Ssb - eight wildcards for china open

[MySockPuppet]

The Sanyuan Foods China Open will feature eight invited wildcards alongside the top 16 and 16 qualifiers heading to Beijing next month.

Six Chinese players, a Thai and an Indian will take on the eight lowest ranked qualifiers in the wildcard round.

The Chinese players are Tian Pengfei, Yu Delu, Tang Jun, Lu Chenwei, Li Yan and Shi Shuamgyang.

Supoj Saenla will represent Thailand and Manan Chandra plays for India.

The tournament gets underway on March 29 with Peter Ebdon defending his title.

The format can be viewed on worldsnooker.com here.


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[missneworleans]

Tian Pengfei cool man why he cant get on main tour??

[ore]

Tian Pengfei cool man why he cant get on main tour??

he prefers to be a wildcard in china's tournaments

[Mr P]

I know thisis a Chinese tournament and all that, but what are they going to do for the tournament rather than add home interest?

[missneworleans]

They are quite good players actually! Pengfei defeated Gray and Fu last year and even attempted a maximum

[dannyd0g]

Tian Pengfei cool man why he cant get on main tour??

He can get on it. He has been on in the past. He didn't survive very long though.

[Mr P]

They are quite good players actually! Pengfei defeated Gray and Fu last year and even attempted a maximum

Ok, I do know what Pengfai is capable of, but I have never heard of the others.

[Matt_2745]

Saenla was on the tour in 08/09, Yu Delu, Li Yan and Tang Jun have been wildcards before, didn't the latter beat Trump last year?

[missneworleans]

They can always spring a surprise!
Never heard about Pengfei untill last tournament
I know Ya Delu, Tan Jun but not sure they got big success
and of course Supoj Saenla! and if you dont know those players that doesnt mean they can play well

[Mr P]

Did I say it did MNO. My point is they will do nothing against the bigger players.

[missneworleans]

Tang Jan defeated Trump last year well lets how it will be this time!

[Mr P]

'last year'. Nuff said.

[missneworleans]

Can get what you mean
Do you think they will have less chances this year?

[Mr P]

No. But alot can change in a year you know. Trump is a miles better player now.

[missneworleans]

In fact cant say he improved so much...good performances in leagues but that was last year too