Ali Carter, Fan Zhengyi and Marco Fu suffer early exits in British Open qualifying, Jamie Clarke and Cao Yupeng through

ByEurosport

Updated 14/08/2022 at 09:04 GMT

Jamie Clarke coasted to a 4-0 victory over European Masters champion Fan Zhengyi in British Open qualifying on Saturday with Cao Yupeng completing a 4-1 victory against former Grand Prix winner Marco Fu in Wigan. The pair take their place in the draw for the last 64 with the British Open staged by the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes next month (26 September-2 October).

European Masters champion Fan Zhengyi and three-time ranking event winner Marco Fu suffered early exits in British Open qualifying on Saturday.

Two-time world finalist Ali Carter is also out after suffering a shock 4-1 loss to world No. 71 Hammad Miah, who made breaks of 63, 68 and 59 to reach the last 64.

Fan lost 4-0 to Crucible qualifier Jamie Clarke, who made breaks of 77, 59 and 50 with Fan's 54 in the third frame not enough to prevent the whitewash.

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Former Scottish Open finalist Cao Yupeng completed a 4-1 victory against three-time ranking event winner Marco Fu on the other table at the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan.

Fu won the first frame with a 50 knock before Cao rolled in 60, 69 and 55 to seal his place in the random last-64 draw.

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Mark Williams is the defending British Open champion after a 6-4 win over Gary Wilson in last year's final.

The world's top 16 all begin their respective campaigns at the season's third ranking event in Milton Keynes next month.

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Latest British Open qualifying results

• Jamie Clarke 4-0 Fan Zhengyi
• Cao Yupeng 4-1 Marco Fu
• Hammad Miah 4-1 Ali Carter
• Elliot Slessor 4-3 Sean O'Sullivan
• Mitchell Mann 4-3 Tom Ford
• Ben Woollaston 4-2 James Cahill
• Dylan Emery 4-0 Peng Yisong
• Mark Joyce 4-0 Daniel Wells

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