The new season starts already with the Wuxi Classic Qualifiers, played at The Capital Venue in Gloucester fro May 24 to May 28, 2014. All Grove players, except Zhang Anda are involved. Neil is the defending champion. Neil, Judd, Yu Delu, Lyu Chenwei and Wenbo qualified and will be in Wuxi.

All matches are best of 9

Neil Robertson 5-1 Steven Hallworth
Scores: 82(54)-45; 81(81)-0; 77(76)-0; 137(137)-0; 1-69(53); 72-24
Centuries: Neil Robertson: 137
Heavy scoring for Neil, and the first century of the new season, a 137.

Lyu Chenwei 5-2 Dominic Dale
Scores: 75-11; 0-74(51); 44-66; 81(58)-14; 52-43; 78-31; 66(66)-10

Alan McManus 5-4 Cao Xinlong
Scores: 59-18; 80(54)-54; 24-74(60); 73(52)-38; 24-68; 61-15; 63-72; 12-88(64); 71-47

Yu Delu 5-0 Allan Taylor
Scores: 79-52; 81(64)-4; 70-22; 116(116)-14; 74-50
Centuries: Yu Delu: 116

Ryan Day 5-3 Li Hang
Scores: 75-59; 86(58)-42; 100(80)-0; 0-95(95); 82-76(52); 30-64; 8-70; 71(71)-1

Judd Trump 5-3 Joel Walker
Scores: 56(52)-77; 125(125)-1; 0-106(106); 41-75; 77(60)-31; 76(74)-0; 65-41; 105(105)-26
Centuries: Judd Trump: 105, 125 – Joel Walker : 106
High quality match judging by the frame scores: 3 centuries – 1 for Joel, 2 for Judd. Judd fought back from 3-1 down. Judd had a lot of good things to say about Joel after the match.

Liang Wenbo 5-2 Ian Glover
Scores: 87-1; 77(51)-11; 64-52; 79(79)-0; 43-70; 10-61; 75(68)-1