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at midnight on september 20th, beijing time, the 2024 snooker england open continued. as of the time of writing, 7 of the top eight have been born! (see the chart below for details)

this snooker english open is the 5th event of the 24/25 season. it is also a high-level ranking tournament held in the uk. the champion prize is 100,000 pounds, which is still valued by many snooker masters.

the first two rounds of the tournament (128 to 96; 96 to 64) are qualifying rounds, and the third round (64 to 32) is the main draw. the top 32 players will start directly from the main draw. from the qualifying round to the 1/8 finals, the 7-game 4-win system is adopted, the 1/4 finals adopt the 9-game 5-win system; the semifinals adopt the 11-game 6-win system; and the finals adopt the 17-game 9-win system.

among the top ten players in the world, except for china's snooker "number one" ding junhui who did not sign up, five have lost and been eliminated, namely world no. 4 o'sullivan, world no. 6 mark williams, world no. 7 brecel, world no. 8 shaun murphy and world no. 10 gary wilson.

among them, gary wilson, mark williams and o'sullivan were eliminated in the first round of the main competition (top 32). gary wilson lost 3-4 to ross muir, a welsh player ranked 81st in the world; mark williams lost 1-4 to ben walston, an english player ranked 52nd in the world; o'sullivan lost 2-4 to he guoqiang, a chinese player;

both brecel and murphy failed to reach the round of 16. brecel lost 3-4 to chinese player pang junxu, while murphy lost 1-4 to "melbourne machine" neil robertson.there are 24 participants in total, and only 20-year-old wu yize has advanced to the quarterfinals., below are the detailed information about the chinese players’ advancement.

the 24 chinese players participating in the competition are zhang anda, si jiahui, zhou yuelong, pang junxu, lü haotian, liu hongyu, fan zhengyi, xiao guodong, he guoqiang, yuan sijun, tian pengfei, and wu yize;

xu si, ma hailong, xing zihao, fu jiajun, jiang jun, long zehuang, zhang jiawei, gong chenzhi, wang yuchen, lei peifan, huang jiahao, bai yulu. according to the world ranking, among the above 24 people, fu jiajun, ma hailong, xing zihao, jiang jun, long zehuang, zhang jiawei, gong chenzhi, wang yuchen, lei peifan, huang jiahao, bai yulu, 11 people have to play from the first round of qualifying (128 to 96), and 4 people lost and were eliminated, and 7 people advanced to the top 96. the specific results are as follows (the numbers in brackets are world rankings):

fu jiajun (68) 4-1 harris tahir (119);

long zehuang (71) 4-0 lin guliang (119);

xing zihao (73) 4-2 paul deville (none);

jiang jun (76) 4-0 el said (117);

lei peifan (87)4-3 ma hailong (75);

zhang jiawei (104) 4-2 stan moody (86);

wang yuchen (119) 4-0 stuart carrington (69);

gong chenzhi (82) 3-4 michael holt (108);

huang jiahao (111) 0-4 hamad mia (78);

bai yulu (119) 0-4 dean young (89);

ma hailong, gong chenzhi, huang jiahao and bai yulu were eliminated in the first round, while fu jiajun, xing zihao, jiang jun, long zehuang, zhang jiawei, wang yuchen and lei peifan advanced to the top 96. together with liu hongyu, fan zhengyi, xiao guodong, he guoqiang, yuan sijun, tian pengfei, wu yize and xu si, who started from the second qualifying round (96 to 64), there are a total of 15 chinese players competing for the top 64 spots.

as a result, 8 people won, namely xiao guodong, wu yize, xu si, fan zhengyi, he guoqiang, liu hongyu, long zehuang, and jiang jun; the remaining 7 people, yuan sijun, tian pengfei, fu jiajun, xing zihao, lei peifan, zhang jiawei, and wang yuchen, lost and were eliminated. the specific results are as follows:

xiao guodong (29) 4-1 michel mann (116)

wu yize (40) 4-1 chris totten (108);

xu si (51)4-3 zhang jiawei (104);

fan zhengyi (54) 4-2 liam pullen (85);

he guoqiang (64) 4-3wang yuchen (119);

liu hongyu (65) 4-1 ashley carty (67);

long zehuang (71) 4-2 lin shanfeng (62);

jiang jun (76)4-2 tian pengfei (56);

yuan sijun (36) 2-4 burchill-revis (94)

marco fu (68) 0-4 david grace (66);

xing zihao (73) 1-4 mark davis (59);

lei peifan (87) 2-4 aaron hill (63);

after the two qualifying rounds (128 to 96; 96 to 64), 8 of the 19 chinese players have made it to the finals (top 64)! they are xiao guodong, wu yize, xu si, fan zhengyi, he guoqiang, liu hongyu, long zehuang, and jiang jun.

