China Open 2008 (snooker)
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The 2008 China Open took place from March 24 to March 30 2008 at the Beijing Student University Stadium[1]. This snooker tournament was the penultimate ranking event of the season, preceding the World Snooker Championship 2008. Stephen Maguire won the tournament, beating Shaun Murphy 10-9 in a high quality final.
The defending champion was Graeme Dott, but he was eliminated in the first round, losing to Barry Pinches[2].
Shaun Murphy and Dave Harold played the longest frame in professional snooker history. Murphy eventually won it after 93 minutes and 12 seconds, beating the record of Cliff Thorburn v Stephen O’Connor at the 1994 Welsh Open qualifiers, which took 92 minutes 59 seconds[3].
Stephen Maguire made the first 147 in an Asian ranking tournament[4]. This was made in the second frame of his semi-final encounter against Ryan Day.
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[edit] Draw/Results
[edit] Wildcard Round
 Barry Pinches |
5-1 |  Zhang An'Da |
 Fergal O'Brien |
5-2 | Cao Xinlong |
 Marcus Campbell |
5-4 | Ah Bulajiang |
| Mike Dunn |
5-1 | Yang Qingtian |
| Dave Harold |
5-4 | Jin Long |
 Mark Allen |
5-2 | Li Hang |
 Marco Fu |
5-4 | Li Yuan |
| Ricky Walden |
5-3 | Yu Delu |
[edit] Main draw
| Final: Best of 19 frames Beijing University Student's Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 30 March 2008. |
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| Stephen Maguire |
10-9 | Shaun Murphy |
| 60-41, 32-63 (54), 0-72 (72), 74-0 (74), 120-0 (106), 68-24, 114-0 (102), 0-136 (136), 24-75 (75), 36-61, 8-92 (81), 39-74, 137-0 (137), 80-15, 80-0 (80), 97-17 (89), 0-107 (86), 46-61, 64-40 | ||
| 137 | Highest break | 136 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
[edit] Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place in Pontin's Prestatyn, Wales between 22 January and 25 January 2008.
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[edit] References
- ^ China Open Homepage
- ^ Barry Potter Downs Dott
- ^ Murphy through after marathon frame
- ^ MAGUIRE MAKES HISTORY WITH CHINA MAX
[edit] External Links
| Snooker season 2007/2008 | |
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Shanghai Masters | Pot Black Cup | Grand Prix | Northern Ireland Trophy | UK Championship | The Masters | Malta Cup | Welsh Open | China Open | World Championship |
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