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El lunes 26 de febrero, arranca el cuarto y último episodio de las Home Nations Series, con el Welsh Open 2018. Eurosport, la casa del Snooker, emitirá el torneo en directo, hasta la finalísima del domingo 4 de marzo, con los comentarios de Arturo Pérez, Martin Pérez y Sergio Manuel Gutiérrez.
COBERTURA TELEVISIVA
CALENDARIO TEMPORADA 2017/18
A continuación podéis consultar los horarios de Eurosport y Eurosport 2 para poder seguir el torneo en riguroso directo:
HORARIOS EUROSPORT 1-2
SUSCRIBIRSE EUROSPORT PLAYER
Las Home Nations Series, tratan de cuatro torneos en el Reino Unido. English Open – Irish Open – Scottish Open – Welsh Open.
ENGLISH OPEN 2017 CAMPEÓN RONNIE O’SULLIVAN
NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN 2017 CAMPEÓN MARK WILLIAMS
SCOTTISH OPEN 2017 CAMPEÓN NEIL ROBERTSON
Cada torneo, inspira su trofeo (Campeón Torneo) en una leyenda, con el atractivo de un premio de 1 MILLÓN DE LIBRAS para el ganador de las cuatro pruebas en una misma temporada.
S. Davis (English) A. Higgins (Irish) S. Hendry (Scottish) R. Reardon (Welsh)
BIO: STEVE DAVIS
BIO: ALEX HIGGINS
BIO: STEPHEN HENDRY
BIO: RAY REARDON
Formato Welsh Open 2017
El Welsh Open 2018, se disputará en el Motorpoint Arena en Cardiff (Gales), con un CUADRO de 130 JUGADORES del circuito profesional. Las cuatro primeras rondas, se disputaran al mejor de 7 frames (ganar4), cuartos de final al mejor de 9 frames (ganar 5), semifinales al mejor de 11 frames (ganar 6) y la gran final al mejor de 17 frames (ganar 9).
PREMIOS WELSH OPEN 2018
Historia Welsh Open
| Año | Campeón | Finalista | Marcador |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 |  Stephen Hendry |
 Darren Morgan |
9–3 |
| 1993 |  Ken Doherty |
Alan McManus |
9–7 |
| 1994 |  Steve Davis |
Alan McManus |
9–6 |
| 1995 | Steve Davis |
John Higgins |
9–3 |
| 1996 | Mark Williams |
John Parrott |
9–3 |
| 1997 | Stephen Hendry |
Mark King |
9–2 |
| 1998 | Paul Hunter |
John Higgins |
9–5 |
| 1999 | Mark Williams |
Stephen Hendry |
9–8 |
| 2000 | John Higgins |
Stephen Lee |
9–8 |
| 2001 | Ken Doherty |
Paul Hunter |
9–2 |
| 2002 | Paul Hunter |
Ken Doherty |
9–7 |
| 2003 | Stephen Hendry |
Mark Williams |
9–5 |
| 2004 | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
Steve Davis |
9–8 |
| 2005 | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
Stephen Hendry |
9–8 |
| 2006 | Stephen Lee |
Shaun Murphy |
9–4 |
| 2007 |  Neil Robertson |
Andrew Higginson |
9–8 |
| 2008 | Mark Selby |
Ronnie O’Sullivan |
9–8 |
| 2009 | Ali Carter |
 Joe Swail |
9–5 |
| 2010 | John Higgins |
Ali Carter |
9–4 |
| 2011 | John Higgins |
Stephen Maguire |
9–6 |
| 2012 |  Ding Junhui |
Mark Selby |
9–6 |
| 2013 | Stephen Maguire |
Stuart Bingham |
9–8 |
| 2014 | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
Ding Junhui |
9–3 |
| 2015 | John Higgins |
Ben Woollaston |
9–3 |
| 2016 | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
Neil Robertson |
9–5 |
| 2017 | Stuart Bingham |
Judd Trump |
9-8 |
SESIONES Y RESULTADOS
PRIMERA RONDA 26 FEBRERO
Darren Morgan v Rhydian Richards (partido pre-clasificación).
