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World top 16 players will compete in next week's China Open 2000
at Mission Hills, Shenzhen, it was announced by the World Sport
Group (WSA), one of the tournament organizers Tuesday, December
5.
Among the world top 16, which include the defending champion Ronnie
O'Sullivan, world champion and world No. 1 Mark Williams, seven-time
world champion Stephen Hendry, no player will be looking forward
to the tournament more than Marco Fu of Hong Kong, China.
Fu, ranked 14th in the latest world ranking, is snooker's latest
star of the ease and has taken over from Thailand's James Wattana
as the standard-bearer in Asia.
"It's great to be competing on home soil, " said Fu.
This is the third time that that WSA has staged a world-ranking
event in China.
The world top 16 will be joined by 16 qualifiers, which include
two Chinese wild cards -- Pang Weiguo and Cai Jianzhong. It will
be playing for a total prize of US$450,000 with the winner pocketing
US$75,000.
(People's Daily 12/05/2000)
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