Whats confusing 7 players all play each other once The 2 players that finish bottom 2 leave the tournement The top 4 go into the semi finals The losing semi finalists and finalist join the player who finished 5th and 3 new players in the next group. The winner goes into the winners group
but how far down do you keep adding another 3 new players to for the next group ?
And doesn't that mean those who were in the very first group can lose multiple times, but the 3 added in the very last group only have that one chance ?
but how far down do you keep adding another 3 new players to for the next group ?
And doesn't that mean those who were in the very first group can lose multiple times, but the 3 added in the very last group only have that one chance ?
I think i said on here before, also one year the person who won it Bingham possibly or Trump got to the final every group then lost rinse repeat won the final one and then the final and pocketed alot of money that way. I am sure Paulie might know the proper stats, but sounded like they used the system as you used to get paid per frame won/ breaks.
Its only £100.per frame won in Groups and £300 in semi/final
Plus if they win the group they get £3,000
In a first the 3 format anyone can beat anyone, all it takes is a bad day(for.example Trump hasnt won a match today)
I dont think players would throw away a £3,000 prize and risk having 1 bad day and losing the top prize of 10,00 for a few extra thousand(also as a non ranking event, it doesnt help there rankings to get a few extra thousand) and personally I think integrity of Snooker is better than that
but how far down do you keep adding another 3 new players to for the next group ?
And doesn't that mean those who were in the very first group can lose multiple times, but the 3 added in the very last group only have that one chance ?
Yes technically the people in Group 1 have 7 chances, but those in group 7 only get 1
Championship League Group 5 Day 2 results and final table
Martin Gould 3-0 Dave Gilbert Joe Perry 3-2 Ricky Walden Mark Williams 3-0 Dave Gilbert Ben Woollaston 3-2 Judd Trump Martin Gould 3-1 Joe Perry Ricky Walden 3-2 Judd Trump Ricky Walden 3-0 Dave Gilbert Mark Williams 3-0 Joe Perry Ben Woollaston 3-1 Martin Gould
Final Table 1-Judd Trump(4 Points) 2-Ben Woollaston(4 Points) 3-Mark Williams(4 Points) 4-Ricky Walden(3 Points) 5-Martin Gould(3 Points) 6-Joe Perry(2 Points) 7-Dave Gilbert(1 Points) So Gilbert and Perry go home Gould goes into group 6 Trump faces Walden and Williams faces Woollaston.
Championship League Group 5 Semi Finals
Ricky Walden 3-2 Judd Trump Mark Williams 3-1 Ben Woollaston
Championship League Group 5 Final Mark Williams 3-1 Ricky Walden
So Mark Williams joins winners group Trump, Walden and Woollaston enter group 6
At least todays group is quite interesting, Li Hang has played well this season so could be a suprise, really hard to follow this so well done for updating everyone. German Masters starts next week but will be missing a few of the big names as they failed to qualify.
China Open qualifiers have finally been draw. Alot of confusion over this event, not sure if issue was with Venue or Sponsors but it was only confirmed to be going ahead Monday, entry forms sent to players by Tuesday so the players had less than 48 hours to return them.
