China news agency, Beijing, December 11th-Ding Junhui, a famous China billiards player who just won the runner-up in the British Snooker Championship, has another chance to hit the 15th place in its ranking tournament-the 2023 Scottish Open will be held in Leicester, England on the 11th local time, and 13 China players will make their debut, among whom 9 have advanced to the main tournament through the qualifying tournament, and 4 of them, including Ding Junhui, will participate in the postponed qualifying tournament.
The qualifying round of the Scottish Open ended in early November, but the qualifying round of TOP16 players (the top 16 players in the world) was postponed until the main match. A total of 21 players from China participated in the Scottish Open, of which 17 played in the qualifying round and 9 advanced. Ding Junhui, ranked in TOP16, and three other players from China, whose opponents are TOP16 players, took part in the postponed qualifying round (Zhang Anda of China was not in TOP16 at the start of the Scottish Open qualifying round).
Ding Junhui will face England player David Grace in the first day of the race. In the first round of the English Open two months ago, Ding Junhui’s opponent was David Grace. At that time, Ding Junhui won easily by 4-1. Meet again this time, China snooker "first brother" should be able to advance smoothly.
The other three China players who participated in the postponed qualifying round will all face the test of TOP16 players. Among them, after 00, Pang Junxu will play against barry hawkins, this season’s "professional newcomer" Long Zehuang will challenge "Captain" Ali Carter, and 19-year-old Liu Hongyu will once again face the world’s seventh "magician" shaun murphy. In the English Open in early October, it was also a postponed qualifier. Liu Hongyu once beat Murphy 4-3, which was a big surprise.
The nine China players who have passed the qualifying round are: Cao Yupeng, Zhou Yuelong, Si Jiahui, Xu Si, Zhang Anda, Lv Haotian, Yuan Sijun, He Guoqiang and Xing Zihao. They will make their appearances one after another from the day after the main race and take the lead in competing for the top 32 seats.
From November 12th, when Zhang Anda was crowned in Tianjin International Championship, to December 4th, Beijing time, when Ding Junhui won the runner-up in the British Championship, and to December 10th, Beijing time, when Cao Yupeng won the runner-up in the single-limited time event, over the past month, China players have won 1 championship and 2 Asian games in three consecutive ranking matches, with gratifying results. It is worth looking forward to what performance and achievements China Legion will have in this Scottish Open. (End) [Editor: Zhang Yanling]