Meciuri si rezultate

[Clara White]

Istorie

Turneul s-a desfăşurat, de la început, într-o atmosferă mai apropiată de cea de la darts sau de cea a serilor zgomotoase de pub, între niște amici bine stimulați etilic. Nu prea semăna cu atmosfera competițiilor obişnuite de snooker, deși, în fond, relaxarea era mai ales a publicului, fiindcă jucătorilor nu prea le ardea de glumă atunci când se aflau sub presiunea cronometrului. De când turneul a urcat în rang și e vorba de clasament, seriozitatea a crescut și ea – în jurul mesei, cel puțin.

Finalele turneului
Turneu invitațional
2011 : Nigel Bond [62–24] Robert Milkins
2012 : Barry Hawkins [61–23] Graeme Dott
2013 : Martin Gould [104(58 )–0] Mark Allen
2014 : Dom Dale [77(61)–19] Stuart Bingham
2015 : Michael White [54–48] Xiao Guodong
2016 : Robin Hull [50–36] Luca Brecel
Turneu de clasament
2017 : Anthony McGill [67(67)-19] Xiao Guodong
2018 : Michael Georgiou [67(52)-56(51)] Graeme Dott
2019 : Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [74(74)-0] Michael Holt
2020 : Michael Holt [64-1] Zhou Yuelong
2021 : Ryan Day [67(67)-24] Mark Selby
2022 : Hossein Vafaei [71(71)-0] Mark Williams
2023 (ianuarie): Chris Wakelin [119(119)-0] Julien Leclercq
2023 (decembrie) : Mark Allen [65-4] Cao Yupeng
2024 : Tom Ford [31-28] Liam Graham

Până acum doi ani, cel mai mare break din istoria turneului a fost un 142, marcat de Mark Allen, în 2021. Și apoi, în decembrie 2023, s-a întâmplat incredibilul : Shaun Murphy a reușit un break maxim, în ciuda presiunii cronometrului și gălăgiei din arenă.


Reguli

- Fiecare meci are câte un singur frame şi durează [maximum] 10 minute.
- Evident, câştigă cine marchează mai multe puncte.
- Lovitura de deschidere îi revine cui returnează mai puternic bila albă din manta superioară (lag).
- La fiecare lovitură, ori trebuie trimisă o bilă în buzunar, ori trebuie atinsă o mantă (fie cu bila albă, fie cu cealaltă).
- La fiecare fault, adversarul are “ball in hand”.
- În caz de egalitate la puncte, se joacă bila albastră cu bila albă plasată in D (câştigătorul lag-ului decide cine execută prima lovitură).
- Timpul de executare a loviturilor e de 15 secunde în primele 5 minute şi de 10 secunde în ultimele 5 minute.
- Nici solicitarea curățării și curățarea unei bile, nici contestarea și lămurirea unei decizii a arbitrului nu opresc cronometrul.


Premii

Campionul : 50 000 lire
Vicecampionul : 20 000
Semifinalişti învinşi : 8 000
Sfertfinalişti învinşi : 4 000
Optimi : 2 000
Şaisprezecimi : 1 000
Runda a 2-a : 500
Runda 1 : 250
HB : 5 000