Anyway it is going ahead and qualifing takes place at Barnsley from 27/1/18 to 30/1/2018
Pre Qualifier 1-Zhang Yong v Wildcard 1 2-Wildcard 2 v Wildcard 3 3-Basem Eltahhan v Wildcard 4
Qualifiers Mark Selby v Wang Yuchen Scott Donaldson v Zhang Anda Ben Woollaston v Rod Lawler Rob Milkins v Lee Walker Ryan Day v Lyu Haotian Rory McLeod v Liam Highfied Stephen Maguire v James Wattana Fergal O'Brien v Hammad Miah Mark Davis v Alexander Ursenbacher Michael Holt v Akani Songsermsawad Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Ian Burns Mark Williams v Ian Preece Kurt Maflin v Ashley Hugill Yan Bingtao v John J Astley Noppon Saengkham v Ken Doherty Mark Allen v Allan Taylor John Higgins v Adam Duffy Alfie Burden v Martin O'Donnell Anthony Hamilton v David John Jack Lisowski v Gerard Greene Ali Carter v Chen Zifan Gary Wilson v Niu Zhuang Joe Perry v Joe Swail Matthew Selt v Chris Totten Peter Ebdon v Winner of Pre Qualifier 1 Mark King v Leo Fernandez Andrew Higginson v Winner of Pre Qualifier 2 Kyren Wilson v Li Yuan Jimmy Robertson v Christopher Keogan Xiao Guodong v Alex Borg Tian Pengfei v Craig Steadman Ding Junhui v Michael Georgiou Judd Trump v Jak Jones Oliver Lines v Nigel Bond Zhou Yuelong v Sean O'Sullivan Li Hang v Chen Zhe Neil Robertson v Robin Hull Robbie Williams v Sanderson Lam Martin Gould v Fang Xiongman Jamie Jones v Sam Craigie Hossein Vafaei v Hamza Akbar Ricky Walden v Aditya Mehta Matthew Stevens v Eden Sharav Stuart Bingham v Jimmy White Mark Joyce v Peter Lines Graeme Dott v Mei Xi Wen Chris Wakelin v Lukas Kleckers Shaun Murphy v David Grace Barry Hawkins v Josh Boileau Sam Baird v Soheil Vahedi Michael White v Xu Si Dominic Dale v Paul S Davison Luca Brecel v Zhao Xintong Cao Yupeng v Kurt Dunham David Gilbert v Billy Joe Castle Mike Dunn v Mitchell Mann Yu De Lu v Duane Jones Liang Wenbo v Rhys Clark Stuart Carrington v Winner of Pre Qualifer 3 Anthony McGill v Thor Chuan Leong Tom Ford v Jamie Curtis-Barrett Alan McManus v Yuan SiJun Daniel Wells v Elliot Slessor Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ross Muir
Interesting to see how Bingham does in his first match back
Championship League Group 6 Day 1 results and table
Graeme Dott 3-1 Martin Gould Li Hang 3-0 Michael White Li Hang 3-0 Judd Trump Ricky Walden 3-1 Ben Woollaston Graeme Dott 3-2 Michael White Martin Gould 3-0 Ben Woollaston Li Hang 3-2 Graeme Dott Judd Trump 3-0 Ricky Walden Martin Gould 3-1 Michael White Judd Trump 3-1 Ben Woollaston Martin Gould 3-0 Ricky Walden Judd Trump 3-0 Graeme Dott
Current Table 1-Martin Gould (3 Points) 2-Li Hang (3 Points) 3-Judd Trump (3 Points) 4-Graeme Dott (2 Points) 5-Ricky Walden (1 Point) 6-Michael White (0 Points) 7-Ben Woollaston(0 Points)
Championship League Group 6 day 2 results and final table
Ricky Walden 3-2 Li Hang Michael White 3-0 Ben Woollaston Martin Gould 3-2 Judd Trump Ricky Walden 3-2 Graeme Dott Judd Trump 3-0 Michael White Ben Woollaston 3-1 Li Hang Ricky Walden 3-2 Michael White Graeme Dott 3-2 Ben Woollaston Martin Gould 3-2 Li Hang
China Open Qualifiers start in 5 hours The first matches are the following
Alfie Burden(61) v Martin O'Donnell(91) Yu De Lu(45) v Duane Jones (113) Xiao Guodong(30) v Alex Borg(98) Mark Joyce(39) v Peter Lines(93) Joe Perry(22) v Joe Swail(117)
We know the 1st 5 people who need to get flights and accomodation sorted for April
Martin O'Donnell 6-2 Alfie Burden Duane Jones 6-5 Yu De Lu Xiao Guodong 6-2 Alex Borg Mark Joyce 6-4 Peter Lines Joe Perry 6-1 Joe Swail
2nd set of matches are just about to start
