Wildcards for China Open announced!

[hegeland]

The eight wildcards are as follows:

Zhang An'Da
Liu Hang
Li Yuan
Cao Xinlong *
Ah Bulajiang *
Yang Qingtian*
Jin Long *
Yu Delu *

* was awarded a wildcard at the Shanghai Masters

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[PaulTheSoave]

All household names, I would say!

[hegeland]

All household names, I would say!

Lol, the funny thing is they probably fill ten times as many seats as any top 32 player in the UK.

[Ekphantos]

The eight wildcards are as follows:
Yang Quingtan
Jin Long
Yu Delu

Hm, these names seems famliar, but why? Did they have wildcards at the one of the Asian tournaments before?

[hegeland]

Yes, Cao Xinlong, Ah Bulajiang, Yang Qingtian, Jin Long and Yu Delu were all awarded a wildcard at the Shanghai Masters.

[Ekphantos]

Thanks!
I didn't recognize the others... The longer a foreign name, the more difficult to remember it seems

[moglet]

We might have to get used to it guys, have we missed the boat?

[jb134]

Thanks!
I didn't recognize the others... The longer a foreign name, the more difficult to remember it seems

They all look the same to me.

[poolqjunkie]

Why do only Chinese players get wildcards? I seem to recall some of these guys went to the UK to play in the China Open qualifiers in Jan and they lost. Just seem a bit strange that they are still able to play.

[missneworleans]

I think some of those were on last year's China Open too. But Zhang An'Da is something new!

[hegeland]

Why do only Chinese players get wildcards? I seem to recall some of these guys went to the UK to play in the China Open qualifiers in Jan and they lost. Just seem a bit strange that they are still able to play.

You recall wrongly my friend. None of the eight wildcards are on the Main Tour.

[cap]

Yes, Cao Xinlong, Ah Bulajiang, Yang Qingtian, Jin Long and Yu Delu were all awarded a wildcard at the Shanghai Masters.

If I recall correctly, Jin Long had been on the main tour even before Ding.

[hegeland]

If I recall correctly, Jin Long had been on the main tour even before Ding.

Yes, he joined in 02/03 season I think. He dropped out after the 05/06 season though.

[rivercard]

I think some of those were on last year's China Open too. But Zhang An'Da is something new!

He's not completely unknown as he was runner-up in last years U21 World Championship.

http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk...orldU21-ko.htm

He also made quite a few 50+ breaks, so he'll be a tough opponent for anyone I think.

[Alex0paul]

Yu Delu usually wins his wildcard match and was unlucky not to be on the tour this year instead of Liu Chuang.