In the first round, Stephen Maguire will play against Pu pine, Neil Robertson will play against Guo Hua, Stuart Bingham will fight against fan, Ryan Dai will play against Chang Bingyu.
Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, September 9 (Reporter Zhu Di, Guo Jingdan) on the evening of the 9th, the welcome reception of the 2018 World Snooker Shanghai Masters competition was held at the Indigo hotel on the Bund, O’Sullivan, Mark Williams, selby and other masters gathered. That night, the results of the first round lottery of four foreign card players in this competition were also announced at the cocktail party.
During the ceremony, the newly released 2018 National Amateur Snooker master championship, runner-up Pu pine, Guo Hua came to the scene, they had a cordial interaction with “Star mentor” Ronny O’Sullivan and Mark Williams. This year’s National Amateur Snooker Masters competition lasted for more than one month and was divided into four stations in Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Xi’an. On September 8th, the top 16 players gathered in shencheng for the final finals. The final champion and runner-up can be called the best amateur Masters, they also got the qualification of foreign card in the 2018 World Snooker Shanghai Masters competition.
There will be 24 players participating in this year’s Shanghai Masters competition. In addition to the top 16 players in the world, as well as the four registered players of the world’s highest ranking China Billiards Association (if the quota is postponed in the top 16 rankings), another four players will participate in the competition with foreign cards. Among the foreign card players, 2 are the champion of this year’s National Amateur Snooker Masters, and 2 are recommended by China Billiards Association. The candidates have been identified as the top player in China’s professional snooker tour, Chang Bingyu, fan Zhengyi.
According to the draw results, in the first round of the game, Stephen Maguire will play against Pu pine, Neil Robertson will play against Guo Hua, Stuart Bingham will compete against fan, Ryan Day will play against Chang Bingyu.
In the afternoon of that day, the famous domestic men’s clothing brand Jiu Mu Wang men’s clothing officially announced in Shanghai that it had become the designated clothing supplier of this Masters competition and released the clothing equipment of this competition.