<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: UThirapongpaiboon wadlula emidlalweni emithathu yokuhlolwa, ngaphambi kokulahlekelwa emzuliswaneni wokugcina kokubili e-Australian Goldfields Open naseShanghai Masters, elahlekelwa nguLiang Wenbo futhi emgqeni wokugcina wanquma uJamie Cope ngokulandelana. Ube nesizini enhle kakhulu emiqhudelwaneni ye-Player Tour Championship, efinyelela kuma-quarter-finals emqhudelwaneni we-  <response>: umcimbi wesihlanu nowesithupha we-European Tour. Emcimbini wesihlanu wanqoba umuntu wakubo uThepchaiya Un-Nooh, uLiu Chuang kanye nomdlali we-top 16 uBarry Hawkins, ngaphambi kokulahlekelwa yi-34 ku-Anthony McGill, futhi emcimbini wesithupha wanqoba abantu abanjengoFergal OBrien, uRicky Walden noLiang Wenbo, ngaphambi kokuba ahlanzwe u-04 nguMark Selby. Uphinde wafinyelela kuma-last 16 komunye umcimbi ukuze aqede endaweni yama-38 ku-PTC Order of Merit. UThirapongpaiboon unqobe uJamie ONeill ngo-108 noMike Dunn ngo-106 kumqhudelwano wokuqokwa kweWorld Championship, kodwa isizini yakhe yaphela emzuliswaneni olandelayo lapho elahlekelwa ngo-810 kuMatthew Selt. Wagcina unyaka esendaweni yama-71 emhlabeni. 