| 1 | 11:00 | Darren Morgan | 3 | v | 4 | Rhydian Richards |
| 3 | 11:00 | Jackson Page | 4 | v | 3 | Sean O’Sullivan |
| 4 | 11:00 | Scott Donaldson | 4 | v | 2 | Fergal O’Brien |
| 10 | 11:00 | Fang Xiongman | 4 | v | 3 | Yuan SiJun |
| 11 | 11:00 | Chen Zifan | 4 | v | 1 | Zhou Yuelong |
| 13 | 11:00 | Barry Hawkins | 4 | v | 1 | Niu Zhuang |
| 23 | 11:00 | Jamie Curtis-Barrett | 1 | v | 4 | Ian Burns |
| 52 | 11:00 | Dominic Dale | 4 | v | 0 | Chris Totten |
| 2 | 14:00 | Stuart Bingham | 4 | v | 1 | Chen Zhe |
| 8 | 14:00 | Wang Yuchen | 1 | v | 4 | Peter Ebdon |
| 14 | 14:00 | Li Yuan | 1 | v | 4 | Ricky Walden |
| 19 | 14:00 | Li Hang | v | w/o | Liam Highfield | |
| 20 | 14:00 | Xiao Guodong | 0 | v | 4 | Chris Wakelin |
| 21 | 14:00 | Andrew Higginson | 4 | v | 3 | Ashley Hugill |
| 26 | 14:00 | Zhang Yong | 1 | v | 4 | James Wattana |
| 45 | 14:00 | Ali Carter | 4 | v | 0 | Rhys Clark |
| 6 | 15:00 | Ryan Day | 2 | v | 4 | Kurt Dunham |
| 12 | 15:00 | Rod Lawler | 0 | v | 4 | Tom Ford |
| 30 | 15:00 | Craig Steadman | 4 | v | 1 | David John |
| 35 | 15:00 | Sanderson Lam | 0 | v | 4 | Graeme Dott |
| 57 | 15:00 | Daniel Wells | 4 | v | 1 | Lee Walker |
| 7 | 17:30 | Jimmy White | 3 | v | 4 | Yan Bingtao |
| 25 | 17:30 | Tian Pengfei | 1 | v | 4 | Akani Songsermsawad |
| 9 | 20:00 | Anthony Hamilton | 4 | v | 3 | David Gilbert |
| 27 | 20:00 | Michael Holt | 4 | v | 2 | Elliot Slessor |
| 31 | 20:00 | Hossein Vafaei | 2 | v | 4 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| 33 | 20:00 | Judd Trump | 4 | v | 3 | Duane Jones |
| 54 | 20:00 | Mark Allen | 4 | v | 2 | Cao Yupeng |
| 63 | 20:00 | Ian Preece | 4 | v | 2 | Zhao Xintong |
| 18 | 21:00 | Ding Junhui | 4 | v | 0 | Hammad Miah |
| 22 | 21:00 | Neil Robertson | 4 | v | 1 | Mark Davis |
| 65 | 21:00 | Mark Selby | 4 | v | 2 | Christopher Keogan |
PRIMERA RONDA 27 FEBEREO
| 15 | 11:00 | Michael White | 2 | v | 4 | Martin Gould |
| 32 | 11:00 | Noppon Saengkham | 4 | v | 2 | Ross Muir |
| 37 | 11:00 | Mei Xi Wen | 3 | v | 4 | Jak Jones |
| 38 | 11:00 | Luca Brecel | 4 | v | 2 | Josh Boileau |
| 42 | 11:00 | Paul S Davison | 2 | v | 4 | Lyu Haotian |
| 46 | 11:00 | Sam Craigie | 4 | v | 0 | Leo Fernandez |
| 47 | 11:00 | Jimmy Robertson | 0 | v | 4 | Kurt Maflin |
| 51 | 11:00 | Stuart Carrington | 4 | v | 3 | Peter Lines |
| 17 | 14:00 | Mark Williams | 4 | v | 2 | Mark King |
| 29 | 14:00 | Kyren Wilson | 4 | v | 1 | Robert Milkins |
| 36 | 14:00 | David Grace | 4 | v | 3 | Rhydian Richards |
| 39 | 14:00 | Hamza Akbar | 0 | v | 4 | Mike Dunn |
