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tournament that took place between 4 and 8 June 2008 in two cities in the

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. The round-robin stage consisted of two groups of six players, eight top 16 players and four Chinese

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. The final was staged at the

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, while the rest of the tournament had been held at the

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Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: £20,000 *Runner-Up: £9,000 *Semi-final: £4,000 *3rd place in group: £2,000 *4th place in group: £1,000 *Appearance Fees for 8 professionals: £2,500 *Highest break: £1,000 *Total: £64,000

Round-robin stage

Group A

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold. * Shaun Murphy 2–0 Jin Long → (80) 137–0, (65) 107–0 * Neil Robertson 0–2 Liang Wenbo → 54–59, 3–115 (89) * Ryan Day 0–2 Joe Perry → 43–65, 9–63 (62) * Shaun Murphy 2–1 Liang Wenbo → 72–52, 1–85 (76), 69–18 * Ryan Day 2–1 Neil Robertson → 73–50, 30–68 (64), (59) 68–23 * Shaun Murphy 1–2 Neil Robertson → 7–81, 72-(52), 37–71 * Joe Perry 2–1 Jin Long → 72–23, 40–72, 77–40 * Ryan Day 2–1 Jin Long → 0-(86), (100)-0, (73) 77–0 * Joe Perry 2–1 Liang Wenbo → 40–76, 61–44, (77) 83–1 * Ryan Day 2–0 Liang Wenbo → (91) 92–28, (89)-20 * Shaun Murphy 0–2 Joe Perry → 44–64, ?-? * Neil Robertson 0–2 Jin Long → 26–59 (59), 8–92 * Liang Wenbo 0–2 Jin Long → 40–80, 0–91 (62) * Neil Robertson 0–2 Joe Perry → 6–94, 43–92 (81) * Shaun Murphy 0–2 Ryan Day → 7–98 (62), 58–70

Group B

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold. * Mark Selby 2–1 → Li Hang 57–7, 2–66 (64), (100) 119–4 * Peter Ebdon 1–2 Liu Chuang → (66) 79–25, (53)-55, 35–59 * Ali Carter 0–2 Ding Junhui → 15–109 (108), 2–64 * Mark Selby 2–0 Liu Chuang → (102) 111–0, (86)-33 * Ali Carter 2–1 Peter Ebdon → (68) 69–0, 0–102 (93), 68–35 * Ding Junhui 2–1 Li Hang → (72)-0, 31–70 (54), 85–44 * Mark Selby 1–2 Peter Ebdon → 71–43, 16-(100), 20–82 (68) * Ali Carter 0–2 Li Hang → 0–79 (75), 4–50 * Ding Junhui 2–0 Liu Chuang → (77) 78–11, 61–54 * Ali Carter 2–1 Liu Chuang → 68–52, 23–72, 62–55 * Mark Selby 0–2 Ding Junhui → 10-(110), 30–69 * Peter Ebdon 2–1 Li Hang → (60) 84–8, 35–73, 66–17 * Liu Chuang 2–0 Li Hang → 68–8, 65–18 * Peter Ebdon 1–2 Ding Junhui → 2–76, (59) 77–0, 66–68 *Mark Selby 2–1 Ali Carter → (62) 67–24, 0–124 (52,72), (72)-1

Knock-out stages

* 32–71, (51) 75–43, 1–75 (52), 1–81 (74), 22–97 (81)
** (52) 75–21, (81) 85–0, (75) 120–1, (108) 120–0

Final

Century breaks

* 110, 108, 108

* 102, 100

* 100 Ryan Day * 100

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References

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