2 players pulled out pre tournament after a covid test was positive
Stuart Carrington tested positive and he had come into contact with Sam Craigie so both players withdrew which ment Thepchaiya Un-Nooh(Carringtons opponent) and McGill(Craigies opponent) both got byes
Then yesterday Oliver Lines beat Noppon Saengkham however today his father Peter tested positive and as they had contact both players have withdrawn, so Luo Honhao(Peter Lines Opponent gets a bye) and Anthony McGill who was due to face Oliver Lines gets his 2nd bye and is through to round 3 without playing a match
Day 2 and the final set of round 1 matches and there was controversy.
Rory McLeod beat Dave Gilbert but it kicked off between the 2 players over a free ball incident
Rory McLeod thought he had a free ball Dave Gilbert agreed with the ref it wasnt, McLeod was asking for the tournament director and everything(clip below)
In the press conferences afterwards apparently Gilbert said McLeod is always trying to intimidate people and McLeod said Gilberts etiquette was horrendous
He has painted his nails pink to raise awareness for breast cancer, I suppose with his hands being on the table, its gonna be noticeable
Respect to you for this, i thought it was a great thing to do! Also he said in the past he hasn't always been that forthcoming in raising awareness and charities etc so was good to see.
Day 2 and the final set of round 1 matches and there was controversy.
Rory McLeod beat Dave Gilbert but it kicked off between the 2 players over a free ball incident
Rory McLeod thought he had a free ball Dave Gilbert agreed with the ref it wasnt, McLeod was asking for the tournament director and everything(clip below)
In the press conferences afterwards apparently Gilbert said McLeod is always trying to intimidate people and McLeod said Gilberts etiquette was horrendous
Looks like a free ball but hard to tell without a close up.
Day 2 and the final set of round 1 matches and there was controversy.
Rory McLeod beat Dave Gilbert but it kicked off between the 2 players over a free ball incident
Rory McLeod thought he had a free ball Dave Gilbert agreed with the ref it wasnt, McLeod was asking for the tournament director and everything(clip below)
In the press conferences afterwards apparently Gilbert said McLeod is always trying to intimidate people and McLeod said Gilberts etiquette was horrendous
Looks like a free ball but hard to tell without a close up.
I agree its hard to see but Brendan Moore who is obviously a top referee tweeted this in the comments
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Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Farakh Ajaib Jamie Clarke 4-1 Liam Highfield Ding Junhui 4-1 Luca Brecel David Grace 4-3 Andy Hicks Andrew Higginson 4-3 Akani Songsermsawad Joe O'Connor 4-3 Rory McLeod Liang Wenbo 4-1 Martin O'Donnell Steven Hallworth 4-3 Yan Bingtao Matthew Stevens 4-2 Zhao Jianbo Alexander Ursenbacher 4-0 Nigel Bond Neil Robertson 4-2 Mark Joyce Xu Si 4-3 Matt Selt Kyren Wilson 4-1 Gao Yang Ben Hancorn 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Jimmy Robertson 4-1 Luo Honghao Tom Ford 4-2 Jamie Jones Robbie Williams 4-0 Mark Allen Judd Trump 4-3 Yuan Sijun Jak Jones 4-3 Jack Lisowski Hossein Vafaei 4-3 Joe Perry Allan Taylor 4-3 Simon Lichtenberg Gary Wilson 4-2 Ricky Walden Ben Woollaston 4-2 Stuart Bingham Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 Ryan Day Kurt Maflin 4-0 Jordan Brown Barry Hawkins 4-0 Lei Peifan Mark Selby 4-3 Chang Bingyu Mark Davis 4-3 Zhao Xintong John Higgins 4-0 Connor Benzey Michael Holt 4-0 Lu Ning David Lilley 4-3 Shaun Murphy
So we lost top 16 players, Mark Allen, Yan Bingtao, Stuart Bingham and Shaun Murphy all on the same day.
Great results for: Steven Hallworth who is enjoying his time on tour this time around, unlucky in his Championship league group(3 players finished on 6 points, he finished 3rd on frame difference) and now into the 3rd round here.
Ben Hancorn, disappointing in the Championship league and in the European masters but seems to have settled here.
I have to say with these 2 plus Brian Ochoiski who looked good and was unlucky against O'Sullivan in round 1, plus the few players who had a decent run in the European masters and I am gonna include Boiko because I think once he setttles he will be class, there is definitely a new group of players coming through which is brilliant to see.
Now I am not saying they are gonna win tournaments right now but its just good to see these new names coming through from England and Europe, I for one am excited whereas before players got on the tour and you didn't see them doing much, after a couple of tournaments there are definitely a few of the new players i think could at some stage in their career be ranking event winners
Trump wins again from 3-1 down, this time to Holt. I saw when Holt missed with a chance to win 4-1, turned it off knew what was going to happen. Pretty sure Holt has never beat Trump either, Trump needs to up now or he will lose sooner rather than later.
Trump wins again from 3-1 down, this time to Holt. I saw when Holt missed with a chance to win 4-1, turned it off knew what was going to happen. Pretty sure Holt has never beat Trump either, Trump needs to up now or he will lose sooner rather than later.
