December 12, 2023 FrankReport
The Scottish Open 2023 is underway in the Scottish city of Edinburgh, with a total of 20 matches concluded on the first matchday, including 18 postponed qualifiers (128 to the round of 64) and two first-round matches (64 to the round of 32).
Pictured: Ding Junhui defeated David 4-0 in the postponed qualifying round. Grace, thus easily advancing to the first round of the main draw (round of 64).
Gary. Wilson (defending champions) 4-3 Ellitt. Slessor, Ding Junhui 4-0 David. Grace, Jimmy. Robertson 4-2 Oman. Ika, Selby 4-2 Sean. O'sullivan.
O'Sullivan retired from the tournament, so his opponent in the postponed qualifying round is Lean. Graham won without a fight and automatically advanced to the first round of the main tournament (round of 64), Sam. Craigie 4-3 Mark. Williams, Pang Junxu 4-3 Hawkins, Carter 4-3 Long Zehuang.
Pictured: Pang Junxu narrowly defeated the in-form Hawkins 4-3 in the postponed qualifying round and advanced to the first round of the main event (round of 64).
Daniel. Wales 4-3 Wafai, Singh. Chada 4-1 Jack. Ballwick, Liu Hongyu 4-1 Sean. Murphy, Brecel 4-0 Julian. Boyko.
Karen. Wilson 4-2 Mustafa, Trump 4-0 Sidney. Wilson, Mark. Davis 4-0 Milkins, Lisowski 4-0 Ibrahim, Higgins 4-0 Oliver. Brown, Jamie. Jones 4-2 Mark. Allan.
Matthew. Celt 4-1 Alfie. Bolton, McGill 4-2 Oliver. Lines.
Pictured: Liu Hongyu defeated Murphy 4-1 in the postponed qualifiers, the second time he beat Murphy after the first round of the English Open that season.
After the first matchday, the 18 players who advanced to the first round of the main tournament (round of 64) were (including 3 Chinese players): Gary. Wilson,Ding JunhuiJimmy. Robertson, Selby, Lean. Graham, Sam. Craigie,Pang JunxuAli. Carter, Daniel. Wells, Singh. Chada,Liu Hongyu, Brecel, Karen. Wilson, Trump, Mark. Davis, Lisowski, Higgins, Jamie. Jones.
The two players who have already advanced to the round of 32 after the first match day are: Matthew. Selter, McGill.
December 12 18:00:
Cao Yupengvs Lin Binfeng (Chinese player),Lu Haotianvs Jackson. Paige,Ding Junhuivs Jensen. Kendrick,Liu Hongyuvs Zach. Shuerdy.
Ricky. Wharton vs Yousen**, Brecel vs James. Cahill, Sancam vs Lucas. Clarks,Pang JunxuvsXu Si
Tom. Forde vs Liam. Highfield, Trump vsZhang AndaMartin. O'Donnell vs Jamie. Clark, Ali. Carter vs Singh. Chada,
Ryan. Day vs Ashley. Cady, Higgins vsPlayer He Guoqiang, Lisowski vs Allen. Hill.
Selby vs Matthew. Stevens, Jimmy. Robertson vs Jimmy. White, Lean. Graham vs Ben. Metens.