Chang Bingyu loved a profitable return to the World Snooker Tour with victory over Daniel Wells within the Wuhan Open qualifiers on Monday.
The 22 year-old was one in every of ten gamers, together with reigning world champion Zhao Xintong, who received embroiled within the Chinese language-led match-fixing scandal that rocked the game a couple of seasons in the past.
Chang was given a three-year suspension, which was diminished to 2 years following his early request for forgiveness.
He was free to return to aggressive motion in December and duly regained his skilled card by triumphing on the Asia-Pacific Snooker Championship.
Previous to his ban, Chang Bingyu had reached a career-high snooker rating of quantity 69 on the planet.
The previous IBSF world beginner champion beat Crucible qualifier Wells 5-4 on his first look again on the primary tour.
Chang trailed 4-1 after his opponent contributed a brace of century breaks, however breaks of 84, 70, and 60 helped him to mount an unlikely turnaround.
It represented one in every of solely a few matches throughout Monday’s motion on the baize the place the lower-ranked competitor emerged with a ticket to the rating occasion in China.
The opposite occasion noticed Artemijs Zizins orchestrate a complete 5-1 defeat of He Guoqiang.
Elsewhere, there have been resounding successes for the likes of Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, and Shaun Murphy.
The latter pair thumped rookies Leone Crowley and Michal Szubarczyk with respective whitewash shows, whereas Selby ousted Alexander Ursenbacher with a 5-1 scoreline.
Among the many different notable names to securely progress had been Zhang Anda, Ali Carter, Gary Wilson, Tom Ford, and Jack Lisowski.
A number of cueists from the ever-growing steady of Chinese language gamers superior – together with Yuan Sijun, Pang Junxu, Lyu Haotian, and Liu Hongyu.
Stephen Maguire, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Zak Surety, and Aaron Hill had been a couple of others to securely make it by way of.
On Tuesday, the Wuhan Open qualifiers conclude with the remaining fixtures on the Mattioli Area in Leciester.
World quantity two Kyren Wilson launches his 2025/26 snooker season towards tour beginner Connor Benzey.
Jimmy White, in the meantime, will start what’s his forty sixth marketing campaign as knowledgeable towards Anthony McGill.
Monday’s Outcomes
Yuan Sijun 5-1 Xu Yichen
Artemijs Zizins 5-1 He Guoqiang
Gary Wilson 5-2 Gao Yang
Lyu Haotian 5-3 Bai Yulu
Zhang Anda 5-2 Steven Hallworth
Chang Bingyu 5-4 Daniel Wells
Liu Hongyu 5-3 Ian Burns
Shaun Murphy 5-0 Michal Szubarczyk
Neil Robertson 5-0 Leone Crowley
Stephen Maguire 5-1 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-0 Fergal Quinn
Zak Surety 5-1 Gong Chenzhi
Aaron Hill 5-1 Sam Craigie
Mark Selby 5-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
Tom Ford 5-2 Mateusz Baranowski
Stan Moody 5-2 Antoni Kowalski
Jack Lisowski 5-3 Amir Sarkhosh
Matthew Stevens 5-2 Sahil Nayyar
Pang Junxu 5-4 Hatem Yassen
Ali Carter 5-2 Florian Nuessle
Scott Donaldson 5-4 Mitchell Mann
Tuesday’s Order of Play
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Chris Wakelin vs Marco Fu
Xu Si vs Chris Totten
David Gilbert vs Cheung Ka Wai
Lei Peifan vs Ng On Yee
Ryan Day vs Jonas Luz
Jackson Web page vs Ross Muir
Robert Milkins vs Wang Yuchen
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Anthony McGill vs Jimmy White
Jak Jones vs Oliver Brown
Barry Hawkins vs Julien Leclercq
Ben Woollaston vs Ken Doherty
Stuart Bingham vs Liam Highfield
Jimmy Robertson vs Liam Pullen
Kyren Wilson vs Connor Benzey
Featured photograph credit score: WST