| 40 | 14:00 | Alan McManus | 0 | v | 4 | Xu Si |
| 43 | 14:00 | Jack Lisowski | 4 | v | 3 | Mark Joyce |
| 53 | 14:00 | John J Astley | 4 | v | 2 | Zhang Anda |
| 56 | 14:00 | Gary Wilson | 4 | v | 1 | Sam Baird |
| 5 | 15:00 | Matthew Stevens | 4 | v | 1 | Ken Doherty |
| 28 | 15:00 | Rory McLeod | 4 | v | 2 | Adam Duffy |
| 44 | 15:00 | Nigel Bond | 4 | v | 2 | Lukas Kleckers |
| 55 | 15:00 | Alex Borg | 0 | v | 4 | Soheil Vahedi |
| 59 | 15:00 | Yu De Lu | 4 | v | 2 | Billy Joe Castle |
| 61 | 15:00 | Anthony McGill | 4 | v | 1 | Basem Eltahhan |
| 48 | 17:30 | Joe Perry | 2 | v | 4 | Stephen Maguire |
| 60 | 17:30 | Thor Chuan Leong | 3 | v | 4 | Ben Woollaston |
| 16 | 20:00 | Aditya Mehta | 4 | v | 3 | Martin O’Donnell |
| 34 | 20:00 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | w/o | v | Robin Hull | |
| 41 | 20:00 | Mitchell Mann | 0 | v | 4 | Michael Georgiou |
| 50 | 20:00 | Shaun Murphy | 0 | v | 4 | Gerard Greene |
| 58 | 20:00 | Oliver Lines | 4 | v | 3 | Eden Sharav |
| 62 | 20:00 | Robbie Williams | 4 | v | 0 | Allan Taylor |
| 64 | 20:00 | Alfie Burden | 3 | v | 4 | Liang Wenbo |
| 24 | 21:00 | Jamie Jones | 4 | v | 1 | Alexander Ursenbacher |
| 49 | 21:00 | John Higgins | 4 | v | 2 | Matthew Selt |
SEGUNDA RONDA 28 FEBRERO
| 69 | 11:00 | Peter Ebdon | 4 | v | 1 | Anthony Hamilton |
| 70 | 11:00 | Fang Xiongman | 4 | v | 2 | Chen Zifan |
| 74 | 11:00 | Ding Junhui | 1 | v | 4 | Liam Highfield |
| 75 | 11:00 | Chris Wakelin | 4 | v | 2 | Andrew Higginson |
| 78 | 11:00 | James Wattana | 4 | v | 2 | Michael Holt |
| 80 | 11:00 | Craig Steadman | 4 | v | 2 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| 81 | 11:00 | Noppon Saengkham | 4 | v | 1 | Judd Trump |
| 83 | 11:00 | David Grace | 4 | v | 0 | Jak Jones |
| 67 | 14:00 | Scott Donaldson | 2 | v | 4 | Matthew Stevens |
| 72 | 14:00 | Ricky Walden | 3 | v | 4 | Martin Gould |
| 82 | 14:00 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 4 | v | 0 | Graeme Dott |
| 84 | 14:00 | Luca Brecel | 1 | v | 4 | Mike Dunn |
| 85 | 14:00 | Xu Si | 4 | v | 2 | Michael Georgiou |
| 87 | 14:00 | Nigel Bond | 4 | v | 3 | Ali Carter |
| 88 | 14:00 | Sam Craigie | 4 | v | 1 | Kurt Maflin |
| 96 | 14:00 | Robbie Williams | 4 | v | 0 | Ian Preece |
| 66 | 15:00 | Stuart Bingham | 4 | v | 2 | Jackson Page |
| 77 | 15:00 | Jamie Jones | 1 | v | 4 | Akani Songsermsawad |
| 92 | 15:00 | Mark Allen | 4 | v | 1 | Soheil Vahedi |
| 94 | 15:00 | Oliver Lines | 2 | v | 4 | Yu De Lu |
| 95 | 15:00 | Ben Woollaston | 4 | v | 3 | Anthony McGill |
| 76 | 17:30 | Neil Robertson | 3 | v | 4 | Ian Burns |