Scott Donaldson(65) v Zhang Anda(69) Anthony Hamilton(29) v David John(128) Rory McLeod(50) v Liam Highfield(68) Gary Wilson(55) v Niu Zhuang(107) Ben Woollaston(33) v Rod Lawer(124)
China Open Qualifiers Results Scott Donaldson 6-3 Zhang Anda Liam Highfield 6-0 Rory McLeod Gary Wilson 6-2 Nui Zhang Ben Woollaston 6-1 Rod Lawer Anthony Hamilton v David John(still playing over 5 and a half hours so far, David John was 5-1 up in what would have been the biggest win of his career, it is currently 5-4)
Final matches of day 1
Graeme Dott(28) v Mei Xiwen(70) Michael Holt(25) v Akani Songsermsawad(75) Jack Lisowski(38) v Gerrard Greene(92) Judd Trump(3) v Jak Jones(98) -these are the unfortunate 2 waiting for the Hamilton match to finish Martin Gould(20) v Fang Xiongman(87)
Day 1 has finished with a massive surprise Judd Trump will not be going to China
Anthony Hamilton 6-5 David John Graeme Dott 6-2 Mei Xiwen Michael Holt 6-2 Akani Songsermsawad Jack Lisowski 6-4 Gerrard Greene Martin Gould 6-2 Fang Xiomgman Jak Jones 6-5 Judd Trump
So the first 15 players into the China Open are Martin O'Donnell(91) Duane Jones(113) Xiao Guodong(30) Mark Joyce(39) Joe Perry(22) Scott Donaldson(65) Anthony Hamilton(29) Liam Highfield(68) Gary Wilson(55) Ben Woollaston(33) Graeme Dott(28) Michael Holt(25) Jack Lisowski(38) Martin Gould(20) Jak Jones(98)
I have put a link to his tweet, but its not showing so this is what he said.
I’ve been suffering from a retinal degeneration in my left eye, will take a few months break from professional snooker, hope to have a speedy recovery and back playing soon! Thanks everyone for the support xxx
Day 2 of China Open qualifiers included the return to the Baize of Stuart Bingham
Luca Brecel 6-2 Zhou Zintong Dave Gilbert 6-3 Billy Joe Castle Lee Walker 6-4 Rob Milkins Michael White 6-5 Xu Si Yan Bingtao 6-2 John J Astley Mark Davis 6-2 Alexander Ursenbacher Mark King 6-2 Leo Fernandez Jimmy Robertson 6-2 Christopher Keogan Neil Robertson 6-4 Robin Hull Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6-4 Ian Burns Stuart Bingham 6-2 Jimmy White Mark Williams 6-1 Ian Preece Nigel Bond 6-3 Oliver Lines Chris Trotten 6-2 Matthew Selt
There is still 1 match ongoing, and it could go on for a while yet its currently Tian Pengfei 4-4 Craig Steadman
Day 3 of China Open Qualifiees yesterday and another 14 players through to China
Lyu Haotian 6-3 Ryan Day Sam Craigie 6-3 Jamie Jones Yuan Sijun 6-5 Alan McManus Ricky Walden 6-2 Aditya Mehta Zhou Yuelong 6-2 Sean O'Sullivan Tom Ford 6-3 Jamie Barrett Chen Zhi 6-4 Li Hang Shaun Murphy 6-3 David Grace Fergal O'Brien 6-3 Hammad Miah Robbie Williams 6-3 Sanderson Lam Mark Allen 6-4 Allan Taylor Barry Hawkins 6-4 Josh Boileau Matthew Stevens 6-1 Eden Sharav Chris Wakelin 6-1 Lukas Kleckers
So 13 more qualifiers to come tomorrow to round it off, so far only 2 of the top 16 will not be going China Judd Trump Marco Fu(as stated above has pulled out of all events for a few months due to an eye problem)
Paul Davison 6-4 Dominic Dale Mike Dunn 6-4 Mitchell Mann Kurt Mafflin 6-5 Ashley Hugill Stephen Maguire 6-3 James Wattana Noppon Saengkham 6-4 Ken Doherty Sam Baird 6-5 Soheil Vahedi Cao Yupeng 6-3 Kurt Dunham Ali Carter 6-4 Chen Zifan Kyren Wilson 6-0 Li Yuan Hamza Akbar 6-0 Hossein Vafaei John Higgins 6-3 Adam Duffy Anthony McGill 6-5 Thor Chuan Leong Elliot Slessor 6-4 Daniel Wells
Feel sorry once again for Hossein Vafaei, once again denied his Visa(hence the 6-0 scoreline) He genuinely has so much quality, but his Visa is stopping him
So we now know 57/64 players who will be competing for The China Open(which has £1 million in the total prize fund this year £225,000 for the winner)
