Mark Selby crashed out of the Wuhan Open with a 5-4 defeat to Lengthy Zehuang within the qualifiers on Sunday in Leicester.
The four-time world champion led 4-1 after compiling a brace of centuries – two massive contributions of 135 and 130.
However his Chinese language opponent fought again in terrific vogue on the Mattioli Area, profitable the final 4 frames on the spin.
Lengthy compiled breaks of fifty, 67, 54, and 67 in successive frames to clinch a deciding-frame victory on the finish.
It was a busy day because the preliminary part for the Wuhan Open, returning as a rating occasion on the calendar for a second season, obtained below means.
Many of the different marquee names superior unscathed to the venue levels of the competitors in October.
Final week’s Shanghai Masters finalist Shaun Murphy assured his return journey to China with a snug 5-1 defeat of Michael Holt.
John Higgins, Barry Hawkins, Si Jiahui, Robert Milkins, and Gary Wilson every superior as nicely – albeit the latter wanted all 9 frames to pip Alexander Ursenbacher in a decent decider.
There have been a number of different upsets, notably a terrific 5-4 victory for Cheung Ka Wai over Stephen Maguire.
Hong Kong’s Cheung is competing in his first season as an expert and already appears like a participant who can combine it with the elite.
The 25 year-old additionally compiled three century breaks in his slim defeat to Ryan Day throughout final week’s Xi’an Grand Prix qualifiers.
Ricky Walden suffered a shock exit as nicely, shedding 5-4 to Mostafa Dorgham who recorded solely his third ever triumph as a professional.
Among the many others to make it via the Wuhan Open qualifiers was Jimmy White.
The ten-time rating occasion winner struggled badly for type throughout the latest marketing campaign, however he has already began this time period in additional assured vogue.
White took Si Jiahui to a deciding body final week however managed to do even higher right here, eclipsing Dominic Dale with a 5-3 scoreline.
Anthony McGill, Chris Wakelin, Aaron Hill, and Sanderson Lam certified, whereas Pakistan’s Haris Tahir gained his first match as an expert by beating Jamie Jones.
Chinese language trio Fan Zhengyi, Xu Si, and He Guoqiang all moreover gained to ensure their returns to the homeland.
On Monday, the Wuhan Open qualifiers proceed with Luca Brecel, Ali Carter, and Hossein Vafaei amongst these scheduled to play.
2024 Wuhan Open qualifying draw and schedule
Spherical of 128 (bo9)
Sunday, July 28
Sanderson Lam 5-3 Huang Jiahao
Fan Zhengyi 5-0 Mink Nutcharut
He Guoqiang 5-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Stephen Maguire 4-5 Cheung Ka Wai
Xu Si 5-1 Ian Burns
Si Jiahui 5-3 Gong Chenzhi
Chris Wakelin 5-1 Ma Hailong
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Jiang Jun
Gary Wilson 5-4 Alexander Ursenbacher
Anthony McGill 5-3 Simon Blackwell
Aaron Hill 5-2 Ashley Carty
Robert Milkins 5-1 Farakh Ajaib
Jamie Clarke 5-4 Alfie Burden
Ricky Walden 4-5 Mostafa Dorgham
Joshua Thomand 0-5 Allan Taylor
Robbie Williams 5-4 Kreishh Gurbaxani
John Higgins 5-1 Ben Mertens
Jamie Jones 3-5 Haris Tahir
Mark Selby 4-5 Lengthy Zehuang
Shaun Murphy 5-1 Michael Holt
Dominic Dale 3-5 Jimmy White
Monday, July 29
10am UTC+1
Stuart Bingham vs Xing Zihao
Pang Junxu vs Révész Bulscú
Ali Carter vs Wang Yuchen
Wu Yize vs Rory Thor
David Grace vs Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Iulian Boiko vs Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Tian Pengfei vs Andrew Higginson
2:30pm UTC+1
Hossein Vafaei vs Ahmed Elsayed
Ryan Day vs Liu Hongyu
Scott Donaldson vs Zak Surety
Graeme Dott vs Julien Leclercq
Tom Ford vs Sunny Akani
Matthew Selt vs Liam Pullen
Joe Perry vs Stuart Carrington
7pm UTC+1
Anthony Hamilton vs Reanne Evans
Elliot Slessor vs Artiemijs Zizins
Luca Brecel vs Duane Jones
Ben Woollaston vs Oliver Traces
David Lilley vs Mohamed Shehab
Noppon Saengkham vs Daniel Wells
Joe O’Connor vs Hammad Miah
Tuesday, July 30
10am UTC+1
Mark Allen vs Bai Yulu
Jackson Web page vs Lei Peifan
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Louis Heathcote
Dylan Emery vs Kok Leong Lim
Lyu Haotian vs Andrew Pagett
Xiao Guodong vs Haydon Pinhey
Zhou Yuelong vs Marco Fu
2:30pm UTC+1
Jimmy Robertson vs Amir Sarkhosh
Neil Robertson vs Ken Doherty
Jack Lisowski vs Liam Graham
Jak Jones vs Ross Muir
Mark Davis vs Chris Totten
Matthew Stevens vs Stan Moody
Heldover Matches
Schedule TBC
Judd Trump vs Antoni Kowalski
Yuan Sijun vs Wildcard
Ding Junhui vs Robbie McGuigan
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Mitchell Mann
Zhang Anda vs Dean Younger
Jordan Brown vs Wildcard
Martin O’Donnell vs Wildcard
David Gilbert vs Wildcard
Kyren Wilson vs Liam Davies
Featured picture credit score: WST
