu Chuang 5 – 3 Jak Jones
Kuldesh Johal 5 – 2 Igor Figueiredo
James McBain w/o No player
Issara Kachaiwong 5 – 1 T Thirapongpaiboon
Kyren Wilson w/o No player
James Wattana 5 - 1 Justin Astley
Ben Woollaston 5 - 1 Reanne Evans
Paul S Davison 5 - 3 Adam Wicheard
Michael White 5 - 3 Michael Judge
There were sixteen matches scheduled on the first day of the qualifiers, but 14 of them were played as Kyren Wilson and James McBain were lucky to get walkovers.
Most of the matches played on the first day were one-sided, but for a few exceptions.
All the local Chinese stars – Zhang Anda, Liu Song, Xiao Guodong, and Liu Chuang – made it to the second round beating Patrick Wallace, Noppon Saengkham, Dermot McGlinchey, and Jak Jones respectively.
The highest break of the day was 130 made by Ben Woollaston against the reigning world ladies snooker champion, Reanne Evans. The British pro only managed to win the first frame with a dominant break of 50 before losing the next five straight.
The longest battle and an upset were seen in the match between David Gilbert and David Morris. Till the interval, Gilbert was able to win only one frame out of the four he played. Morris was 3-1 up with a match-high break of 76 and was looking close to the finish line. But Gilbert, who was more experienced than Morris, roared back and won the next two frames, equalising the scores by 3-3. Morris was able to have the next one but Gilbert had no reeling effects and won the following two in a row again to his seal his victory by 5-3.
The matches that will be played in the qualifiers for the round 2 are
Alfie Burden vs. Zhang Anda
Adrian Gunnell vs. Liu Song
Joe Jogia vs. Xiao Guodong
Jack Lisowski vs. Kurt Maflin
Jimmy Robertson vs. Joe Delaney
Barry Pinches vs. Liam Highfield
Ian McCulloch vs. David Gilbert
Jimmy White vs. Liu Chuang
Bjorn Haneveer vs. Igor Figueiredo
Jamie Jones vs. James McBain
Andy Hicks vs. Issara Kachaiwong
Rod Lawler vs. Kyren Wilson
Stuart Pettman vs. James Wattana
Anthony McGill vs. Ben Woollaston
Matt Couch vs. Paul Davison
Joe Swail vs. Michael Whitae
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