Runda 1

Ethan Llewellyn – Yao Pengcheng
Steven Wardropper – Florian Nüßle
Stuart Carrington – Zhao Hanyang
Lan Yuhao – Joel Connolly
Michael Holt – Ashley Hugill
Chatchapong Nasa – Stan Moody
Mark Davis – Pang Junxu
Jiang Jun – Robbie McGuigan
Mateusz Baranowski – Ken Doherty
David Lilley – Ali Carter
Martin O'Donnell – Tom Ford
Ricky Walden – Ryan Davies
Dylan Emery – Mitchell Mann
Leone Crowley – Amir Sarkhosh
Zhang Anda – Julien Leclercq
Long Zehuang – Luca Brecel
Joe O'Connor – Duane Jones
Haydon Pinhey – Allan Taylor
Ishpreet Singh Chadha – Dean Young
Iulian Boiko – Hatem Yassen
Shaun Murphy – Patrick Whelan
Xu Yichen – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Ashley Carty – Bulcsú Révész
Elliot Slessor – Louis Heathcote
David Gilbert – Matthew Stevens
Mahmoud El Hareedy – Gary Wilson
Jimmy Robertson – Matthew Selt
Ben Woollaston – Ben Mertens
Chris Wakelin – Zhou Yuelong
Sanderson Lam – Jonas Luz
Fergal Quinn – Jordan Brown
Umut Dikme – Ryan Day
Wu Yize – Marco Fu
Cheung Ka Wai – Liam Graham
Noppon Saengkham – Xu Si
Chang Bingyu – Liam Pullen
Lyu Haotian – Fan Zhengyi
Michał Szubarczyk – Jamie Jones
Wang Yuchen – Kaylan Patel
Jak Jones – Huang Jiahao
Ng On Yee – Mark Allen
Ross Muir – Zhao Xintong
Jackson Page – Lei Peifan
Riley Powell – Daniel Wells
Yuan Sijun – Gong Chenzhi
Mohammed Shehab – Reanne Evans
Artemijs Žižins – Vladislav Grădinari
Ellise Scott – Bai Yulu
Oliver Lines – Mark Lloyd
Daniel Womersley – Alexander Ursenbacher
Sam Craigie – Si Jiahui
Stephen Maguire – Farakh Ajaib
Hossein Vafaei – Haris Tahir
Robert Milkins – Liu Hongyu
Aaron Hill – Liu Wenwei
Ian Burns – Liam Highfield
Stuart Bingham – Jack O'Brien
Oliver Brown – Jimmy White
Antoni Kowalski – Sahil Nayyar
Gao Yang – Steven Hallworth
Zak Surety – Kreishh Gurbaxani
Chris Totten – Connor Benzey
Liam Davies – Anthony McGill
He Guoqiang – David Grace
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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, 10 decembrie, Tower Circus, Blackpool




Runda 1


Tom Ford [34–25] Martin O'Donnell
Chatchapong Nasa [20–54] Stan Moody
Zhang Anda [25–32] Julien Leclercq
Ethan Llewellyn [63–5] Yao Pengcheng
Jiang Jun [1–32] Robbie McGuigan
Stuart Carrington [19–8] Zhao Hanyang
Mark Davis [25–36] Pang Junxu
Michael Holt [43–39] Ashley Hugill
Leone Crowley [17–39] Amir Sarkhosh
Ricky Walden [44–34] Ryan Davies
Dylan Emery [24–70] Mitchell Mann
Steven Wardropper [16–73] Florian Nüßle
Lan Yuhao [52–37] Joel Connolly
Mateusz Baranowski [13–41] Ken Doherty
Long Zehuang [11–60] Luca Brecel
David Lilley [46–49] Alfie Burden
Xu Yichen [72–3] Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
David Gilbert [134(106)–0] Matthew Stevens
Ashley Carty [7–65] Bulcsú Révész
Ishpreet Singh Chadha [48–43] Dean Young
Joe O’Connor [0–89(54)] Duane Jones
Fergal Quinn [0–64] Jordan Brown
Ben Woollaston [30–55] Ben Mertens
Shaun Murphy [91(51)–8] Patrick Whelan
Umut Dikme [8–90(83)] Ryan Day
Elliot Slessor [91(91)–1] Louis Heathcote
Haydon Pinhey [8–89] Allan Taylor
Jimmy Robertson [33–1] Matthew Selt
Iulian Boiko [38–2] Hatem Yassen
Sanderson Lam [105(105)–8] Jonas Luz
Mahmoud El Hareedy [16–95] Gary Wilson
Jack Bradford [0–89(54)] Zhou Yuelong



Breakuri 100(+)
106 David Gilbert
105 Sanderson Lam
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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, 11 decembrie, Tower Circus, Blackpool




Runda 1


Wu Yize [141(141)–0] Craig Steadman
Chang Bingyu [72–15] Liam Pullen
Yuan Sijun [71(71)–17] Gong Chenzhi
Noppon Saengkham [49–25] Xu Si
Cheung Ka Wai [1–66] Liam Graham
Halim Hussain [24–19] Vlad Grădinari
Ross Muir [34–21] Zhao Xintong
Ng On Yee [37–34] Mark Allen
Alfie Davies [26–61] Fan Zhengyi
Paul Deaville [15–1] Huang Jiahao
Riley Powell [50–26] Daniel Wells
Michał Szubarczyk [29–8] Jamie Jones
Wang Yuchen [0–69(53)] Kaylan Patel
Ellise Scott [26–40] Bai Yulu
Simon Blackwell [51–3] Reanne Evans
Jackson Page [65–23] Gary Thomson
Oliver Brown [29–13] Jimmy White
Stuart Bingham [76(76)–1] Jack O’Brien
Chris Totten [21–52] Connor Benzey
Ian Burns [0–41] Liam Highfield
Gao Yang [48–18] Steven Hallworth
He Guoqiang [25–37] David Grace
Aaron Hill [47–18] Liu Wenwei
Stephen Maguire [14–49] Farakh Ajaib
Liam Davies [49–13] Anthony McGill
Antoni Kowalski [9–15] Sahil Nayyar
Oliver Lines [49–28] Mark Lloyd
Robert Milkins [22–42] Liu Hongyu
Zak Surety [47–30] Kreishh Gurbaxani
Daniel Womersley [1–85(51)] Kayden Brierly
Zack Richardson [67(59)–26] Si Jiahui
Hossein Vafaei [45–10] Haris Tahir



