Meciuri si rezultate

[Clara White]

ISTORIA

Este a cincea ediţie a acestui prim turneu de clasament găzduit de India, unde, încă de acum peste trei decenii și jumătate, au avut loc frecvente şi memorabile reuniuni demonstrative susţinute de mai toţi celebrii aşi ai tacului, în mai toate marile oraşe indiene – mai cu seamă la Bombay (Mumbai), dar şi la New Delhi, Calcutta sau Madras.

În sezonul 1991-2, oraşul New Delhi s-a numărat printre centrele unde s-a disputat aşa-numita Serie mondială (World Series) de tip "challenge" : Stephen Hendry l-a învins, atunci, pe John Parrott, cu 9–5 şi a câştigat 20 000 de lire sterline.

Pentru un sfert din acest premiu, în sezonul următor, Steve Davis a câştigat unica ediţie a Mastersului Indian, turneu invitaţional care a fost organizat, fără mari ambiţii de permanentizare, tot la New Delhi şi a reunit opt jucători (patru englezi – în afară de Davis, Willie Thorne, Steve James & Peter Ebdon + doi indieni faimoşi mai ales ca biliardişti – Geet Sethi & Michael Ferreira + două jucătoare de renume – Stacey Hillyard & Karen Corr). În finală, Steve Davis l-a învins pe Steve James cu 9–6.

Prima ediție a Openului indian s-a disputat la New Delhi și s-a încheiat cu o finală de vis pentru publicul asiatic : cea dintre chinezul Ding Junhui și indianul Aditya Mehta. Presiunea „terenului propriu” și lipsa de experiență în marile finale nu l-au ajutat pe Aditya, iar meciul s-a terminat cu un drastic 5–0 în favoarea chinezului. Cea de-a doua ediție a turneului s-a desfășurat la Bombay (Mumbai), dar scorul finalei nu se mai poate justifica la fel de ușor ca în anul anterior : a fost tot un drastic 5–0 obținut, de data aceasta, de Michael White în fața lui Ricky Walden. Michael și-a făcut astfel intrarea în clubul învingătorilor la turneele de clasament. Mai echilibrată a fost finala din 2016, în care scoțianul Anthony McGill l-a învins cu 5–2 pe englezul Kyren Wilson. McGill a fost cât pe ce să ducă la bun sfârșit și apărarea titlului, în anul următor, dar a avut de luptat cu Dom' Prof' și a pierdut cu 1–5 așa că actualul deținător al titlului este John Higgins.



FORMATUL

Toate meciurile până la finală sunt în format scurt, best of 7, iar finala este best of 9.



PREMIILE

Campionul : 50 000 lire
Finalistul : 25 000
Semifinale : 15 000
Sferturi : 10 000
Optimi : 6 000
Şaisprezecimi : 4 000
Runda 1 : 2 000

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Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right. ++ Fulton Sheen

[Clara White]

Miercuri, 15 august, Guild Hall Preston




RUNDA 1


Duane Jones 4–1 Adam Stefanów
Hossein Vafaei 4–1 Sanderson Lam
Michael White 4–1 Nigel Bond
Alan McManus 3–4 James Cahill
Daniel Wells 3–4 Elliot Slessor
Robbie Williams 2–4 Hamza Akbar
Li Hang 4–0 Basem Eltahhan
Xu Si 0–4 Ashley Carty
Joe Perry 4–0 Joe O'Connor
Peter Ebdon 4–3 Jamie Rhys Clarke
Liang Wenbo 4–0 Mitchell Mann
Peter Lines 4–3 Zhang Anda
Li Yuan 4–3 Ross Muir
Stuart Bingham 4–1 Chris Totten
Gary Wilson 4–2 Steven Hallworth
Mike Dunn 3–4 John Astley
Yan Bingtao 4–2 Leo Fernandez
Gerard Greene 4–1 Andy Lee
Robert Milkins 0–4 Lu Ning
Liam Highfield 4–2 Billy Joe Castle
Jimmy White 0–4 Sam Craigie
Matthew Selt 4–2 Zhang Jiankang
Tom Ford 4–3 Jordan Brown
Martin O'Donnell 2–4 Joe Swail
Mark Joyce 2–4 Oliver Lines
Robin Hull 4–2 Alfie Burden
Michael Georgiou 4–1 Ben Hancorn




