The 2024 BetVictor Welsh Open is right down to its ultimate eight contenders with the quarter-finals on Friday on the Venue Cymru in Llandudno.

The gamers have recorded 4 wins every to succeed in this stage of the competitors, however an additional three victories are required to say the Ray Reardon Trophy on Sunday.

There’s a prime prize value £80,000 on supply, with the subplot of qualification for subsequent week’s Gamers Championship additionally on the agenda for some.

Let’s check out the 4 Welsh Open quarter-finals.

Gary Wilson vs Anthony McGill

(Friday, 7pm UTC)

Gary Wilson triumphed the final time there was a Residence Nations sequence event on the calendar.

The Newcastle potter efficiently defended the Scottish Open in December to land a second profession rating crown.

Wilson hasn’t been at his greatest this week however has overcome the likes of Jack Lisowski and reigning Welsh Open champion Robert Milkins en path to the final eight.

Anthony McGill would be the 38 year-old’s subsequent opponent after the Scot edged Ricky Walden in a 4-3 thriller.

McGill can be a two-time former rating occasion winner, however the final of his glories at this degree was approach again in 2017.

Wilson and McGill have solely confronted one another solely 4 instances on the principle tour, with the latter main the head-to-head depend 3-1.

Mark Allen vs John Higgins

(Friday, 12pm UTC)

Unequivocally the very best tie of the Welsh Open quarter-finals is the showdown between Mark Allen and John Higgins.

Because the world quantity three, Allen represents the highest-ranked competitor within the draw, whereas Higgins is a report five-time champion of this occasion.

The duo emerged from contrasting last-16 affairs on Thursday to delay their stays within the event.

Allen wrapped up his commanding 4-0 defeat of Robbie Williams with a 110 century break, whereas Higgins got here by a nail-biting deciding body with Matthew Selt.

Allen and Higgins have shared many battles through the years, and so they have in truth performed one another twice in 2024 already.

Higgins beat Allen within the German Masters earlier this month, only a few weeks after the Northern Irishman received a 6-5 belter on the Masters.

The general head-to-head reads 14-12 in Allen’s favour.

Dominic Dale vs Elliot Slessor

(Friday, not earlier than 2pm UTC)

Dominic Dale is the only real surviving challenger representing Wales on this 12 months’s version of the long-running rating occasion.

The 52 year-old’s wonderful run continued with two victories on day 4 – a 4-1 win over Stan Moody earlier than a 4-0 drubbing of countryman Jak Jones.

Except for the unpredictable single-frame Shoot Out, it marks Dale’s first look in a rating quarter-final since 2016 and solely the second time he’s gone this far in his residence occasion.

Elliot Slessor is subsequent up after the 29 year-old ousted Fan Zhengyi 4-3 within the fourth spherical.

Neither Dale nor Slessor would have anticipated to face each other at this latterly stage of the week, making it an enormous likelihood for each to succeed in the final 4.

Considerably bizarrely, contemplating they’ve each been professionals for a very long time, they’ve by no means performed one another earlier than on the principle tour.

Martin O’Donnell vs Luca Brecel

(Friday, 7pm UTC)

Luca Brecel promised that he had returned to the observe desk, and there has actually been proof of that this week.

The Belgian has endured a disappointing season as world champion up to now, however there’s nonetheless time for all that to alter.

Brecel ousted Graeme Dott and Tom Ford on Thursday to succeed in the Welsh Open quarter-finals, which can characterize his first look at this stage of a rating event all marketing campaign.

Martin O’Donnell stands in Brecel’s approach of a spot within the semi-finals, the Londoner having recorded back-to-back 4-2 victories over Anthony Hamilton and Marco Fu.

Surprisingly, O’Donnell has turn into considerably of a bogey participant for Brecel, with the 37 year-old having fun with a 100% profitable report from their three prior fixtures.

The Minister of Defence has solely ever reached one different rating semi-final, indicating that the stress of the event will probably favour Brecel’s possibilities.

Race to the Gamers Championship

Subsequent week’s Gamers Championship lineup will boast the highest 16 gamers from the one-year rankings record.

Of the octet concerned within the Welsh Open quarter-finals, solely Gary Wilson, John Higgins, and Mark Allen are assured their locations in that draw.

The remaining 5 cueists have to go all the way in which in Wales and declare the £80,000 winner’s cheque if they’re to qualify for Telford.

2024 Welsh Open draw

Spherical of 128 (bo7)

Robert Milkins 4-3 Jamie Jones
Allan Taylor 4-2 Haydon Pinhey
David Gilbert 4-0 Ken Doherty
Oliver Strains 4-3 Michael White
Jack Lisowski 4-2 Oliver Brown
Liam Pullen 4-0 Rebecca Kenna
Gary Wilson 4-1 Mark Davis
Iulian Boiko 4-0 Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Lengthy Zehuang 4-1 Andy Lee
Anthony McGill 4-1 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Sanderson Lam 4-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Mark Williams 4-2 John Astley
Matthew Stevens 4-3 Louis Heathcote
Ricky Walden 4-2 Andy Hicks
Stuart Carrington 4-2 Reanne Evans
Neil Robertson 4-1 Jackson Web page

Mark Allen 4-3 Cao Yupeng
Ma Hailong 4-2 Rory Thor
Si Jiahui 4-2 Stephen Maguire
Andrew Pagett 4-2 Mink Nutcharut
Ding Junhui 4-2 Jenson Kendrick
Robbie Williams 4-0 Peng Yisong
Adam Duffy 4-0 Zhou Yuelong
Jamie Clarke 4-3 James Cahill

