Brecel suffers shock exit in Wuhan Open qualifying
Trump clinches Wuhan Open title in style with century in final frame
Luca Brecel failed to qualify for the Wuhan Open on Monday after the former world champion was stunned 5-4 by world No. 100 Duane Jones at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester.
Brecel was never behind in the contest until the final frame, but a modest 66 in the opening frame was his highest break as he was outscored by Welshman Jones, who produced runs of 52, 58, 60, 53 and a closing 66 to reach the last 64.
Two-time world finalist Ali Carter bounced back from his 5-4 defeat to Daniel Wells in his Xi’an Grand Prix qualifier by completing a 5-3 win over Wang Yuchen, boosted by breaks of 57, 135, 82 and 64.
Carter reached the final of last year’s Wuhan Open before losing 10-7 to Judd Trump, who begins his title defence in China against Antoni Kowalski.
But 2015 world champion and recent Crucible semi-finalist Stuart Bingham suffered a 5-1 loss to Xing Zihao.
12-time women’s world champion Reanne Evans was involved in a length battle with Anthony Hamilton that finished beyond midnight on Tuesday morning.
Evans forced the decider by clearing with 39 to the black in the eighth frame, but former German Masters champion Hamilton progressed to the last 64 with a superb 114 break.
Qualifying continues until Tuesday with the final stage of the event being held between October 6-12 in Wuhan, live on Eurosport and discovery+.
Wuhan Open qualifiers
Hammad Miah 5-3 Joe O’ConnorDuane Jones 5-4 Luca BrecelAnthony Hamilton 5-4 Reanne EvansElliot Slessor 5-3 Artemijs Zizins David Lilley 5-1 Mohammed Mustafa Shehab Noppon Saengkham 5-1 Daniel Wells Matthew Selt 5-2 Liam PullenDaniel Womersley 5-4 Joe PerryRyan Day 5-3 Liu HongyuGraeme Dott 5-2 Julien LeclercqSunny Akani 5-2 Tom FordZak Surety 5-1 Scott DonaldsonHossein Vafaei 5-0 Ahmed Aly ElsayedIulian Boiko 5-4 M Phetmalaikul Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-3 David Grace Pang Junxu 5-2 Bulcsu ReveszWu Yize 5-1 Rory ThorTian Pengfei 5-3 Andrew HigginsonAli Carter 5-3 Wang Yuchen Xing Zihao 5-1 Stuart Bingham discovery+ is the streaming home of the Olympic Games, and the only place you can watch every moment of Paris 2024 this summer