Scott Donaldson (65) Ben Woollaston (33) Lee Walker (71) Lyu Haotian (74) Liam Highfield (68) Stephen Maguire (18) Fergal O'Brien (49) Mark Davis (42) Michael Holt (25) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (57) Mark Williams (10) Kurt Maflin (41) Yan Bingtao (26) Noppon Saengkham (58) Mark Allen (8) John Higgins (5) Martin O'Donell (91) Anthony Hamilton (29) Jack Lisowski (38) Ali Carter (13) Gary Wilson (55) Joe Perry (22) Chris Trotten (119) Mark King (21) Kyren Wilson (14) Jimmy Robertson (37) Xiao Guodong (30) Craig Steadman (89) Jak Jones (85) Nigel Bond (125) Zhou Yuelong (31) Chen Zhe (104) Neil Robertson (15) Robbie Williams (52) Martin Gould (20) Sam Craigie (80) Hamza Akbar (127) Ricky Walden (23) Matthew Stevens (54) Stuart Bingham (12) Mark Joyce (39) Graeme Dott (28) Chris Wakelin (60) Shaun Murphy (6) Barry Hawkins (7) Sam Baird (59) Michael White (27) Paul Davison (118) Luca Brecel (11) Cao Yupeng (56) Dave Gilbert (24) Mike Dunn (43) Duane Jones (113) Anthony Mcgil l(16) Tom Ford (35) Yuan Sijun (105) Elliott Slessor (72)
Obviously we are 7 players short The pre qualifiers(wildcards) are held over until the event, meaning: Stuart Carrington Andrew Higginson Peter Ebdon Will have to wait until the China Open to lmay there qualifier, Also the hold back 4 other qualifi g matches to be played at the event, these involve 4 big names usually to help boost crowds
Mark Selby v Wang Yuchen Ding Jungui v Michael Georgiou Liang Wenbo v Rhys Clark Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ross Muir
Now its straight from Qualifiers in Barnsley to The Tempodrom in Berlin for the German Masters
Were World number 29 Anthony Hamilton will look to defend his title A few notable absences after poor qualifing for the following
Neil Robertson to Tom Ford Stephen Maguire lost to Gary Wilson Michael White lost to Robin Hull Kyren Wilson lost to Jack Lisowski Anthony McGill lost to Jimmy White Ali Carter lost to Wang Yuchen Luca Brecel lost to Hammad Miah
Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from Qualifers Stuart Bingham was still banned at the time Marco Fu did not even enter Qualifiers
Day 1of the German Masters sprung up a couple of surprises, defending Champion out Masters champion out
1 match had 4 centuries(Trump v Woollaston)
Jimmy Robertson 5-1 Anthony Hamilton Ding Junhui 5-3 Michael Georgiou Joe Perry 5-4 Yu De Lu Ricky Walden 5-3 Jack Lisowski Mark Williams 5-3 Fergal O'Brien Matt Selt 5-4 Mark Allen Gary Wilson 5-2 Martin Gould Judd Trump 5-3 Ben Woollaston
Shaun Murphy 5-2 Alan McManus Mei Xiwen 5-1 Hammah Miah Mark Davis 5-2 Niu Zhuang Ryan Day 5-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Liang Wenbo 5-1 Tom Ford Xiao Guodong 5-3 Mark Selby Graeme Dott 5-3 Barry Hawkins Mark Joyce 5-4 Dave Gilbert
Round 2
Jimmy Robertson (37) v Gary Wilson (55) Mark Williams (10) v Matt Selt (45) Ding Junhui (4) v Ricky Walden (23) Joe Perry (22) v Judd Trump (3)
Mark Davis (42) v Ryan Day (17) Mark Joyce (39) v Shaun Murphy (6) Graeme Dott (28) v Mei Xiwen (70) Liang Wenbo (19) v Xiao Guodong (30)
Wide open one this, Shaun Murphy / Trump probably have the best chance but could be anyone.
After Trump struggled yesterday and Allen left. after the poor season he has had so far i decided this was gonna kick him on and put a few quid on Selby at 10/3
Really fearful for his chances to retain the world title now.
Comments
7 players all play each other once
The 2 players that finish bottom 2 leave the tournement
The top 4 go into the semi finals
The losing semi finalists and finalist join the player who finished 5th and 3 new players in the next group.