Breakuri 100(+)
135 Hamza Akbar
118 Joe Swail
114 Ross Muir
110 Oliver Lines
102 Gerard Greene
101 Elliot Slessor
101 Stuart Bingham
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Laureată a Premiului Oscue - German Masters 2018, German Masters 2019, Masters 2022
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right. ++ Fulton Sheen

[Clara White]

Joi, 16 august, Guild Hall Preston




RUNDA 1


Kurt Maflin 1–4 Eden Sharav
Akani Songsermsawad 0–4 Mei Xiwen
Lyu Haotian 4–3 Tian Pengfei
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–2 Adam Duffy
Michael Holt 4–1 Chen Zifan
Rory McLeod 4–3 Rod Lawler
Fergal O'Brien 4–2 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Alexander Ursenbacher 4–2 Simon Lichtenberg
Graeme Dott 4–0 Kishan Hirani
Noppon Saengkham 2–4 Paul Davison
Mark Davis 4–1 Sean O'Sullivan
Yuan Sijun 4–0 Hammad Miah
Anthony Hamilton 4–1 Farakh Ajaib
Anthony McGill 1–4 Thor Chuan Leong
Ian Burns 4–2 Chen Feilong
Andrew Higginson 4–1 Harvey Chandler
Mark King 2–4 Craig Steadman
Zhang Yong 4–2 Fan Zhengyi
Jimmy Robertson 4–3 David Lilley
Allan Taylor 1–4 Lee Walker
David Gilbert 4–2 Niu Zhuang
Luca Brecel 4–3 Simon Bedford
Scott Donaldson 4–3 Lukas Kleckers
Ken Doherty 1–4 Sam Baird
Ricky Walden 3–4 Zhao Xintong
Chris Wakelin 4–2 Jak Jones
Stuart Carrington 4–1 Luo Honghao



Breakuri 100(+)
122 Rod Lawler
115 Lyu Haotian
102 Michael Holt

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Laureată a Premiului Oscue - German Masters 2018, German Masters 2019, Masters 2022
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right. ++ Fulton Sheen

[Clara White]

Runda a 2-a, la Kochi


John Higgins / Ashley Hugill – Duane Jones
Hossein Vafaei – Dominic Dale / Asutosh Padhy
Michael White – James Cahill
David Gilbert – Elliot Slessor
Hamza Akbar – Li Hang
Ashley Carty – Joe Perry
Peter Ebdon – Ben Woollaston / Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan
Sam Craigie – Liang Wenbo
Stuart Bingham – Peter Lines
Gary Wilson – John Astley
Yan Bingtao – Gerard Greene
Lu Ning – Liam Highfield
Matthew Selt – Tom Ford
Joe Swail – Jack Lisowski / Himanshu Dinesh Jain
Fergal O'Brien – Oliver Lines
Robin Hull – Soheil Vahedi
Neil Robertson / Andy Hicks – Li Yuan
Eden Sharav – Michael Georgiou
Luke Simmonds – Mei Xiwen
Zhou Yuelong / Laxman Rawat – Lyu Haotian
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh – Michael Holt
Alexander Ursenbacher – Graeme Dott
Paul Davison – Mark Davis
Yuan Sijun – Thor Chuan Leong
Luca Brecel – Ian Burns
Jamie Jones / Digvijay Kadian – Andrew Higginson
Craig Steadman – Zhang Yong
Jimmy Robertson – Scott Donaldson
Rory McLeod – Anthony Hamilton
Sam Baird – Zhao Xintong
Chris Wakelin – Stuart Carrington
Lee Walker – Shaun Murphy / Lucky Vatnani
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Laureată a Premiului Oscue - German Masters 2018, German Masters 2019, Masters 2022
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right. ++ Fulton Sheen

