He's just the third to play the tournament, after Liang Wen Chong in 2008 and Lian Wei Zhang in 2004.

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He is one ahead of two-time winner Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain, China's Zhang Lian-wei and Swede Fredrik Andersson Hed, the top four all 40 years of age or older.

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