The winner goes into the winners group
And doesn't that mean those who were in the very first group can lose multiple times, but the 3 added in the very last group only have that one chance ?
Plus if they win the group they get £3,000
In a first the 3 format anyone can beat anyone, all it takes is a bad day(for.example Trump hasnt won a match today)
I dont think players would throw away a £3,000 prize and risk having 1 bad day and losing the top prize of 10,00 for a few extra thousand(also as a non ranking event, it doesnt help there rankings to get a few extra thousand) and personally I think integrity of Snooker is better than that
Group 5 Day 2 results and final table
Martin Gould 3-0 Dave Gilbert
Joe Perry 3-2 Ricky Walden
Mark Williams 3-0 Dave Gilbert
Ben Woollaston 3-2 Judd Trump
Martin Gould 3-1 Joe Perry
Ricky Walden 3-2 Judd Trump
Ricky Walden 3-0 Dave Gilbert
Mark Williams 3-0 Joe Perry
Ben Woollaston 3-1 Martin Gould
Final Table
1-Judd Trump(4 Points)
2-Ben Woollaston(4 Points)
3-Mark Williams(4 Points)
4-Ricky Walden(3 Points)
5-Martin Gould(3 Points)
6-Joe Perry(2 Points)
7-Dave Gilbert(1 Points)
So Gilbert and Perry go home
Gould goes into group 6
Trump faces Walden and Williams faces Woollaston.
Championship League
Group 5 Semi Finals
Ricky Walden 3-2 Judd Trump
Mark Williams 3-1 Ben Woollaston
Championship League
Group 5 Final
Mark Williams 3-1 Ricky Walden
So Mark Williams joins winners group
Trump, Walden and Woollaston enter group 6
1-Judd Trump(3rd Attempt)
2-Ricky Walden(2nd Attempt)
3-Ben Woollaston(2nd Attempt)
4-Martin Gould(2nd Attempt)
5-Graeme Dott(1st Attempt)
6-Li Hang(1st Attempt)
7-Michael White(1st Attempt)
Alot of confusion over this event, not sure if issue was with Venue or Sponsors but it was only confirmed to be going ahead Monday, entry forms sent to players by Tuesday so the players had less than 48 hours to return them.
Anyway it is going ahead and qualifing takes place at Barnsley from 27/1/18 to 30/1/2018
Pre Qualifier
1-Zhang Yong v Wildcard 1
2-Wildcard 2 v Wildcard 3
3-Basem Eltahhan v Wildcard 4
Qualifiers
Mark Selby v Wang Yuchen
Scott Donaldson v Zhang Anda
Ben Woollaston v Rod Lawler
Rob Milkins v Lee Walker
Ryan Day v Lyu Haotian
Rory McLeod v Liam Highfied
Stephen Maguire v James Wattana
Fergal O'Brien v Hammad Miah
Mark Davis v Alexander Ursenbacher
Michael Holt v Akani Songsermsawad
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Ian Burns
Mark Williams v Ian Preece
Kurt Maflin v Ashley Hugill
Yan Bingtao v John J Astley
Noppon Saengkham v Ken Doherty
Mark Allen v Allan Taylor
John Higgins v Adam Duffy
Alfie Burden v Martin O'Donnell
Anthony Hamilton v David John
Jack Lisowski v Gerard Greene
Ali Carter v Chen Zifan
Gary Wilson v Niu Zhuang
Joe Perry v Joe Swail
Matthew Selt v Chris Totten
Peter Ebdon v Winner of Pre Qualifier 1
Mark King v Leo Fernandez
Andrew Higginson v Winner of Pre Qualifier 2
Kyren Wilson v Li Yuan
Jimmy Robertson v Christopher Keogan
Xiao Guodong v Alex Borg
Tian Pengfei v Craig Steadman
Ding Junhui v Michael Georgiou
Judd Trump v Jak Jones
Oliver Lines v Nigel Bond
Zhou Yuelong v Sean O'Sullivan
