4th and Final man through from Q School 2 is Lu Ning
Lu Ning is a 24 year old from China, he was a pro from 2014 till 2016 having won the IBSF under 21 World Championship but his 2 years on the tour was very poor in fact he only won 2 matches both 1st round qualifiers and he lost the 2nd round qualifier.
He has 11 career centuries with a high break of 134
Yu Delu and Cao Yupeng both suspended until further notice.
Just seen that following a long investigation both players have a case to answer and have now been suspended until tue outcome.of the cases has been reached.
Yu Delu's case is manipulating the outcome of 5 matches since 2015 and failure to report 2 approaches ti fix a match and failure to fully cooperate with the WPBSA in their enquiry
Cao Yupeng's case is manipulating the outcome of 3 matches in 2016 and failure to fully cooperate with the WPBSA in their enquiry.
David John also suspended This relates to manipulating the outcome of matches he was involved in since 2016 and failing to fully cooperate with the WPBSA enquiry.
Wow , that doesn't suprise me there are some dodgy results collectively involving chinese players, would be a shame if the latter got suspended as he came on alot last year and would be pushing top 16 with a good season.
Someone posted this yesterday regarding the people who just missed out on tour cards yesterday:
Here is the list of all players losing their pro-status this year, after WC: 71. David Grace: out 74. Sam Baird: qualified through Q School 1 77. Zhao Xintong: qualified through Q School 2 78. Hammad Miah: qualified through Q School 1 79. Mitchell Mann: still playing (*) 80. Sam Craigie: qualified through Q School 1 82. Jak Jones: qualified through Q School 1 83. Aditya Mehta: didn't attend Q School 84. Ian Preece: didn't attend Q School 86. James Wattana: didn't attend Q School 87. Adam Duffy: still playing 89. Craig Steadman: qualified through Q School 2 90. Fang Xiongman: still playing (**) 94. Wang Yuchen: still playing (*) 101. Thor Chuan Leong: still playing (**) 103. Alex Borg: out 105. Chen Zhe: still playing (*) 111. Josh Boileau: didn't attend Q School 115. Jamie Curtis-Barrett: out 117. Kurt Dunham: didn't attend Q School 119. Christopher Keogan: out 121. K Lertsattayatthorn: didn't attend Q School 123. Boonyarit Keattikun: didn't attend Q School 126. Leo Fernandez: still playing (*) 128. David John: didn't attend Q School
(*) = these 4 players compete for the same tour card. (**) = these 2 players compete for the same tour card.
Hard to predict, wont be betting on it but prediction out of the hat :P
Fang Michael Judge(would be nice to see, haven't seen much of the others.) James Cahill (got this far each Q School hasn't he?surely he will get over the line)
Ashley Carty (would like to see) probably Chen Zhe
Anyone who wants to watch any of these, probably a bit late now. But Tsunami streaming on youtube/facebook have been doing the last few days. I haven't been watching as at work, but normally they stream alot of pool i watch.
Thor Chuan Leong who was on the tour last season and finished 101st after 2 years
Ashley Carty who is a 22 year old Englishman who has now turned pro for the 1st time he has 12 career centuries with a high break of 129, he got through to the 3rd round of the Welsh Open once but other than that has never been past the 1st round of an event.
Kishan Hirani who is 25 from Wales again his 1st time at turning pro he has 7 career centuries with a high break of 131.
Andy Lee who is 37 and from England/Hong Kong he was pro once before in 2008/2009 in which he finished 83rd and was relegated of the tour, he has 5 career centuries with a high break off 130
Cheers Paulie good write up as ever, now we have a while for the new season and start with qualifiers again maybe end of month? haven't quite looked at schedule yet.
Cheers Paulie good write up as ever, now we have a while for the new season and start with qualifiers again maybe end of month? haven't quite looked at schedule yet.
Riga Masters qualifiers start 2nd July
But for all those worried about missing my updates thanks to Mr Hearn I now have more work with the creation of The Challenge Tour
Almost 2 months since the season finished and 1 month since Q School we are back and the start of the 2018/2019 season.
We got underway today with the Riga Masters Qualifiers.
Results
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Michael Georgiou Chris Wakelin 4-2 Kuldesh Johal Rod Lawler 4-0 Martin O'Donnell Jamie Jones 4-0 Simon Lichtenberg Ricky Walden 4-1 John J Astley Sam Craigie W/O Thor Chuan Leong Mark King 4-3 Peter Ebdon Lukas Kleckers 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher Liang Wenbo 4-0 Adam Duffy Robbie Williams 4-3 Alan McManus Stuart Carrington W/O Mitchell Mann Ali Carter 4-0 Billy Joe Castle Xu Si 4-3 Matthew Selt Mei Xiwen 4-1 Soheil Vahedi Nigel Bond 4-2 Mark Joyce Barry Hawkins 4-0 Andy Lee David Lilley 4-2 Hammad Miah Shaun Murphy 4-2 Sanderson Lam
Something was happening last night which meant I forgot to update this. So yesterdays Riga Masters Qualifying results.
