Grove players Zhang Anda, Jack Lisowski and Liu Chuang made it through to the last 32 of the final players’ tour event, the EPTC6 taking place in Prague.

Jack had a couple of narrow wins 4-3, firstly against Sam Harvey and then a great victory against world no 10 Graeme Dott. However, Jack lost in the third round by the same scoreline to another highly-ranked player, world no 18 Matthew Stevens.

Chuang received a walkover to round two where he beat world no 28 Joe Perry 4-2 but then was narrowly beaten 4-3 by world no 23 Barry Hawkins.

Liu Song also received a walkover to round two but then lost 3-4 to Jamie Cope. Cope then beat Anda in the third round 4-1. Anda had received a walkover to round two and then beaten Brazil’s Igor Figueiredo 4-2.

Judd Trump lost in round one to Adam Wicheard, 2-4 and Chinese amatuer player Chen Zhe managed to take one frame off world no 6 Stephen Maguire before losing 1-4. Matthew Selt beat Kurt Maflin 4-2 in the first round but then lost 1-4 to Stuart Bingham in the second.