[Sports Road News]The two-day World Pool Mixed Doubles Invitational Tournament will be staged in Milton Keynes, UK today (24th). “Second World Group” Hong Kong “Four-eyed Cue Queen” Wu Anyi teamed up with “Quasi God” Zhuo Linpu (Judd Trump) to challenge “World One Group” Ronnie O’Sullivan / Reanne Evans , the drum of victory! (Live broadcast on now637 on Saturday night at 8:00 / late at 2:00)
The World Pool Tournament (WST) held the first World Mixed Doubles competition and invited 4 male and 4 female top stars to compete for the competition. The male players are the current world champion O’Sullivan, the 2019 world champion Zhuo Linpu, and the 4-time world champion. Mark Selby and 2010 world champion Neil Robertson; women’s players are 12-time world champion Reanne Evans, current world champion Nutcharut Wongharuthai, women’s world ranking 4th place Hannah (Rebecca Kenna) and three-time world champion Ng On Yee.
This innovative event will be played in the form of men’s and women’s matching. The competition lasts for 2 days. The four pairs will play a single round-robin group match first. Each match will play a total of four rounds, and one point will be awarded for each round. Advance to the finals and decide the champion with a best-of-seven game. It is worth mentioning that the two players will take turns to play a game, which is not the usual doubles.
On the first day, the 2 matches in the matinee were played by O’Sullivan/Evans vs. Zhuo Limpu/Wu Anyi, and Shabby/Hanna V vs. Robertson/Le Charu. The winner and the loser were caught and killed in the night match. . Before the match, Wu Anyi accepted the official interview with the World Table Chief: “This is the first mixed doubles match that was broadcast live on TV in 1991. I have always dreamed of participating in the match on TV so that my relatives and friends can watch it.” She pointed out that the only The way to progress faster is to play with better players: “I don’t think there’s anything better than playing with the top 4 players in the world. Gender is no longer a barrier in many things, all top female players are Glad to see this, the World Snooker Federation has also given a signal to get rid of past traditions and open up opportunities for female players to participate in different competitions.” “An Yi” appealed to Hong Kong fans to watch the live broadcast to cheer her up.
World Mixed Doubles Invitational Schedule:
September 24 (Saturday) 1:00pm (8:00pm Hong Kong time):
Game 1: Ausuliyun / Evans VS Zhuo Limpu / Wu Anyi
Game 2: Sabie / Hannah VS Robertson / Le Charlo
September 24 (Saturday) 7pm (Sunday 2am Hong Kong time):
Game 1: The first losing team confrontation
Game 2: The first winning combination match
On September 25 (Sunday) at 1:00 pm (8:00 pm Hong Kong time), the last 2 games of the group stage will continue, and the top two teams will play on the 25th (Sunday) at 7:00 pm (2:00 am Hong Kong time on Monday). finals.
Source: WST
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