22.5.09

HENDRY SET FOR JIANGSU CLASSIC

Stephen Hendry is among the field for the second staging of the Jiangsu Classic, which takes place in Wuxi City from June 3-7.

The seven times world champion joins the 12 man field for the invitation tournament won last year by local hero Ding Junhui, who beat Mark Selby 6-5 in the final.

Ding and Selby return alonsgide Hendry, Ali Carter, Mark Allen, Marco Fu, Shaun Murphy, Joe Perry, Peter Ebdon, Ryan Day and local wildcards Li Hang and Jin Long.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

mtfH

good to see him there. a real legend!!

Sparky said...

Murphy doesn't get much vacation...

Anonymous said...

A shame this isn't televised. I remember watching the final on Eurosport last year, Ding fluking a ball in the final frame and clearing up, very much like Murphy fluking the final frame of the UK.

Anonymous said...

It has stayed unhealthily long in my memory as I'd had quite a large bet on Selby.

Anonymous said...

glad to see ronnie keeps getting no invites for any tournaments :D

RichP said...

Lets be honest, Ronnie would be in every tournament if he wanted to be, he can pick and chooose what he wants to do.

Janie said...

The closing date for PIOS entries hasn't arrived yet but I'm assured Tony and Alex from Malta will be in the field.
We also have three players from Poland for the first time, as well as India, Thailand, China, UAE, Germany etc etc
It already looks set to be another high class international field and a brilliant season.
There will also be some of last season's relegated pros vieing to get their places back again.

Janie said...

I thought Ricky Walden might have got an invite this year to the Jiangsu event, seeing as he won the Shanghai Masters, but it looks as if it's only top 16 players?

Rigsby said...

People who have a sopcast player will be able to watch this.

jamie brannon said...

Janie, who are the pros coming back? David Gray by any chance?

Anonymous said...

Yes Janie, please inform us, even if its only rumours...as long as theyre stated as rumours.

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