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In primul tur de calificare pentru World Open nu au fost prea multe surprize, cele mai importante fiind eliminarile belgianului Luca Brecel de thailandezul Noppon Saengkham (scor 1-3), ale chinezului Zhang Anda de catre englezul Sam Baird (scor 2-3)si a thailandezului Issara Kachaiwong de catre englezul James McGouran (scor 2-3). In acest prim tur au fost si trei femei participante, insa toate au pierdut: jucatoarea engleza Reanne Evans 1-3 cu thailandezul Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, norvegianca Anita Rizzuti 0-3 cu englezul Alfie Burden, iar belgianca Wendy Jans 1-3 cu englezul Simon Bedford.
Rezultatele complete din turul intai de calificare:
1. Jamie Jones 3-0 Tony Knowles
2. Matt Williams 1-3 Paul Davison
3. John Whitty 0-3 Thanawat Tirapaipongboon
4. Noppon Saengkham 3-1 Luca Brecel
5. Igor Figueiredo 3-2 Liu Chuang
6. Liam Highfield 3-1 Michael White
7. Justin Astley 3-2 Michael Wasley
8. Chris Norbury 3-0 Richard Beckham
9. Adam Wicheard 2-3 James McBain
10. Daniel Wells 3-1 Jamie O’Neill
11. Jak Jones 1-3 Joe Jogia
12. Patrick Wallace 3-0 Kurt Maflin
13. Jack Lisowski 3-1 Ryan Causton
14. Xiao Guodong 3-0 James Loft
15. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3-1 Reanne Evans
16. Julian Logue 1-3 Joel Walker
17. Mike Finn 0-3 Kyren Wilson
18. Habib Subah 1-3 Darren Morgan
19. Mitchell Mann 0-3 Ben Woollaston
20. Andrew Pagett 2-3 Kuldesh Johal
21. Anish Gokool 0-3 Sam Harvey
22. Patrick Einsle 2-3 Dermot McGlinchey
23. Issara Kachaiwong 2-3 James McGouran
24. Sam Baird 3-2 Anda Zhang
25. Gary Thomson 0-3 Lasse Munstermann
26. Anthony McGill 3-1 Ian Glover
27. Mario Geudens 3-2 Jason Devaney
28. Anita Rizzuti 0-3 Alfie Burden
29. Allan Morgan 0-3 Liu Song
30. Marc Davis 0-3 Matthew Couch
31. Wendy Jans 1-3 Simon Bedford
32. Jamie Edwards 1-3 Craig MacGillivary