Li Hang v Chen Zhe
Neil Robertson v Robin Hull
Robbie Williams v Sanderson Lam
Martin Gould v Fang Xiongman
Jamie Jones v Sam Craigie
Hossein Vafaei v Hamza Akbar
Ricky Walden v Aditya Mehta
Matthew Stevens v Eden Sharav
Stuart Bingham v Jimmy White
Mark Joyce v Peter Lines
Graeme Dott v Mei Xi Wen
Chris Wakelin v Lukas Kleckers
Shaun Murphy v David Grace
Barry Hawkins v Josh Boileau
Sam Baird v Soheil Vahedi
Michael White v Xu Si
Dominic Dale v Paul S Davison
Luca Brecel v Zhao Xintong
Cao Yupeng v Kurt Dunham
David Gilbert v Billy Joe Castle
Mike Dunn v Mitchell Mann
Yu De Lu v Duane Jones
Liang Wenbo v Rhys Clark
Stuart Carrington v Winner of Pre Qualifer 3
Anthony McGill v Thor Chuan Leong
Tom Ford v Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Alan McManus v Yuan SiJun
Daniel Wells v Elliot Slessor
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ross Muir
Interesting to see how Bingham does in his first match back
Group 6
Day 1 results and table
Graeme Dott 3-1 Martin Gould
Li Hang 3-0 Michael White
Li Hang 3-0 Judd Trump
Ricky Walden 3-1 Ben Woollaston
Graeme Dott 3-2 Michael White
Martin Gould 3-0 Ben Woollaston
Li Hang 3-2 Graeme Dott
Judd Trump 3-0 Ricky Walden
Martin Gould 3-1 Michael White
Judd Trump 3-1 Ben Woollaston
Martin Gould 3-0 Ricky Walden
Judd Trump 3-0 Graeme Dott
Current Table
1-Martin Gould (3 Points)
2-Li Hang (3 Points)
3-Judd Trump (3 Points)
4-Graeme Dott (2 Points)
5-Ricky Walden (1 Point)
6-Michael White (0 Points)
7-Ben Woollaston(0 Points)
Group 6 day 2 results and final table
Ricky Walden 3-2 Li Hang
Michael White 3-0 Ben Woollaston
Martin Gould 3-2 Judd Trump
Ricky Walden 3-2 Graeme Dott
Judd Trump 3-0 Michael White
Ben Woollaston 3-1 Li Hang
Ricky Walden 3-2 Michael White
Graeme Dott 3-2 Ben Woollaston
Martin Gould 3-2 Li Hang
Final Table
1-Martin Gould(5 Points)
2-Judd Trump(4 Points)
3-Ricky Walden(4 Points)
4-Li Hang(3 Points)
5-Graeme Dott(3 Points)
6-Michael White(1 Point)
7-Ben Woollaston(1 Point)
So White and Woollaston head home
Dott moves into group 7
Gould faces Hang and Trump faces Walden in the semi finals
Martin Gould got his 1st profesional 147
The 135th in snooker history
Championship League
Group 6
Semi final
Judd Trump 3-0 Ricky Walden
Martin Gould 3-2 Li Hang
Final
Martin Gould 3-0 Judd Trump
So Martin Gould is the 6th player into the winners group
Walden, Hang and Trump get 1 more chance in Group 7(which doesnt start till March)
The first matches are the following
Alfie Burden(61) v Martin O'Donnell(91)
Yu De Lu(45) v Duane Jones (113)
Xiao Guodong(30) v Alex Borg(98)
Mark Joyce(39) v Peter Lines(93)
Joe Perry(22) v Joe Swail(117)
Martin O'Donnell 6-2 Alfie Burden
Duane Jones 6-5 Yu De Lu
Xiao Guodong 6-2 Alex Borg
Mark Joyce 6-4 Peter Lines
Joe Perry 6-1 Joe Swail
2nd set of matches are just about to start
Scott Donaldson(65) v Zhang Anda(69)
Anthony Hamilton(29) v David John(128)
Rory McLeod(50) v Liam Highfield(68)
Gary Wilson(55) v Niu Zhuang(107)
Ben Woollaston(33) v Rod Lawer(124)
Results
Scott Donaldson 6-3 Zhang Anda
Liam Highfield 6-0 Rory McLeod
Gary Wilson 6-2 Nui Zhang
Ben Woollaston 6-1 Rod Lawer