| 90 | 17:30 | Gerard Greene | 4 | v | 3 | Stuart Carrington |
| 68 | 20:00 | Kurt Dunham | 2 | v | 4 | Yan Bingtao |
| 71 | 20:00 | Tom Ford | 0 | v | 4 | Barry Hawkins |
| 73 | 20:00 | Aditya Mehta | 3 | v | 4 | Mark Williams |
| 79 | 20:00 | Rory McLeod | 0 | v | 4 | Kyren Wilson |
| 86 | 20:00 | Lyu Haotian | 2 | v | 4 | Jack Lisowski |
| 91 | 20:00 | Dominic Dale | 2 | v | 4 | John J Astley |
| 93 | 20:00 | Gary Wilson | 4 | v | 3 | Daniel Wells |
| 89 | 21:00 | Stephen Maguire | 1 | v | 4 | John Higgins |
| 97 | 21:00 | Liang Wenbo | 4 | v | 3 | Mark Selby |
TERCERA Y CUARTA RONDA 1 MARZO
TERCERA RONDA
| 98 | 11:00 | Stuart Bingham | 1 | v | 4 | Matthew Stevens |
| 99 | 11:00 | Yan Bingtao | 4 | v | 1 | Peter Ebdon |
| 100 | 11:00 | Fang Xiongman | 2 | v | 4 | Barry Hawkins |
| 102 | 11:00 | Liam Highfield | 4 | v | 1 | Chris Wakelin |
| 104 | 11:00 | James Wattana | 3 | v | 4 | Kyren Wilson |
| 105 | 11:00 | Craig Steadman | 2 | v | 4 | Noppon Saengkham |
| 107 | 11:00 | Mike Dunn | 4 | v | 2 | Xu Si |
| 110 | 11:00 | Gerard Greene | 3 | v | 4 | John J Astley |
| 103 | 14:00 | Ian Burns | 4 | v | 2 | Akani Songsermsawad |
| 106 | 14:00 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 4 | v | 0 | David Grace |
| 108 | 14:00 | Jack Lisowski | 3 | v | 4 | Nigel Bond |
| 109 | 14:00 | Sam Craigie | 0 | v | 4 | John Higgins |
| 111 | 14:00 | Mark Allen | 3 | v | 4 | Gary Wilson |
| 112 | 14:00 | Yu De Lu | 4 | v | 0 | Ben Woollaston |
| 101 | 15:00 | Martin Gould | 4 | v | 2 | Mark Williams |
| 113 | 15:00 | Robbie Williams | 3 | v | 4 | Liang Wenbo |
CUARTA RONDA
| 114 | 20:00 | Matthew Stevens | 2 | v | 4 | Yan Bingtao |
| 116 | 20:00 | Liam Highfield | 3 | v | 4 | Ian Burns |
| 117 | 20:00 | Kyren Wilson | 0 | v | 4 | Noppon Saengkham |
| 118 | 20:00 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 4 | v | 0 | Mike Dunn |
| 120 | 20:00 | John J Astley | 2 | v | 4 | Gary Wilson |
| 115 | 21:00 | Barry Hawkins | 4 | v | 2 | Martin Gould |
| 119 | 21:00 | Nigel Bond | 0 | v | 4 | John Higgins |
| 121 | 21:00 | Yu De Lu | 4 | v | 1 | Liang Wenbo |
CUARTOS DE FINAL 2 MARZO
| 123 | 13:00 | Ian Burns | 3 | v | 5 | Noppon Saengkham |
| 122 | 15:00 | Yan Bingtao | 1 | v | 5 | Barry Hawkins |
| 124 | 20:00 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 1 | v | 5 | John Higgins |
| 125 | 20:00 | Gary Wilson | 5 | v | 2 | Yu De Lu |
SEMIFINALES 3 MARZO
| 126 | 14:00 | Barry Hawkins | 6 | v | 4 | Noppon Saengkham |
| 127 | 20:00 | John Higgins | 6 | v | 2 | Gary Wilson |
FINAL 4 MARZO
| 128 | Barry Hawkins | 7 | v | 9 | John Higgins |
