Shaun Murphy put to bed the disappointment of not qualifying for the Riga masters with a powerful performance against talented Chinese player Anda Zhang. Murphy fired in breaks of 53,87,84,87 and 109 in sweeping aside Zhang by a 5-2 scoreline. Zhang also pit his stamp of class on the match with an excellent break of 138 in frame 3.

Michael Georgiou continued his excellent start to the season with a convincing 5-1 victory over the former Shanghai master’s champion Kyren Wilson. Cypriot number 1 Georgiou fired in four breaks of 50 plus and will now meet frames academy team mate Kurt Maflin for a place in the last 32.

Chinese prodigy Zhou Yuelong battled back from 3-0 down to win 5-3 against Christopher Keogan. Zhou made it a perfect 100% start to the season and will be looking to cement his place in the top 32 this season.

Marco Fu continued his powerful scoring form from last season with a dominant 5-0 victory over Sanderson Lam. Fu fired in back to back centuries along with a break of 64 and he will take a lot of stopping in Guangzhou.

Judd Trump started his season in positive fashion with a 5-1 victory over Xu Si. Judd fired in breaks of 67,95 and 100 and will now take his place in the round of 64 in Guangzhou.

Former Indian Open champion Michael White battled back from a 2-0 down stroking in breaks of 74, 54 and 85 to complete 5-3 success against Martin O’Donnell.

China Championship Qualifiers 2017 Schedule

Saturday June 3

10am

Noppon Saengkham 5-4 Rhys Clark
Zhou Yuelong 5-3 Christopher Keogan
Dominic Dale 3-5 Chen Zifan
Anthony McGill 5-3 Craig Steadman
Mike Dunn 5-2 Alex Borg

2.30pm

Martin Gould 5-1 Adam Duffy
Mark Joyce 5-3 Rod Lawler
Stephen Maguire 5-1 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Mark Allen 5-3 Lee Walker
Mark Williams 5-3 Jak Jones

7pm

Yan Bingtao 5-1 Wang Yuchen
Stuart Bingham 5-0 Billy Joe Castle
Gary Wilson 1-5 Ken Doherty
Shaun Murphy 5-2 Zhang Anda
Kyren Wilson 1-5 Michael Georgiou

Sunday June 4

10am

9 Rory McLeod 5-3 Chen Zhe
13 Peter Ebdon 5-3 Nigel Bond
14 Anthony Hamilton 5-3 Robin Hull
18 Oliver Lines 5-2 Duane Jones
19 Ben Woollaston 5-3 Lukas Kleckers

2.30pm

17 Barry Hawkins 5-4 John Astley
20 Mark Davis 5-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
21 Ali Carter 5-2 Ross Muir
22 Robbie Williams 4-5 Aditya Mehta
23 Ricky Walden 0-5 Ian Preece

7pm

24 David Grace 5-4 Mei Xi Wen
25 Fergal O’Brien 5-3 Sam Craigie
26 Mark King w/0- Li Yuan (no visa)
27 Kurt Maflin 5-3 Thor Chuan Leong
37 Ronnie O’Sullivan w/o Zhang Yong

Monday June 5

Jamie Jones 0-5 Elliot Slessor
Alan McManus 5-4 Hammad Miah
Alfie Burden 5-2 Paul Davison
Graeme Dott w/o Liam Highfield
Sam Baird 5-2 Josh Boileau
Robert Milkins 5-2 Zhao Xintong
David Gilbert v Mitchell Mann
Stuart Carrington 5-1 Scott Donaldson
Joe Perry 5-1 Eden Sharav
Jack Lisowski 3-5 Allan Taylor
Judd Trump 5-1 Xu Si
Jimmy Robertson 5-0 David John
Luca Brecel 5-2 Sean O’Sullivan
Marco Fu 5-0 Sanderson Lam

Tuesday June 6

Hossein Vafaei 5-0 Soheil Vahedi
Li Hang 5-3 Joe Swail
Michael White 5-3 Martin O’Donnell
Xiao Guodong 5-4 Hamza Akbar
Matthew Stevens 5-2 Ashley Hugill
Michael Holt 5-0 Kurt Dunham
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-4 Chris Totten
Ryan Day 5-0 Jimmy White
Matthew Selt 5-4 Peter Lines
Neil Robertson 5-2 Gerard Greene
Yu Delu 3-5 Cao Yupeng
Tom Ford 5-3 Yuan SiJun
Chris Wakelin 5-3 Fang Xiongman

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