Robin Hull 4-1 James Cahill Dave Gilbert 4-1 Farakh Ajaib Li Hang 4-2 Duane Jones Scott Donaldson 4-3 Noppon Saengkham Craig Steadman 4-2 Yuan Sijun Li Yuan 4-1 Paul Davison Kurt Maflin 4-2 Lyu Haotian Joe Perry 4-1 Lu Ning Michael White 4-1 Gary Wilson Gerard Greene 4-1 Chen Feilong Rob Milkins 4-2 Jak Jones Stephen Maguire 4-0 Michael Judge Lee Walker 4-0 Basem Eltahhan Joe O'Connor 4-1 Jordan Brown Luke Simmonds 4-3 Zhang Jiankang Neil Robertson 4-2 Luo Honghao Niu Zhuang 4-0 Stuart Bingham
Simon Bedford 4-3 Mike Dunn Anthony Hamilton 4-2 Chris Totten Liam Highfield 4-0 Sean O'Sullivan Peter Lines 4-2 Shane Castle Yan Bingtao 4-1 Martin Gould Tian Pengfei 4-3 Zhang Anda Ashley Carty 4-1 Harvey Chandler Xiao Guodong 4-3 Tom Ford Michael Holt 4-0 Matthew Stevens Anthony McGill 4-0 Kishan Hirani Rory McLeod 4-3 Adam Stefanow Joe Swail 4-1 Dechawat Poomjaeng Ben Woollaston 4-0 Sam Baird Mark Allen 4-2 Daniel Wells Kyren Wilson 4-3 Dominic Dale Oliver Lines 4-3 Akani Songsermsawad Zhang Yong 4-1 Ross Muir
Ian Burns 4-3 Jamie Rhys Clarke Fergal O'Brien 4-3 Eden Sharav Luca Brecel 4-2 Allan Taylor Jack Lisowski 4-1 Fan Zhengyi Mark Davis 4-2 Andrew Higginson Marco Fu 4-1 Elliot Slessor Zhao Xintong 4-0 Jimmy Robertson Alfie Burden 4-2 Chen Zifan
So 62 out of the 64 players in The Riga Masters are now known
The 60 Qualifiers Graeme Dott and Jimmy White given byes
2 more qualifiers held over to main event Ryan Day(current champion) v Jamie Cope Mark Williams(World Champion) v Rhys Clark
Comments
Lu Ning is a 24 year old from China, he was a pro from 2014 till 2016 having won the IBSF under 21 World Championship but his 2 years on the tour was very poor in fact he only won 2 matches both 1st round qualifiers and he lost the 2nd round qualifier.
He has 11 career centuries with a high break of 134
Here is the list of all players losing their pro-status this year, after WC:
71. David Grace: out
74. Sam Baird: qualified through Q School 1
77. Zhao Xintong: qualified through Q School 2
78. Hammad Miah: qualified through Q School 1
79. Mitchell Mann: still playing (*)
80. Sam Craigie: qualified through Q School 1
82. Jak Jones: qualified through Q School 1
83. Aditya Mehta: didn't attend Q School
84. Ian Preece: didn't attend Q School
86. James Wattana: didn't attend Q School
87. Adam Duffy: still playing
89. Craig Steadman: qualified through Q School 2
90. Fang Xiongman: still playing (**)
94. Wang Yuchen: still playing (*)
101. Thor Chuan Leong: still playing (**)
103. Alex Borg: out
105. Chen Zhe: still playing (*)
111. Josh Boileau: didn't attend Q School
115. Jamie Curtis-Barrett: out
117. Kurt Dunham: didn't attend Q School
119. Christopher Keogan: out
121. K Lertsattayatthorn: didn't attend Q School
123. Boonyarit Keattikun: didn't attend Q School
126. Leo Fernandez: still playing (*)
128. David John: didn't attend Q School
(*) = these 4 players compete for the same tour card.
(**) = these 2 players compete for the same tour card.
Fang Xiongman v Farakh Ajaib
Greg Casey v Thor Chuan Leong
Kishan Hirani v Michael Judge
David Lilley v Simon Bedford
James Cahill v Kuldesh Johal
Andy Hicks v Andy Lee
Ashley Carty v Wang Yuchen
Dinesh Jain Himanshu v Chen Zhe
Fang
Michael Judge(would be nice to see, haven't seen much of the others.)