David Lilley 4-0 Victor Sarkis
Ryan Day 4-3 Mostafa Dorgham
Tian Pengfei 4-0 Rod Lawler
John Higgins 4-0 Mohamed Ibrahim
Ross Muir 4-2 Stephen Hendry
Matthew Selt 4-3 Sam Craigie
Alexander Ursenbacher 0-4 Liam Davies
Duane Jones 4-2 Liam Highfield

Alfie Davies 4-1 Liam Graham
Dominic Dale 4-1 Jimmy White
Jordan Brown 4-3 Lyu Haotian
Stan Moody 4-2 Sean O’Sullivan
Zhang Anda 4-1 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Jak Jones 4-3 Liu Hongyu
Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Scott Donaldson
Julien Leclercq 4-3 Alfie Burden

Dylan Emery 4-1 Fergal O’Brien
Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Himanshu Jain
Andrew Higginson 4-2 Xing Zihao
Ali Carter 1-4 Elliot Slessor
Ben Mertens 4-0 Hammad Miah
Fan Zhengyi 4-2 Joe Perry
Aaron Hill 4-0 Anton Kazakov
Mark Selby 4-2 Yuan Sijun

Shaun Murphy 3-4 Barry Pinches
Daniel Wells 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Marco Fu 4-1 Stuart Bingham
Zak Surety 4-2 Mark Joyce
Kyren Wilson 4-3 Ashley Carty
Anthony Hamilton 4-0 Andres Petrov
Chris Wakelin 4-0 Jimmy Robertson
Martin O’Donnell 4-3 Ryan Thomerson

Ian Burns 4-2 Lukas Kleckers
Tom Ford 4-3 Ben Woollaston
Xiao Guodong 4-3 Ashley Hugill
Barry Hawkins 4-0 He Guoqiang
Wu Yize 4-1 Sydney Wilson
Graeme Dott 4-3 Pang Junxu
Joe O’Connor 4-3 Xu Si
Luca Brecel 4-3 Jiang Jun

Spherical of 64 (bo7)

Robert Milkins 4-1 Allan Taylor
David Gilbert 4-2 Oliver Strains
Jack Lisowski 4-2 Liam Pullen
Gary Wilson 4-2 Iulian Boiko
Lengthy Zehuang 1-4 Anthony McGill
Sanderson Lam 3-4 Mark Williams
Matthew Stevens 3-4 Ricky Walden
Stuart Carrington 3-4 Neil Robertson

Mark Allen 4-0 Ma Hailong
Si Jiahui 4-2 Andrew Pagett
Ding Junhui 2-4 Robbie Williams
Adam Duffy 4-0 Jamie Clarke
David Lilley 2-4 Ryan Day
Tian Pengfei 1-4 John Higgins
Ross Muir 1-4 Matthew Selt
Liam Davies 1-4 Duane Jones

Alfie Davies 3-4 Dominic Dale
Jordan Brown 3-4 Stan Moody
Zhang Anda 1-4 Jak Jones
Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Julien Leclercq
Dylan Emery 4-2 Noppon Saengkham
Elliot Slessor w/o Andrew Higginson
Ben Mertens 2-4 Fan Zhengyi
Aaron Hill 4-2 Mark Selby

Barry Pinches 1-4 Daniel Wells
Marco Fu 4-3 Zak Surety
Kyren Wilson 1-4 Anthony Hamilton
Chris Wakelin 1-4 Martin O’Donnell
Ian Burns 2-4 Tom Ford
Xiao Guodong 3-4 Barry Hawkins
Wu Yize 2-4 Graeme Dott
Joe O’Connor 0-4 Luca Brecel

Spherical of 32 (bo7)

Matches to be performed on Feb 14th and fifteenth

Robert Milkins 4-0 David Gilbert
Jack Lisowski 3-4 Gary Wilson
Anthony McGill 4-1 Mark Williams
Ricky Walden 4-2 Neil Robertson

Mark Allen 4-1 Si Jiahui
Robbie Williams 4-2 Adam Duffy
Ryan Day 1-4 John Higgins
Matthew Selt 4-1 Duane Jones

Dominic Dale 4-1 Stan Moody
Jak Jones 4-2 Hossein Vafaei
Dylan Emery 1-4 Elliot Slessor
Fan Zhengyi 4-1 Aaron Hill

Daniel Wells 2-4 Marco Fu
Anthony Hamilton 2-4 Martin O’Donnell
Tom Ford 4-1 Barry Hawkins
Graeme Dott 1-4 Luca Brecel

Spherical of 16 (bo7)

Robert Milkins 0-4 Gary Wilson
Anthony McGill 4-3 Ricky Walden
Mark Allen 4-0 Robbie Williams
John Higgins 4-3 Matthew Selt

Dominic Dale 4-0 Jak Jones
Elliot Slessor 4-3 Fan Zhengyi
Marco Fu 2-4 Martin O’Donnell
Tom Ford 1-4 Luca Brecel

Quarter-Ultimate (bo9)

Gary Wilson vs Anthony McGill
(Fri, 7pm UTC)
Mark Allen vs John Higgins
(Fri, 12pm UTC)

Dominic Dale vs Elliot Slessor
(Fri, not earlier than 2pm UTC)
Martin O’Donnell vs Luca Brecel
(Fri, 7pm UTC)

Semi-Ultimate (bo11)

Matches to be performed on Feb seventeenth

G. Wilson/McGill vs Allen/Higgins
Dale/Slessor vs O’Donnell/Brecel

Ultimate (bo17)

Match to be performed on Feb 18th

TBC vs TBC

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