[Clara White]

Miercuri, 27 februarie, Grand Hyatt, Kochi




RUNDA 1


(Meciuri amânate)

Dominic Dale 4–2 Asutosh Padhy
Ben Woollaston 4–0 Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan
Zhou Yuelong 4–1 Laxman Rawat
Jack Lisowski 4–0 Himanshu Dinesh Jain
John Higgins 4–1 Ashley Hugill
Shaun Murphy 4–1 Lucky Vatnani



RUNDA a 2-a


Stuart Bingham 4–1 Peter Lines
Hamza Akbar NP 0–4 Li Hang
Yan Bingtao 4–3 Gerard Greene
Ashley Carty 1–4 Joe Perry
Sam Craigie 4–3 Liang Wenbo
Gary Wilson 1–4 John Astley
Lu Ning 4–1 Liam Highfield
Fergal O'Brien 1–4 Oliver Lines
Robin Hull 3–4 Soheil Vahedi
Michael White 2–4 James Cahill
Matthew Selt 4–2 Tom Ford
Eden Sharav 4–3 Michael Georgiou



Breakuri 100(+)
125 Joe Perry
102 Zhou Yuelong
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Laureată a Premiului Oscue - German Masters 2018, German Masters 2019, Masters 2022
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right. ++ Fulton Sheen

[Clara White]

Joi, 28 februarie, Grand Hyatt, Kochi




RUNDA a 2-a


Hossein Vafaei 4–3 Dominic Dale
David Gilbert 3–4 Elliot Slessor
Luke Simmonds 4–0 Mei Xiwen
Luca Brecel 4–0 Ian Burns
Alexander Ursenbacher NP 0–4 Graeme Dott
Paul Davison 0–4 Mark Davis
Digvijay Kadian 0–4 Andrew Higginson
Jimmy Robertson 0–4 Scott Donaldson
Peter Ebdon 4–3 Ben Woollaston
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–2 Michael Holt
Yuan Sijun 4–1 Thor Chuan Leong
Craig Steadman 4–3 Zhang Yong
Andy Hicks 4–2 Li Yuan
Zhou Yuelong 3–4 Lyu Haotian
Sam Baird 2–4 Zhao Xintong
Lee Walker 2–4 Shaun Murphy
John Higgins 4–0 Duane Jones
Joe Swail 4–3 Jack Lisowski
Rory McLeod 2–4 Anthony Hamilton
Chris Wakelin 4–3 Stuart Carrington



Breakuri 100(+)
147 Zhou Yuelong
140 Mark Davis
140 Zhao Xintong
137 Yuan Sijun
133 Andrew Higginson
121 John Higgins
103 Hossein Vafaei
103 Sam Baird
102 Michael Holt
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Laureată a Premiului Oscue - German Masters 2018, German Masters 2019, Masters 2022
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right. ++ Fulton Sheen

[Clara White]

Vineri, 1 martie, Grand Hyatt, Kochi




ȘAISPREZECIMI


Li Hang 4–2 Joe Perry
Yan Bingtao 0–4 Lu Ning
Andy Hicks 4–2 Eden Sharav
Luke Simmonds 3–4 Lyu Haotian
John Higgins 4–3 Hossein Vafaei
Peter Ebdon 1–4 Sam Craigie
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1–4 Graeme Dott
Anthony Hamilton 4–2 Zhao Xintong
Stuart Bingham 4–2 John Astley
Mark Davis 4–2 Yuan Sijun
Craig Steadman 1–4 Scott Donaldson
Chris Wakelin 4–2 Shaun Murphy
James Cahill 4–2 Elliot Slessor
Matthew Selt 4–0 Joe Swail
Oliver Lines 4–3 Soheil Vahedi
Luca Brecel 4–1 Andrew Higginson


