Haikou World Open Qualifiers Day 2 - Kurt Maflin's Superb Win

Kurt Maflin from Norway defeated Mark Joyce in decider although he once led Joyce by 4-1.

Kurt Maflin

The Norway man had a strong start for the match, leading Joyce by 4-1 with two breaks of 91 but Joyce pulled back frames again and again to level 4-4 including Joyce's 61 outplaying Maflin's 61 in the sixth frame. The quarter-finalist of UK Championship in 2010 held his nerve to take the following two frames but Maflin held his stance to win the match by 73 in the decider. He will face Gerard Greene in the next round.

David Morris

Tony Drago was the 5-3 winner against David Morris from 1-3 down to play Matthew Selt next. Thai Dechawat Poomjaeng came back from 2-4 down to beat China's Liu Song with 80, 70 and 63 in the last three frames while another Chinese player survived in his match against Andy Hicks with breaks of 74, 70, 68, 61 and 50.

Results of Haikou World Open Qualifiers, Thursday January 12

10am
10 Tony Drago 5-3 David Morris Round 2
11 David Gilbert 5-3 Passakorn Suwannawat Round 2
12 Liu Chuang 1-5 Sam Baird Round 2
13 Barry Pinches 1-5 Sam Craigie Round 2
14 Peter Lines 2-5 Ian McCulloch Round 2
15 Xiao Guodong 3-5 Alfie Burden Round 2

 

2.30pm
16 Dave Harold 5-1 Rod Lawler Round 2
17 Adrian Gunnell 3-5 Tian Pengfei Round 2
18 Michael White 5-1 Aditya Mehta Round 2
19 Anthony McGill 5-1 Joe Swail Round 2
20 Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Andrew Norman Round 2

7pm
21 Andy Hicks 2-5 Yu Delu Round 2
22 Mark Joyce 4-5 Kurt Maflin Round 2
23 Ben Woollaston 3-5 Liam Highfield Round 2
24 Liu Song 4-5 Dechewat Poomjaeng Round 2
25 James Wattana 2-5 Adam Duffy Round 2