Stuart Bingham, Ali Carter, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh have been among the many gamers who made it via qualifying for the 2026 Shenzhen Open.
The preliminary section of the brand new rating occasion, which is a direct alternative for the Xi’an Grand Prix on the calendar, happened in Leicester over the previous couple of days.
A number of notable names crashed out and did not e-book their tickets to China, together with 2023 world champion Luca Brecel and up to date Championship League Snooker winner Jak Jones.
The latter got here crashing again all the way down to actuality with a 5-2 reverse in opposition to Anthony McGill, whereas Brecel suffered an analogous destiny in opposition to Pang Junxu.
World quantity 17 Jack Lisowski, who was the highest seed collaborating within the qualifiers, additionally bowed out via a 5-1 loss to Zak Surety.
It signifies that Lisowski has did not qualify for every of the China, Wuhan, and Shenzhen Opens in what has been a really disappointing begin to the 2026/27 marketing campaign.
Former world champion Bingham safely secured his spot in Shenzhen, although, courtesy of a 5-2 win over Aaron Hill.
Carter and Un-Nooh earned respective victories over He Guoqiang and Deng Haohui, whereas there have been triumphs elsewhere for Stephen Maguire, Hossein Vafaei, and Gary Wilson.
In the meantime, one of many ties of the season to date noticed Elliot Slessor pip Chang Bingyu in a deciding-frame thriller.
The pair traded 5 century breaks and made a number of different sizable contributions in an entertaining encounter that ebbed a method after which the opposite.
David Gilbert, who misplaced to Jak Jones within the ultimate of Championship League Snooker per week in the past, additionally prevailed from a 5-4 conflict in opposition to Ashley Hugill.
Lei Peifan, Yuan Sijun, Jimmy Robertson, Xu Si, and Jackson Web page the place the others to make it via unscathed.
The remaining matches from the final 64 involving the highest 16 seeds have been held over to the venue levels, with the 2026 Shenzhen Open happening from September 28 to October 4.
Subsequent up in Leicester are the British Open qualifiers.
2026 Shenzhen Open qualifiers: Outcomes
Spherical of 130
Andrew Higginson 5-1 Oliver Sykes
Jamie Clarke 5-2 Sean O’Sullivan
Spherical of 128
Jimmy White w/o Ian Burns
Iulian Boiko 5-0 Phil O’Kane
Jiang Jun 5-3 Panchaya Channoi
Craig Steadman 5-1 Liam Graham
Deng Haohui 5-3 Liam Pullen
Ross Muir 5-2 T Tirapongpaiboon
Ashley Hugill 5-3 Zhao Hanyang
Sam Craigie 5-0 Mahmoud El Hareedy
Wang Xinbo 5-2 Louis Heathcote
Julien Leclercq 5-4 Leone Crowley
Ben Mertens 5-1 Anton Kazakov
Gong Chenzhi 5-2 Michal Szubarczyk
Yao Pengcheng 5-2 Mitchell Mann
Liam Davies 5-2 Jamie Jones
Steven Hallworth 5-4 Liu Yang
Artemijs Zizins 5-2 Oliver Brown
Huang Jiahao 5-1 Liu Wenwei
Jordan Brown 5-2 Paul Norris
Reanne Evans 5-3 Michael Larkov
Luo Zetao 5-1 Xu Yichen
Dylan Emery 5-4 Bai Yulu
Andrew Higginson 5-3 Gao Yang
Lan Yuhao 5-3 Ashley Carty
David Grace 5-2 Florian Nuessle
Marco Fu 5-1 Ng On Yee
Antoni Kowalski 5-0 Fergal Quinn
Liam Highfield 5-1 Hammad Miah
Chatchapong Nasa 5-4 Sahil Nayyar
Lyu Haotian 5-3 Alfie Burden
Cheung Ka Wai 5-0 Connor Benzey
Mateusz Baranowski 5-3 Stuart Carrington
Jamie Clarke 5-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Spherical of 96
Fan Zhengyi 5-1 Jimmy White
Iulian Boiko 5-2 Stan Moody
Jiang Jun 5-0 Robbie Williams
Zak Surety 5-2 Craig Steadman
Deng Haohui 5-3 Tom Ford
Michael Holt 5-4 Ross Muir
Ashley Hugill 5-2 Ryan Day
Wildcard participant vs Sam Craigie (held over)
Scott Donaldson 5-2 Wang Xinbo
Luca Brecel 5-3 Julien Leclercq
Ben Mertens 5-1 Matthew Stevens
Jimmy Robertson 5-0 Gong Chenzhi
Aaron Hill 5-2 Yao Pengcheng
Liam Davies 5-3 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Matthew Selt 5-1 Steven Hallworth
Liu Hongyu 5-0 Artemijs Zizins
Huang Jiahao 5-4 David Lilley
Anthony McGill 5-4 Jordan Brown
Oliver Strains 5-2 Reanne Evans
Luo Zetao 5-4 Ben Woollaston
Jackson Web page 5-3 Dylan Emery
Wildcard participant vs Andrew Higginson (held over)
Lan Yuhao 5-4 Noppon Saengkham
David Grace 5-2 Martin O’Donnell
Wildcard participant vs Marco Fu (held over)
Antoni Kowalski 5-3 Daniel Wells
Liam Highfield 5-2 Lengthy Zehuang
Chang Bingyu 5-0 Chatchapong Nasa
He Guoqiang 5-3 Lyu Haotian
Ricky Walden 5-2 Cheung Ka Wai
Xu Si 5-0 Mateusz Baranowski
Wildcard participant vs Jamie Clarke (held over)
Spherical of 64
Mark Williams vs Fan Zhengyi (held over)
Yuan Sijun 5-3 Iulian Boiko
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Jiang Jun (held over)
Zak Surety 5-1 Jack Lisowski
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-1 Deng Haohui
Xiao Guodong vs Michael Holt (held over)
David Gilbert 5-4 Ashley Hugill
Kyren Wilson vs Wildcard participant / Craigie (held over)
Zhao Xintong vs Scott Donaldson (held over)
Pang Junxu 5-2 Luca Brecel
Mark Allen vs Ben Mertens (held over)
Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Zhou Yuelong
Stuart Bingham 5-2 Aaron Hill
Chris Wakelin vs Liam Davies (held over)
Lei Peifan 5-4 Matthew Selt
Neil Robertson vs Liu Hongyu (held over)
Judd Trump vs Huang Jiahao (held over)
Anthony McGill 5-2 Jak Jones
Si Jiahui vs Oliver Strains (held over)
Gary Wilson 5-2 Luo Zetao
Jackson Web page 5-2 Zhang Anda
Mark Selby vs Wildcard participant / Higginson (held over)
Stephen Maguire 5-3 Lan Yuhao
John Higgins vs David Grace (held over)
Shaun Murphy vs Wildcard participant / Fu (held over)
Hossein Vafaei 5-4 Antoni Kowalski
Barry Hawkins vs Liam Highfield (held over)
Elliot Slessor 5-4 Chang Bingyu
Ali Carter 5-1 He Guoqiang
Ding Junhui vs Ricky Walden (held over)
Xu Si 5-1 Joe O’Connor
Wu Yize vs Wildcard participant / Clarke (held over)
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