Tournament information | |
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Dates | 22–28 April 2017 |
City | Doha |
Country | Qatar |
Organisation | ACBS |
Highest break | Li Yuan (129) |
Final | |
Champion | Lyu Haotian |
Runner-up | Pankaj Advani |
Score | 6–3 |
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