Luca Brecel failed to qualify for the Wuhan Open on Monday after the former world champion was stunned 5-4 by world No. 100 Duane Jones at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester.
Brecel was never behind in the contest until the final frame, but a modest 66 in the opening frame was his highest break as he was outscored by Welshman Jones, who produced runs of 52, 58, 60, 53 and a closing 66 to reach the last 64.
Two-time world finalist Ali Carter bounced back from his 5-4 defeat to Daniel Wells in his Xi’an Grand Prix qualifier by completing a 5-3 win over Wang Yuchen, boosted by breaks of 57, 135, 82 and 64.
Carter reached the final of last year’s Wuhan Open before losing 10-7 to Judd Trump, who begins his title defence in China against Antoni Kowalski.
But 2015 world champion and recent Crucible semi-finalist Stuart Bingham suffered a 5-1 loss to Xing Zihao.
Qualifying continues until Tuesday with the final stage of the event being held between October 6-12 in Wuhan, live on Eurosport and discovery+.
Wuhan Open qualifiers
- Hammad Miah 5-3 Joe O’Connor
- Duane Jones 5-4 Luca Brecel
- Elliot Slessor 5-3 Artemijs Zizins
- David Lilley 5-1 Mohammed Mustafa Shehab
- Noppon Saengkham 5-1 Daniel Wells
- Matthew Selt 5-2 Liam Pullen
- Daniel Womersley 5-4 Joe Perry
- Ryan Day 5-3 Liu Hongyu
- Graeme Dott 5-2 Julien Leclercq
- Sunny Akani 5-2 Tom Ford
- Zak Surety 5-1 Scott Donaldson
- Hossein Vafaei 5-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
- Iulian Boiko 5-4 M Phetmalaikul
- Ishpreet Singh Chadha 5-3 David Grace
- Pang Junxu 5-2 Bulcsu Revesz
- Wu Yize 5-1 Rory Thor
- Tian Pengfei 5-3 Andrew Higginson
- Ali Carter 5-3 Wang Yuchen
- Xing Zihao 5-1 Stuart Bingham
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