Now its Ronnie time , fasten your seat belts.
3rd match in a row Trump has won from 3-1 behind, Trump said after his match yesterday he is struggling with the lack of atmosphere, but personally I think its more to do with the fact Jack isnt there.
He started winning tournaments left right and centre when his brother Jack started going to every tournament with him and Judd has said himself that his brother being there helped him so much, I definitely think he is missing not having Jack there atm.
Wasn't 100% sure myself so looked it up Holt has beat Trump 3 times
2015-4-1 in a European Tour event 2013-5-1 in the Shanghai Masters 2011-6-4 in the Six Reds
Trump wins again from 3-1 down, this time to Holt. I saw when Holt missed with a chance to win 4-1, turned it off knew what was going to happen. Pretty sure Holt has never beat Trump either, Trump needs to up now or he will lose sooner rather than later.
Now its Ronnie time , fasten your seat belts.
3rd match in a row Trump has won from 3-1 behind, Trump said after his match yesterday he is struggling with the lack of atmosphere, but personally I think its more to do with the fact Jack isnt there.
He started winning tournaments left right and centre when his brother Jack started going to every tournament with him and Judd has said himself that his brother being there helped him so much, I definitely think he is missing not having Jack there atm.
Wasn't 100% sure myself so looked it up Holt has beat Trump 3 times
2015-4-1 in a European Tour event 2013-5-1 in the Shanghai Masters 2011-6-4 in the Six Reds
Oh must be someone else Holt always losses too, i might have got confused. Cheers Paulio
Yeah interesting point, his brother definitely helped and a sudden upturn in fortunes. It could be a bit of both really, not firing just yet but then these short formats its not formality.
Ding Junhui 4-2 Tom Ford Anthony McGill 4-0 Steven Hallworth Barry Hawkins 4-2 Joe O'Connor Mark Selby 4-3 Liang Wenbo Kyren Wilson 4-1 Xu Si Ben Woollaston 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher Hossein Vafaei 4-2 Jamie Clarke Robbie Williams 4-2 Kurt Maflin Andrew Higginson 4-3 David Grace Jak Jones 4-2 Ben Hancorn John Higgins 4-1 Jimmy Robertson Gary Wilson 4-2 Allan Taylor Judd Trump 4-3 Michael Holt Zhou Yuelong 4-2 David Lilley Neil Robertson 4-1 Mark Davis Matthew Stevens 4-1 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Robbie Williams 4-1 Anthony McGill John Higgins 4-1 Ding Junhui Zhou Yuelong 4-0 Andrew Higginson Kyren Wilson 4-0 Ben Woollaston Mark Selby 4-3 Hossein Vafaei Judd Trump 4-1 Gary Wilson Neil Robertson 4-2 Barry Hawkins Jak Jones 4-3 Matthew Stevens
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Stuart Carrington tested positive and he had come into contact with Sam Craigie so both players withdrew which ment Thepchaiya Un-Nooh(Carringtons opponent) and McGill(Craigies opponent) both got byes
Then yesterday Oliver Lines beat Noppon Saengkham however today his father Peter tested positive and as they had contact both players have withdrawn, so Luo Honhao(Peter Lines Opponent gets a bye) and Anthony McGill who was due to face Oliver Lines gets his 2nd bye and is through to round 3 without playing a match
Rory McLeod beat Dave Gilbert but it kicked off between the 2 players over a free ball incident
Rory McLeod thought he had a free ball Dave Gilbert agreed with the ref it wasnt, McLeod was asking for the tournament director and everything(clip below)
In the press conferences afterwards apparently Gilbert said McLeod is always trying to intimidate people and McLeod said Gilberts etiquette was horrendous
@johnnybev1987 prepare to be shocked
Credit were credit is due to Ronnie O'Sullivan
He has painted his nails pink to raise awareness for breast cancer, I suppose with his hands being on the table, its gonna be noticeable
Referee did check this, he was right it isn't a free ball. From the position of the cue ball both extreme edges can be hit.
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Round 2
Results
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Farakh Ajaib
Jamie Clarke 4-1 Liam Highfield
Ding Junhui 4-1 Luca Brecel
David Grace 4-3 Andy Hicks
Andrew Higginson 4-3 Akani Songsermsawad
Joe O'Connor 4-3 Rory McLeod
Liang Wenbo 4-1 Martin O'Donnell
Steven Hallworth 4-3 Yan Bingtao
Matthew Stevens 4-2 Zhao Jianbo
Alexander Ursenbacher 4-0 Nigel Bond
Neil Robertson 4-2 Mark Joyce
Xu Si 4-3 Matt Selt
Kyren Wilson 4-1 Gao Yang
Ben Hancorn 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Jimmy Robertson 4-1 Luo Honghao
Tom Ford 4-2 Jamie Jones
Robbie Williams 4-0 Mark Allen
Judd Trump 4-3 Yuan Sijun
Jak Jones 4-3 Jack Lisowski
Hossein Vafaei 4-3 Joe Perry
Allan Taylor 4-3 Simon Lichtenberg
Gary Wilson 4-2 Ricky Walden
Ben Woollaston 4-2 Stuart Bingham
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 Ryan Day
Kurt Maflin 4-0 Jordan Brown
Barry Hawkins 4-0 Lei Peifan
Mark Selby 4-3 Chang Bingyu
Mark Davis 4-3 Zhao Xintong
John Higgins 4-0 Connor Benzey
Michael Holt 4-0 Lu Ning
David Lilley 4-3 Shaun Murphy
Great results for:
Steven Hallworth who is enjoying his time on tour this time around, unlucky in his Championship league group(3 players finished on 6 points, he finished 3rd on frame difference) and now into the 3rd round here.