James Cahill (got this far each Q School hasn't he?surely he will get over the line)
Ashley Carty (would like to see) probably Chen Zhe
Thus year was the 1st time he entered Q School
Q School 1 he lost in 1st round
Q School 2 he had a bye in 1at round and lost in 2nd
So heading into Q School 3 he had never won a match at Q School
Semi final results
Fang Xiongman 4-3 Farakh Ajaib
Thor Chuan Leong 4-0 Greg Casey
Kishan Hirani 4-0 Michael Judge
Simon Bedford 4-3 David Lilley
Kuldesh Johal 4-3 James Cahill
Andy Lee 4-2 Andy Hicks
Ashley Carty 4-1 Wang Yuchen
Dinesh Jain Himanshu 4-1 Chen Zhe
Q School 3
Final
Fang Xiongman v Thor Chuan Leong
Kishan Hirani v Simon Bedford
Kuldesh Johal v Andy Lee
Ashley Carty v Dinesh Jain Himanshu
Thor Chuan Leong who was on the tour last season and finished 101st after 2 years
Ashley Carty who is a 22 year old Englishman who has now turned pro for the 1st time he has 12 career centuries with a high break of 129, he got through to the 3rd round of the Welsh Open once but other than that has never been past the 1st round of an event.
Kishan Hirani who is 25 from Wales again his 1st time at turning pro he has 7 career centuries with a high break of 131.
Andy Lee who is 37 and from England/Hong Kong he was pro once before in 2008/2009 in which he finished 83rd and was relegated of the tour, he has 5 career centuries with a high break off 130
1-Mark Selby
2-Ronnie O’Sullivan
3-Mark Williams
4-John Higgins
5-Judd Trump
6-Ding Junhui
7-Barry Hawkins
8-Shaun Murphy
9-Kyren Wilson
10-Neil Robertson
11-Ali Carter
12-Mark Allen
13-Stuart Bingham
14-Anthony McGill
15-Luca Brecel
16-Ryan Day
17-Stephen Maguire
18-Marco Fu
19-Liang Wenbo
20-Joe Perry
21-Mark King
22-Graeme Dott
23-Yan Bingtao
24-Martin Gould
25-Xiao Guodong
26-Jack Lisowski
27-David Gilbert
28-Ricky Walden
29'Michael White
30-Anthony Hamilton
31-Michael Holt
32-Tom Ford
33-Zhou Yuelong
34-Jimmy Robertson
35-Robert Milkins
36-Li Hang
37-Ben Woollaston
38-Cao Yupeng
39-Jamie Jones
40-Gary Wilson
41-Mark Davis
42-Mark Joyce
43-Yu Delu
44-Kurt Maflin
45-Hossein Vafaei
46-Dominic Dale
47-Matthew Stevens
48-Chris Wakelin
49-Michael Georgiou
50-Stuart Carrington
51-Fergal O’Brien
52-Noppon Saengkham
53-Mike Dunn
54-Andrew Higginson
55-Peter Ebdon
56-Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
57-Robbie Williams
58-Scott Donaldson
59-Matt Selt
60-Liam Highfield
61-Lyu Haotian
62-Rory McLeod
63-Daniel Wells
64-Alan McManus
65-Oliver Lines
66-John Astley
67-Zhang Anda
68-Elliot Slessor
69-Lee Walker
70-Tian Pengfei
71-Alfie Burden
72-Mei Xiwen
73-Ken Doherty
74-Sunny Akani
75-Martin O'Donnell
76-Gerard Greene
77-Alexander Ursenbacher
78-Xu Si
79-Yuan Sijun
80-Jimmy White
81-Ian Burns
82-Zhang Yong
83-Peter Lines
84-Li Yuan
85-Robin Hull
86-Allan Taylor
87-Duane Jones
88-Nigel Bond
89-Chen Zifan
90-Ashley Hugill
91-Niu Zhuang
92-Chris Totten
93-Eden Sharav
94-Paul Davison
95-Soheil Vahedi
96-Billy Joe Castle
97-Hamza Akbar
98-Ross Muir
99-Joe Swail
100-Sanderson Lam
101-Sean O'Sullivan
102-Rod Lawler
103-Rhys Clark
104-Lukas Kleckers
105-Basem Eltahhan
106-Matthew Bolton
107-Luo Honggao
108-Adam Stefanow
109-Fan Zhengyi
110-Harvey Chandler
111-Simon Lichtenberg
112-Mohamed Ibrahim
113-Jamie Clarke
114-Joe O'Connor
115-Zhang Jiankang
116-Chen Feilong
117-Hammad Miah
118-Sam Baird
119-Sam Craigie
120-Jak Jones
121-Jordan Brown
122-Zhao Xintong
123-Craig Steadman
124-Lu Ning
125-Thor Chuan Leong
126-Ashley Carty
127-Kishan Hirani
128-Andy Lee
But for all those worried about missing my updates thanks to Mr Hearn I now have more work with the creation of The Challenge Tour
Jimmy White and Ken Doherty both went off tour last year but they also got these special 2 year invitationals and are currently in there 2nd years
I noticed he is in the 1st round of the 1st Challenge tour event and wondered what he thought of it
No Live Scores
No Referee's
No Water for players(thats come from someone playing)
Bit of a shambles first event, but hopefully its just a start and will get better.
