The last 128 of the Haikou World Open are played in Barnsley on 13&14 December 2013. All Grove players will try to qualify for the main event, played in March, in China. After day 1, Judd, Yu Delu, Li Yan, Wenbo are through to China.

Last 128

Yu Delu 5-1 Josh Boileau
6′-13, 64-46, 93-31, 78(78)-7, 0_76, 93(93)-18

Judd Trump 5-3 Ratchayothin Yotharuck
41-55, 69(57)-24, 59-6, 73(73)-7, 24-72(67), 73(73)-23, 37-74, 67-54(54)

Ben Woollaston 1-5 Li Yan
73(58-9, 10-74(68), 35-67, 0-68, 32-65, 5-85

Gerard Greene 5-0 Zhang Anda
65-10, 78(61)-32, 66-25, 83(60)-76, 71-23

Liang Wenbo 5-2 Chen Zhe
76(59)-54, 55-45, 64-50, 98(68)-9, 43-67, 30-54, 64-27

Dominic Dale 5-0 Cao Xin Long
62(56)-51(51), 63-47, 90(64)-42, 74-67, 86(74)-1
This was a really close match, something that the score doesn’t reflect. Somehow frame 1 set the tone.

Joe Perry 5-4 Li Hang
0-85(85), 68-22, 68-14, 62-65, 66-18, 59-64, 10-60, 75(50)-16, 64(63)-24
How close was that?!