CBSA Tour – Huangguoshu – Day 2 and 2023 Shanghai Masters News

Today’s results and tomorrow’s draw

The round of 64 concluded today in Huangguoshu and here are today’s results

Overall matches went as expected. Ryan Day is the only UK professional players who failed to reach the second round. That said it was far from straightforward for Stephen Hendry who won on the last pink in the decider. Stephen will not be happy with his performance, but his fans will be happy to see him fight the way he did and not surrender to frustration. The other match I watched was “a walk in the park” as Kyren Wilson totally dominated his young opponent from Hong Kong.

The round of 32 will be played to a conclusion tomorrow. The matches are still best of 7. Here is the draw:

There are some interesting matches there… Kyren Wilson’s opponent, Li Yan has been competing on the main tour from 2011 to 2014. His professional career was probably not as successful as it could have been because of some very serious health issues. I’m glad that he’s able to play again.

Some Shanghai Masters related news …

These informations come from weibo.

After some problems with the preparation all is well: it has been confirmed that the 2023 Shanghai Masters will go ahead, starting on 11th of September, 2023, at the Wanti Stadium. The list of referees for the event has been announced as well. Two popular female referees, Zhou Ying and Peggy Li (Li An), will officiate at the event.

Also this poster has been shared…

This exhibition event is scheduled on the 9th of September, 2023, featuring Ronnie, Jimmy, Zhou Yuelong and Bai Yulu. This is good news in more ways than just one… it means that Ronnie will travel to Shanghai early and, hopefully, will be able to get over the worse of the jet lag before the tournament starts. Ronnie is the defending champion.

I’m not sure where they found the pictures but that’s a very young Ronnie on that poster !!!

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Yes, today’s result where expected, but John Higgins and Kyren Wilson dominated against very talented opponents. Wilson had breaks of 131, 124 and 95.

Tomorrow evening (7pm local time) the 4th quarter matches will be played, featuring 7 professionals plus Wang Zepeng, who very nearly qualified for the tour several times. Higgins and Hendry play veterans, whilst Williams plays Gao Yang, who was a professional a couple of seasons ago, but still only 18.

If Bai Yulu is partnered by Zhou Yuelong, rather than someone of the stature of Ding Junhui, it might help her relax a bit. Life has changed enormously for her in just a few months. After this, she will play in the CBSA City Teams event in Xi’an (her home province), then a small international event in Russia. Then will be the Shanghai exhibition (and possibly Shanghai Masters?). It’s questionable she would be able to get back for the Women’s UK Championship (23-24 September). That’s a heck of a schedule for someone who hardly travelled outside China before this year, and only played a couple of tournaments in the years 2019-22.

Lewis says:

August 2, 2023 at 5:36 pm

Yes, today’s result where expected, but John Higgins and Kyren Wilson dominated against very talented opponents. Wilson had breaks of 131, 124 and 95.

Tomorrow evening (7pm local time) the 4th quarter matches will be played, featuring 7 professionals plus Wang Zepeng, who very nearly qualified for the tour several times. Higgins and Hendry play veterans, whilst Williams plays Gao Yang, who was a professional a couple of seasons ago, but still only 18.

If Bai Yulu is partnered by Zhou Yuelong, rather than someone of the stature of Ding Junhui, it might help her relax a bit. Life has changed enormously for her in just a few months. After this, she will play in the CBSA City Teams event in Xi’an (her home province), then a small international event in Russia. Then will be the Shanghai exhibition (and possibly Shanghai Masters?). It’s questionable she would be able to get back for the Women’s UK Championship (23-24 September). That’s a heck of a schedule for someone who hardly travelled outside China before this year, and only played a couple of tournaments in the years 2019-22.