We got underway today with the Riga Masters Qualifiers.
Results
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Michael Georgiou
Chris Wakelin 4-2 Kuldesh Johal
Rod Lawler 4-0 Martin O'Donnell
Jamie Jones 4-0 Simon Lichtenberg
Ricky Walden 4-1 John J Astley
Sam Craigie W/O Thor Chuan Leong
Mark King 4-3 Peter Ebdon
Lukas Kleckers 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
Liang Wenbo 4-0 Adam Duffy
Robbie Williams 4-3 Alan McManus
Stuart Carrington W/O Mitchell Mann
Ali Carter 4-0 Billy Joe Castle
Xu Si 4-3 Matthew Selt
Mei Xiwen 4-1 Soheil Vahedi
Nigel Bond 4-2 Mark Joyce
Barry Hawkins 4-0 Andy Lee
David Lilley 4-2 Hammad Miah
Shaun Murphy 4-2 Sanderson Lam
No massive shocks but in terms of rankings a few surprises
Rod Lawler 125th beat Martin O Donnell who is ranked over 40 places higher in 81st
Lukas Kleckers 129th beat Ursenbacher who is 41 places ahead in 88th
Su Xi 91st beat Matt Selt 59th
And Nigel Bond 104th beat Mark Joyce who is 42nd
So yesterdays Riga Masters Qualifying results.
Robin Hull 4-1 James Cahill
Dave Gilbert 4-1 Farakh Ajaib
Li Hang 4-2 Duane Jones
Scott Donaldson 4-3 Noppon Saengkham
Craig Steadman 4-2 Yuan Sijun
Li Yuan 4-1 Paul Davison
Kurt Maflin 4-2 Lyu Haotian
Joe Perry 4-1 Lu Ning
Michael White 4-1 Gary Wilson
Gerard Greene 4-1 Chen Feilong
Rob Milkins 4-2 Jak Jones
Stephen Maguire 4-0 Michael Judge
Lee Walker 4-0 Basem Eltahhan
Joe O'Connor 4-1 Jordan Brown
Luke Simmonds 4-3 Zhang Jiankang
Neil Robertson 4-2 Luo Honghao
Niu Zhuang 4-0 Stuart Bingham
Simon Bedford 4-3 Mike Dunn
Anthony Hamilton 4-2 Chris Totten
Liam Highfield 4-0 Sean O'Sullivan
Peter Lines 4-2 Shane Castle
Yan Bingtao 4-1 Martin Gould
Tian Pengfei 4-3 Zhang Anda
Ashley Carty 4-1 Harvey Chandler
Xiao Guodong 4-3 Tom Ford
Michael Holt 4-0 Matthew Stevens
Anthony McGill 4-0 Kishan Hirani
Rory McLeod 4-3 Adam Stefanow
Joe Swail 4-1 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Ben Woollaston 4-0 Sam Baird
Mark Allen 4-2 Daniel Wells
Kyren Wilson 4-3 Dominic Dale
Oliver Lines 4-3 Akani Songsermsawad
Zhang Yong 4-1 Ross Muir
Read this name a bit different to how it should be pronounced, i assume: Jiankang
This was his 1st match on the tour since November 2017 his only other matches were
China Championship 2016
Beat Ross Muir 6-3
Lost to Stuart Bingham 6-1
Q School 1 2017
Lost to Steven Hallworth 4-0
Q School 2 2017
Lost to Fraser Patrick 4-0
Shanghai Masters Qualification
Lost to Billy Joe Castle 5-2
He is only 19 so has time to improve and has a 2 year tour card he also got his 1st pro century in the 4-3 defeat in Riga Qualifying.
IMO I would say it was G-AN-KANG
Ian Burns 4-3 Jamie Rhys Clarke
Fergal O'Brien 4-3 Eden Sharav
Luca Brecel 4-2 Allan Taylor
Jack Lisowski 4-1 Fan Zhengyi
Mark Davis 4-2 Andrew Higginson
Marco Fu 4-1 Elliot Slessor
Zhao Xintong 4-0 Jimmy Robertson
Alfie Burden 4-2 Chen Zifan
So 62 out of the 64 players in The Riga Masters are now known
The 60 Qualifiers
Graeme Dott and Jimmy White given byes
2 more qualifiers held over to main event
Ryan Day(current champion) v Jamie Cope
Mark Williams(World Champion) v Rhys Clark
Still no Ronnie, Trump or Higgins
But unlike The Riga Masters
Ding and Selby have entered this event