Judd Trump and Mark Allen were both beaten at the Last 64 stage on the second day of the Wuxi Classic. Trump was well below his best and his safety play was below par and he soon found himself 3-0 down to his Chinese opponent Li Hang. Trump looked like making the comeback when he restricted his deficit to 3-2, but his struggles continued and Li Hang scored well when he had to secure the 5-2 victory which is the best of Hang's career so far.
Peter Lines pulled out an excellent performance to send Mark Allen packing in a deciding frame 5-4. Lines found himself 2-1 after Allen made breaks of 55 and 69, but Lines was equal to it making a century to square the match at 2-2 as the pair headed into the mid-session break. It was lines that came out stronger once again, and took the next 2 frames to lead 4-2. Allen fought back well making a break of 79 to make it 4-3 and eventually took the next to force the deciding frame. Lines took an early lead in the decider and managed to hold onto it to grab a fantastic 5-4 victory.
Neil Robertson battled back from 2-0 down against Zhu Yinghui, winning 5 frames in a row, to seal his Last 32 berth 5-2, including top breaks of 58, 69 and 83. John Higgins also reeled off 5 frames in a row to beat Australian Vinnie Calabrese 5-1, with a top run of 116. Meanwhile, Mark Williams came through a real battle to beat Liam Highfield 5-4.
Today's other results:
Robert Milkins 5-0 John Astley
Scott Donaldson 5-3 Gareth Green
Jack Lisowski 5-0 Tian Pengfei
Ben Woollaston 5-2 Chen Zhe
Gerard Greene 5-1 Michael Wasley
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Fergal O'Brien
Xiao Guodong 5-3 Peter Ebdon
Andrew Higginson 5-1 Steve Davis
David Morris 5-4 Gary Wilson
Jimmy Robertson 5-0 Graeme Dott
Matthew Stevens 5-1 Lu Ning
Liang Wenbo 5-4 Jamie Jones
Ali Carter 5-2 Alfie Burden
Tomorrows Last 32 matches (with predictions):
3am UK Time:
Anthony Hamilton Vs Stuart Bingham - Comfortable win for Stuart Bingham
Jimmy White Vs Robert Milkins - It could be a close one but should be a Milkins win
Joel Walker Vs Ben Woollaston - Comfortable win for Woollaston
Barry Hawkins Vs Cao Yupeng - This will be a battle for Hawkins but he should get through
Andrew Higginson Vs Peter Lines - Higginson could have a good run here now and I expect him to get through
Liang Wenbo Vs Matthew Stevens- Stevens will need to be on form and if he is he'll be in the Last 16.
7.30am UK Time:
Marco Fu Vs Mark King- This should be one hell of a FuKing last 32 match (couldn't resist), Fu will need to play better than on Monday but I think that Fu will be through.
John Higgins Vs Dechawat Poomjaeng- Higgins will easily survive the Poomjaeng antics for victory.
Martin Gould Vs Neil Robertson - This could well be a classic heavy scoring match, but I think that Robertson will make at least the semi-finals and will come through this close encounter
Mark Williams Vs Jack Lisowski - This could well be an upset with a Lisowski win
David Morris Vs Gerard Greene - This is a great opportunity for whoever wins this, therefore it will be a close tussle, and if it is I think Greene will win.
12.30pm UK Time:
David Gilbert Vs Alan McManus - Will again be very close but think it will be a Gilbert win.
Ali Carter Vs Lu Haotian- The experience of Carter will see him easily through this one for me.
Joe Perry Vs Ding Junhui- Perry is in good form but I think Ding will win the whole thing on his home turf.
Scott Donaldson Vs Jimmy Robertson- Both guys are playing really well and this is a very tough match to call, but I think Robertson will edge this in a decider
Xiao Guodong Vs Li Hang- Both players had good wins today and played well, but I just think that Xiao will edge this one by the odd frame or two.
Well that was the story of Day 2 in Wuxi, and I will have another blog tomorrow to summarise the Last 32 action.
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