Ben Hancorn, disappointing in the Championship league and in the European masters but seems to have settled here.
I have to say with these 2 plus Brian Ochoiski who looked good and was unlucky against O'Sullivan in round 1, plus the few players who had a decent run in the European masters and I am gonna include Boiko because I think once he setttles he will be class, there is definitely a new group of players coming through which is brilliant to see.
Now I am not saying they are gonna win tournaments right now but its just good to see these new names coming through from England and Europe, I for one am excited whereas before players got on the tour and you didn't see them doing much, after a couple of tournaments there are definitely a few of the new players i think could at some stage in their career be ranking event winners
Round 3
Mark Selby v Liang Wenbo
Hossein Vafaei v Jamie Clarke
David Grace v Andrew Higginson
Zhou Yuelong v David Grace
Robbie Williams v Kurt Maflin
Steven Hallworth v Anthony McGill
Barry Hawkins v Joe O'Connor
Mark Davis v Neil Robertson
Judd Trump v Michael Holt
Allan Taylor v Gary Wilson
Alexander Ursenbacher v Ben Woollaston
Xu Si v Kyren Wilson
John Higgins v Jimmy Robertson
Ding Junhui v Tom Ford
Ben Hancorn v Jak Jones
Matthew Stevens v Ronnie O'Sullivan
Now its Ronnie time , fasten your seat belts.
He started winning tournaments left right and centre when his brother Jack started going to every tournament with him and Judd has said himself that his brother being there helped him so much, I definitely think he is missing not having Jack there atm.
Wasn't 100% sure myself so looked it up Holt has beat Trump 3 times
2015-4-1 in a European Tour event
2013-5-1 in the Shanghai Masters
2011-6-4 in the Six Reds
Yeah interesting point, his brother definitely helped and a sudden upturn in fortunes. It could be a bit of both really, not firing just yet but then these short formats its not formality.
Round 3 Results
Ding Junhui 4-2 Tom Ford
Anthony McGill 4-0 Steven Hallworth
Barry Hawkins 4-2 Joe O'Connor
Mark Selby 4-3 Liang Wenbo
Kyren Wilson 4-1 Xu Si
Ben Woollaston 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
Hossein Vafaei 4-2 Jamie Clarke
Robbie Williams 4-2 Kurt Maflin
Andrew Higginson 4-3 David Grace
Jak Jones 4-2 Ben Hancorn
John Higgins 4-1 Jimmy Robertson
Gary Wilson 4-2 Allan Taylor
Judd Trump 4-3 Michael Holt
Zhou Yuelong 4-2 David Lilley
Neil Robertson 4-1 Mark Davis
Matthew Stevens 4-1 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Round 4
Mark Selby v Hossein Vafaei
Andrew Higginson v Zhou Yuelong
Robbie Williams v Anthony McGill
Barry Hawkins v Neil Robertson
Judd Trump v Gary Wilson
Ben Woollaston v Kyren Wilson
John Higgins v Ding Junhui
Jak Jones v Matthew Stevens
Round 4
Results
Robbie Williams 4-1 Anthony McGill
John Higgins 4-1 Ding Junhui
Zhou Yuelong 4-0 Andrew Higginson
Kyren Wilson 4-0 Ben Woollaston
Mark Selby 4-3 Hossein Vafaei
Judd Trump 4-1 Gary Wilson
Neil Robertson 4-2 Barry Hawkins
Jak Jones 4-3 Matthew Stevens
Quarter Final
Mark Selby v Zhou Yuelong
Robbie Williams v Neil Robertson
Judd Trump v Kyren Wilson
John Higgins v Jak Jones
Robbie Williams has made 2 ranking event Quarter Finals before, winning 1 and losing the other.
Both have made it into the best of 9 situation now so slightly different as a mid session interval comes into play now.
Can either of them make it into Saturdays semi final and a best of 11
Quarter Final
Results
Mark Selby 5-2 Zhou Yuelong
John Higgins 5-1 Jak Jones
Neil Robertson 5-2 Robbie Williams
Judd Trump 5-1 Kyren Wilson
Semi Final
Mark Selby v Neil Robertson
Judd Trump v John Higgins
Thats a great semi final lineup
Semi Final
Result
Neil Robertson 6-5 Mark Selby
Higgins has just gone 4-3 ahead
Semi Final
Result
Judd Trump 6-4 John Higgins