Breakuri 100(+)
123 Stuart Bingham [al 400-lea break 100(+) al carierei]
116 Li Hang
114 Lyu Haotian
109 Li Hang
109 Luca Brecel
108 Peter Ebdon
108 Shaun Murphy
106 Hossein Vafaei
104 John Higgins
101 Luca Brecel
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Laureată a Premiului Oscue - German Masters 2018, German Masters 2019, Masters 2022
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right. ++ Fulton Sheen

[Clara White]

Sâmbătă, 2 martie, Grand Hyatt, Kochi




OPTIMI


John Higgins 4–1 James Cahill
74-19, 72-38, 90(56)-0, 40-74, 70(55)-5

Li Hang 4–2 Sam Craigie
1-0 (Craigie a întârziat), 79-14, 1-92(86), 24-104(104), 130(130)-0, 85-17

Stuart Bingham 3–4 Lu Ning
83(64)-16, 58-70, 91(72)-19, 75(71)-0, 7-81, 18-76, 57-61

Andy Hicks 1–4 Lyu Haotian
2-87(87), 1-107(70), 71-47, 22-59, 9-65

Matthew Selt 4–3 Oliver Lines
93-33, 1-74, 16-77, 65-22, 5-69, 83-17, 117(71)-0

Graeme Dott 3–4 Mark Davis
51-70, 69(69)-16, 9-74(55), 136(136)-0, 7-75(52), 103(61)-0, 0-69

Luca Brecel 3–4 Scott Donaldson
120(120)-0, 0-73, 0-132(132), 32-70, 51-11, 65(58 )-11, 37-59

Anthony Hamilton 4–2 Chris Wakelin
0-95(95), 4-93(89), 77(53)-46, 112(81)-7, 127(113)-1, 82(82)-0



SFERTURI


John Higgins 4–3 Li Hang
104(104)-27, 0-84(84), 85(81)-1, 44-49, 99(61)-0, 0-68, 78-1

Lyu Haotian 4–2 Mark Davis
64-52, 67-61, 28-98(51), 9-62(57), 133(106)-0, 74(70)-5

Scott Donaldson 2–4 Anthony Hamilton
74(50)-47, 12-127(127), 5-81(74), 89(89)-0, 12-70(69), 2-66(65)

Lu Ning 3–4 Matthew Selt
12-112(53,55), 70-71, 91(85)-9, 75(53)-54, 67-64, 34-71(66), 0-86(86)



Breakuri 100(+)
136 Graeme Dott
132 Scott Donaldson
130 Li Hang
127 Anthony Hamilton
120 Luca Brecel
113 Anthony Hamilton
106 Lyu Haotian
104 Sam Craigie
104 John Higgins
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Laureată a Premiului Oscue - German Masters 2018, German Masters 2019, Masters 2022
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right. ++ Fulton Sheen

[Clara White]

Duminică, 3 martie, Grand Hyatt, Kochi




SEMIFINALE


John Higgins 2–4 Matthew Selt
0-103(103), 66-41, 5-58(50), 61-62, 105(61)-5, 8-107(84)

Lyu Haotian 4–2 Anthony Hamilton
0-85(69), 30-62, 69-17, 100(86)-5, 83(56)-22, 68(68 )-4









F I N A L A







MATTHEW SELT 5–3 LYU HAOTIAN

57-48, 89(84)-6, 0-115(115), 12-78(56), 21-72(66), 102(102)-0, 67-49, 96(72)-41





Breakuri 100(+)
115 Lyu Haotian
102 Matthew Selt
103 Matthew Selt
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MATTHEW SELT, CAMPIONUL 2019 AL OPENULUI INDIAN



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Laureată a Premiului Oscue - German Masters 2018, German Masters 2019, Masters 2022
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right. ++ Fulton Sheen