The 2024 Wuhan Open commences on Sunday with world primary Judd Trump and world champion Kyren Wilson among the many stars within the draw.
5 rating occasions through the 2024/25 snooker season thus far have produced 5 completely different champions, so will probably be fascinating to see if that development continues in China subsequent week.
A preliminary section for the spherical of 128 was already held in Leicester in the direction of the top of July, a lot of the final 64 is already identified.
The event, which was staged for the primary time a yr in the past with Trump rising with the silverware, has already been impacted by a number of high-profile withdrawals, nonetheless.
Ronnie O’Sullivan and David Gilbert have pulled out of the 2024 Wuhan Open draw citing medical causes, whereas Mark Allen has additionally withdrawn resulting from a family-related sickness.
This event runs from October 6-12 with the ultimate going down on a Saturday.
2024 Wuhan Open prize cash
Champion: £140,000
Runner-up: £63,000
Semi-Finals: £30,000
Quarter-Finals: £16,000
Spherical of 16: £12,000
Spherical of 32: £8,000
Spherical of 64: £4,500
Highest Break: £5,000
TOTAL: £700,000
Who’re the favourites within the 2024 Wuhan Open draw?
Trump and Wilson are amongst a small group of gamers who had their opening matches within the competitors held over to the venue levels.
Trump begins his title defence towards Polish rookie Antoni Kowalski and is 9/4 to safe a repeat Wuhan victory, with Wilson in motion first towards Welsh teenager Liam Davies.
The world champion beat Trump to declare the Xi’an Grand Prix, the primary rating title of the season in China.
Ding Junhui will likely be hoping to kick begin what has been a determined begin to this marketing campaign for the Chinese language sensation when he encounters Robbie McGuigan.
Among the many different marquee gamers already via to the final 64 are English Open champion Neil Robertson, who’s the second favorite within the outright market whereas priced at 4/1.
British Open runner-up John Higgins and Shanghai Masters finalist Shaun Murphy are additionally via to the final 64.
Mark Selby and Luca Brecel had been high-profile casualties when the qualifiers happened on the Mattioli Enviornment a number of weeks in the past.
2024 Wuhan Open draw
Spherical of 128 (bo9)
Judd Trump vs Antoni Kowalski (Oct 6)
He Guoqiang 5-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Anthony McGill 5-3 Simon Blackwell
Mostafa Dorgham 5-4 Ricky Walden
John Higgins 5-1 Ben Mertens
Fan Zhengyi 5-0 Mink Nutcharut
Robert Milkins 5-1 Farakh Ajaib
Zak Surety 5-1 Scott Donaldson
Haris Tahir 5-3 Jamie Jones
Chris Wakelin 5-1 Ma Hailong
David Lilley 5-1 Mohammed Shehab
Allan Taylor 5-0 Joshua Thomand
Yuan Sijun vs Cai Wei (Oct 6)
Xing Zihao 5-1 Stuart Bingham
Xu Si 5-1 Ian Burns
Ding Junhui vs Robbie McGuigan (Oct 6)
Mark Joyce vs Mitchell Mann (Oct 6)
Sanderson Lam 5-3 Huang Jiahao
Hammad Miah 5-3 Joe O’Connor
Robbie Williams 5-4 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Zhang Anda vs Dean Younger (Oct 6)
Graeme Dott 5-2 Julien Leclercq
Hossein Vafaei 5-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Jordan Brown vs Zhou Jinhao (Oct 6)
Daniel Womersley 5-4 Joe Perry
Si Jiahui 5-3 Gong Chenzhi
Martin O’Donnell vs Huang Hao (Oct 6)
Sunny Akani 5-2 Tom Ford
Matthew Selt 5-2 Liam Pullen
Pang Junxu 5-2 Révész Bulcsú
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-3 David Grace
Duane Jones 5-4 Luca Brecel
Mark Allen 5-1 Bai Yulu
Jamie Clarke 5-4 Alfie Burden
Cheung Ka Wai 5-4 Stephen Maguire
Wu Yize 5-1 Rory Thor
Jak Jones 5-3 Ross Muir
Tian Pengfei 5-3 Andrew Higginson
Jack Lisowski 5-2 Liam Graham
Iulian Boiko 5-4 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Elliot Slessor 5-3 Artemijs Zizins
TBC vs Wang Xinbo (Oct 6)
Ben Woollaston 5-1 Oliver Strains
Gary Wilson 5-4 Alexander Ursenbacher
Jackson Web page 5-3 Lei Peifan
Neil Robertson 5-0 Ken Doherty
Dylan Emery 5-1 Lim Kok Leong
Lengthy Zehuang 5-4 Mark Selby
Shaun Murphy 5-1 Michael Holt
Anthony Hamilton 5-4 Reanne Evans
Noppon Saengkham 5-1 Daniel Wells
Jimmy White 5-3 Dominic Dale
Ali Carter 5-3 Wang Yuchen
Mark Davis 5-3 Chris Totten
Marco Fu 5-1 Zhou Yuelong
Louis Heathcote 5-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Stan Moody 5-2 Matthew Stevens
Ryan Day 5-3 Lui Hongyu
Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Amir Sarkhosh
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Jiang Jun
Xiao Guodong 5-1 Haydon Pinhey
Andrew Pagett 5-1 Lyu Haotian
Aaron Hill 5-2 Ashley Carty
Kyren Wilson vs Liam Davies (Oct 6)
Spherical of 64 (bo9)
Trump/Kowalski vs He Guoqiang
Anthony McGill vs Mostafa Dorgham
John Higgins vs Fan Zhengyi
Robert Milkins vs Zak Surety
Haris Tahir vs Chris Wakelin
David Lilley vs Allan Taylor
Yuan/Cai vs Xing Zihao
Xu Si vs Ding/McGuigan
Joyce/Mann vs Sanderson Lam
Hammad Miah vs Robbie Williams
Zhang/Younger vs Graeme Dott
Hossein Vafaei vs Brown/Zhou J.
Daniel Womersley vs Si Jiahui
O’Donnell/Huang H. vs Sunny Akani
Matthew Selt vs Pang Junxu
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Duane Jones
Jamie Clarke w/o Mark Allen
Cheung Ka Wai vs Wu Yize
Jak Jones vs Tian Pengfei
Jack Lisowski vs Iulian Boiko
Elliot Slessor vs TBC/Wang X.
Ben Woollaston vs Gary Wilson
Jackson Web page vs Neil Robertson
Dylan Emery vs Lengthy Zehuang
Shaun Murphy vs Anthony Hamilton
Noppon Saengkham vs Jimmy White
Ali Carter vs Mark Davis
Marco Fu vs Louis Heathcote
Stan Moody vs Ryan Day
Jimmy Robertson vs Barry Hawkins
Xiao Guodong vs Andrew Pagett
Aaron Hill vs Okay. Wilson/Davies
Click on right here to view the total up to date draw
(snooker.org)
The way to watch
There are a number of viewing choices relying on the place you’re positioned on the earth. A full record of worldwide broadcasters is beneath.
Europe
Eurosport
discovery+
China
CCTV5
Huya.com
CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel
CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin
Hong Kong China
Now TV
Malaysia and Brunei
Astro
Philippines
Faucet
Taiwan
Sportcast
Thailand
True Sport
All different territories
Matchroom.dwell
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