in the first round of the main competition (64 to 32), five chinese players, zhang anda, si jiahui, zhou yuelong, pang junxu and lu haotian, directly entered the main competition. together with the eight players who broke through the qualifying round, a total of 13 chinese players are competing for the top 32 places.

as a result, 9 players won, namely zhang anda, si jiahui, pang junxu, lü haotian, fan zhengyi, he guoqiang, wu yize, xu si, and jiang jun; the remaining 4 players zhou yuelong, xiao guodong, liu hongyu, and long zehuang lost and were eliminated. the specific results are as follows:

anda zhang (12) 4-3 mark davis (59);

si jiahui (13) 4-1 andrew pagitt (88);

pang junxu (28) 4-3 tachaya (39);

lyu haotian (32) 4-2 dominic dell (41);

wu yize (40) 4-3 bingham (23);

xu si (51) 4-3 lisowski (19);

fan zhengyi (54) 4-1 ryan day (17);

he guoqiang (64) 4-2 o'sullivan (4);

jiang jun (76) 4-2 tom ford (14);

zhou yuelong (25) 0-4 jamie jones (47);

xiao guodong (29) 2-4 anthony mcgill (34);

liu hongyu (65) 3-4 trump (1);

long zehuang (71) 3-4 mark allen (3)

in the 1/16 finals, of the remaining 9 chinese players, 5 advanced to the top 16, namely si jiahui, pang junxu, wu yize, fan zhengyi, and he guoqiang; zhang anda, lv haotian, xu si, and jiang junze unfortunately lost and were eliminated. the specific results are as follows:

si jiahui (13) 4-3jiang jun (76);

pang junxu (28) 4-3 brecel (7);

wu yize (40) 4-2 ali carter (11);

fan zhengyi (54) 4-2 ryans (111);

he guoqiang (64) 4-1 maguire (31);

anda zhang (12) 1-4 wakelin (24);

lyu haotian (32) 2-4 mark allen (3);

xu si (51) 0-4 barry hawkins (18)

so far, five chinese post-00s young players, si jiahui, pang junxu, wu yize, fan zhengyi and he guoqiang, have competed for the top eight spots, and have achieved 1 win and 4 losses. the specific results are as follows:

wu yize (40) 4-2 wollaston (52);

pang junxu (28) 3-4 wakelin (24);

si jiahui (13) 3-4 selby (5);

fan zhengyi (54) 2-4 trump (1);

he guoqiang (64) 3-4 singh chadha (77)

it is not difficult to see that after two rounds of qualifying (128 to 96; 96 to 64) and three rounds of main competition (64 to 32; 32 to 16; 16 to 8),of the 24 chinese players, only wu yize advanced to the quarterfinals!

among them, shi jiahui's match against selby was one in which he won two consecutive games after falling behind 1-3, but unfortunately lost the deciding game; pang junxu's match against wakelin was one in which he was leading 3-0, but was defeated by his opponent's four consecutive blows, which was really a pity.

the remaining 3 1/8 finals match results are:

karen wilson (2) vs. barry hawkins (18) (not finished)

mark allen (3) 4-3 higgins (16);

neil robertson (26) 4-1 ross muir (81);

the top eight teams are now officially announced, and the remaining quarter-finals will be:

upper half:

wu yize (40) vs trump (1);

selby (5) vs singh chadha (77);

lower half:

mark allen (3) vs. wakelin (24)

neil robertson (26) vs. karen wilson/barry hawkins

according to the event schedule, the match between china's 20-year-old young player wu yize and the world's number one trump will officially start at 19:00 beijing time on september 20, which will undoubtedly attract the attention of many fans!

the match between mark allen and wakelin will be held at 21:00, and the other two matches will be held at 2:00 on september 21. we hope that the young wu yize will continue to have a brilliant performance and defend the honor of chinese snooker in a foreign country! come on!