English Open: Ding Junhui cruises into last 64 as Peter Lines gets walkover due to Liang Wenbo suspension
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Updated 28/10/2022 at 09:59 GMT
Three-time UK Championship winner Ding Junhui played some of his best snooker in an impressive 4-0 win over Ian Burns to qualify for the last 64 of the English Open. The other big news on Thursday was the suspension of Liang Wenbo after World Snooker Tour put out a statement regarding the Chinese player about “an ongoing investigation into allegations of misconduct”.
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Ding Junhui was in fine form as he cruised past Ian Burns with a 4-0 victory to qualify for the English Open last 64.
Ding made a hat-trick of centuries with breaks of 106, 138 and 134 on his way to an impressive win.
He will play Zhou Yuelong or Xu Si in the next round when the event takes place from December 12 to December 18 in Brentwood, which will be live on Eurosport and discovery+.
Liang Wenbo was set to play Peter Lines earlier on Thursday, but World Snooker Tour announced he has been suspended with immediate effect.
“The WPBSA has today suspended Liang Wenbo from attending or competing in WPBSA sanctioned events,” read a statement from WST.
“This is due to an ongoing investigation into allegations of misconduct. The suspension will remain in place until the conclusion of the investigation or the outcome of disciplinary proceedings.
“The WPBSA will not comment further until the investigation is complete.”
Elsewhere, Mink Nutcharut nearly completed a sensational comeback from 3-0 down against Chen Zifan.
Mink edged a thrilling six frame that lasted an hour with the Thai player scoring 82 points to Chen’s 71 to take the match to a decider. However, Chen held his nerve to win 4-3.
Mark King also won a final-frame decider as he won the final two frames to beat David Lilley.
Latest English Open qualifying results
- Stuart Carrington 4-2 Jak Jones
- Ali Carter 4-1 Adam Duffy
- Dominic Dale 4-2 Zak Surety
- Robert Milkins 4-1 Duane Jones
- Mark King 4-3 David Lilley
- Ding Junhui 4-0 Ian Burns
- Chen Zifan 4-3 Mink Nutcharut
- Peter Lines w/o Liang Wenbo
- Muhammad Asif 4-2 Oliver Brown
- Louis Heathcote 4-2 Jamie O'Neill
- Liam Highfield 4-3 Aaron Hill
- Elliot Slessor 4-1 Tom Ford
- Scott Donaldson 4-2 Jordan Brown
- Ian Burns 4-2 Sanderson Lam
- Lei Peifan 4-1 Chris Wakelin
- Chang Bingyu 4-0 Fergal O'Brien
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