Day 2 results (4 Mar 2017):
Men:
Round 2:
Liang Jingkun 1:2 Lin Gaoyuan (11:9, 5/11; 11/6)
Round 3:
Zhou Yu 2:1 Lin Gaoyuan (11:9, 6:11, 11:6)
Round 4:
Lin Gaoyuan 2:0 Yan An (11:1, 11:7)
They have to play each other once so total adds up to 66 matches for 12 players.That is Phase One and the highest ranking player will get the first ticket to WTTC on the 7th of March.
Then they will start Phase Two on 9th of March with a day of rest. They might choose to alter the rules according to Phase One but the following is how it is planned.
The remaining 11 players after Phase One + Shang Kun who was picked from Stage Two earlier will compete for the second ticket. The 12 players will be divided into 3 groups of 4. Winner of each group will proceed to Phase Three, the final day of competition on 10th of March.
In Phase Three, they will play in rounds and who beat the other two will win the second ticket. If no clear winner is determined in the first round then they will have to start another round at point 10:10. That means whoever win 2 points will win a game. They will keep playing in rounds like that until one clear winner is generated. No wonder LGL called it "Blood battle till the End".
The remaining 3 of the 5 positions will be picked by LGL and his group so to make sure the top players who was either held back by injury or bad luck in the Trials can still be able to play.