Home Nations Quarter-Finals Change To Best Of 11

The home nations events \[English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Opens\] have received their first modification since inception of the strand: the quarter-finals will now be the same length as the semi-finals \[best of 11s instead of best of 9a\], with no roll-on roll-off format in the afternoon. Instead the afternoon quarter-final matches will be played simultaneously, as in every other tournament and in-line with the evening session in previous years.