Breakuri 100(+)
141 Wu Yize
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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, 12 decembrie, Tower Circus, Blackpool




Runda a 2-a


Ken Doherty [41–51] Sanderson Lam
Ricky Walden [52–55] Liam Highfield
Allan Taylor [0–72] Zhou Yuelong
Gary Wilson [81(81)–0] Florian Nüßle
Ryan Day [78–28] Duane Jones
Ben Mertens [36–23] Liam Graham
Julien Leclercq [31–17] Michał Szubarczyk
Stan Moody [60(50)–52(51)] Lan Yuhao
Stuart Bingham [55–30] Simon Blackwell
Chang Bingyu [37–43] Oliver Lines
Noppon Saengkham [72–0] Connor Benzey
Pang Junxu [43–7] Jordan Brown
Tom Ford [49–15] Jimmy Robertson
Iulian Boiko [55–25] Xu Yichen
Robbie McGuigan [66(54)–8] Hossein Vafaei
Wu Yize [42–47] David Gilbert
Michael Holt [29–71] Jackson Page
Liam Davies [9–52] Bulcsú Révész
Kayden Brierley [24–46] Kaylan Patel
Mitchell Mann [21–17] Stuart Carrington
Riley Powell [17–33] Ethan Llewellyn
Yuan Sijun [14–9] Farakh Ajaib
Elliot Slessor [76(57)–6] Paul Deaville
Amir Sarkhosh [85(85)–11] Sahil Nayyar
David Grace [2–57] Halim Hussain
Fan Zhengyi [90(81)–14] Zak Surety
Ishpreet Singh Chadha [28–85(85)] Alfie Burden
Ross Muir [65–60] Liu Hongyu
Bai Yulu [17–59] Oliver Brown
Aaron Hill [45–51] Ng On Yee
Gao Yang [23–41] Zak Richardson
Shaun Murphy [0–70(52)] 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, 13 decembrie, Tower Circus, Blackpool




Șaisprezecimi


Stan Moody [85–30] Ng On Yee
Elliot Slessor [30–28] Ross Muir
Ben Mertens [48–21] Robbie McGuigan
Gary Wilson [21–62] Alfie Burden
Jackson Page [74–5] Pang Junxu
Bulcsú Révész [2–15] Kaylan Patel
Ryan Day [11–54] Ethan Llewellyn
Zhou Yuelong [8–75(56)] Noppon Saengkham
Yuan Sijun [72(61)–40] Julien Leclercq
Mitchell Mann [18–52] Zach Richardson
Sanderson Lam [15–76(74)] Stuart Bingham
Luca Brecel [0–75(75)] Fan Zhengyi
Iulian Boiko [54–34] Oliver Lines
Oliver Brown [26–33] Halim Hussain
Liam Highfield [91(87)–21] Amir Sarkhosh
David Gilbert [35–53] Tom Ford



Optimi


Zach Richardson [43–28] Kaylan Patel
Ben Mertens [74–49] Halim Hussain
Ethan Llewellyn [7–131(126)] Yuan Sijun
Elliot Slessor [17–35] Iulian Boiko
Liam Highfield [23–42] Alfie Burden
Jackson Page [68–0] Fan Zhengyi
Stuart Bingham [55–21] Tom Ford
Stan Moody [36–43] Noppon Saengkham



Sferturi


Jackson Page [0–73(57)] Stuart Bingham
Yuan Sijun [18–28] Iulian Boiko
Noppon Saengkham [44–14] Ben Mertens
Zach Richardson [6–42] Alfie Burden



Semifinale


Stuart Bingham [44–35] Iulian Boiko
Alfie Burden [79(73)–14] Noppon Saengkham











F I N A L A










STUART BINGHAM [8–63(56)] ALFIE BURDEN



Breakuri 100(+)
126 Yuan Sijun
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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