Anthony Hamilton v David John(still playing over 5 and a half hours so far, David John was 5-1 up in what would have been the biggest win of his career, it is currently 5-4)
Final matches of day 1
Graeme Dott(28) v Mei Xiwen(70)
Michael Holt(25) v Akani Songsermsawad(75)
Jack Lisowski(38) v Gerrard Greene(92)
Judd Trump(3) v Jak Jones(98) -these are the unfortunate 2 waiting for the Hamilton match to finish
Martin Gould(20) v Fang Xiongman(87)
Judd Trump will not be going to China
Anthony Hamilton 6-5 David John
Graeme Dott 6-2 Mei Xiwen
Michael Holt 6-2 Akani Songsermsawad
Jack Lisowski 6-4 Gerrard Greene
Martin Gould 6-2 Fang Xiomgman
Jak Jones 6-5 Judd Trump
So the first 15 players into the China Open are
Martin O'Donnell(91)
Duane Jones(113)
Xiao Guodong(30)
Mark Joyce(39)
Joe Perry(22)
Scott Donaldson(65)
Anthony Hamilton(29)
Liam Highfield(68)
Gary Wilson(55)
Ben Woollaston(33)
Graeme Dott(28)
Michael Holt(25)
Jack Lisowski(38)
Martin Gould(20)
Jak Jones(98)
I have put a link to his tweet, but its not showing so this is what he said.
I’ve been suffering from a retinal degeneration in my left eye, will take a few months break from professional snooker, hope to have a speedy recovery and back playing soon! Thanks everyone for the support xxx
Luca Brecel 6-2 Zhou Zintong
Dave Gilbert 6-3 Billy Joe Castle
Lee Walker 6-4 Rob Milkins
Michael White 6-5 Xu Si
Yan Bingtao 6-2 John J Astley
Mark Davis 6-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
Mark King 6-2 Leo Fernandez
Jimmy Robertson 6-2 Christopher Keogan
Neil Robertson 6-4 Robin Hull
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6-4 Ian Burns
Stuart Bingham 6-2 Jimmy White
Mark Williams 6-1 Ian Preece
Nigel Bond 6-3 Oliver Lines
Chris Trotten 6-2 Matthew Selt
There is still 1 match ongoing, and it could go on for a while yet its currently
Tian Pengfei 4-4 Craig Steadman
Lyu Haotian 6-3 Ryan Day
Sam Craigie 6-3 Jamie Jones
Yuan Sijun 6-5 Alan McManus
Ricky Walden 6-2 Aditya Mehta
Zhou Yuelong 6-2 Sean O'Sullivan
Tom Ford 6-3 Jamie Barrett
Chen Zhi 6-4 Li Hang
Shaun Murphy 6-3 David Grace
Fergal O'Brien 6-3 Hammad Miah
Robbie Williams 6-3 Sanderson Lam
Mark Allen 6-4 Allan Taylor
Barry Hawkins 6-4 Josh Boileau
Matthew Stevens 6-1 Eden Sharav
Chris Wakelin 6-1 Lukas Kleckers
So 13 more qualifiers to come tomorrow to round it off, so far only 2 of the top 16 will not be going China
Judd Trump
Marco Fu(as stated above has pulled out of all events for a few months due to an eye problem)
Paul Davison 6-4 Dominic Dale
Mike Dunn 6-4 Mitchell Mann
Kurt Mafflin 6-5 Ashley Hugill
Stephen Maguire 6-3 James Wattana
Noppon Saengkham 6-4 Ken Doherty
Sam Baird 6-5 Soheil Vahedi
Cao Yupeng 6-3 Kurt Dunham
Ali Carter 6-4 Chen Zifan
Kyren Wilson 6-0 Li Yuan
Hamza Akbar 6-0 Hossein Vafaei
John Higgins 6-3 Adam Duffy
Anthony McGill 6-5 Thor Chuan Leong
Elliot Slessor 6-4 Daniel Wells
Feel sorry once again for Hossein Vafaei, once again denied his Visa(hence the 6-0 scoreline)
He genuinely has so much quality, but his Visa is stopping him
Scott Donaldson (65)
Ben Woollaston (33)
Lee Walker (71)
Lyu Haotian (74)
Liam Highfield (68)
Stephen Maguire (18)
Fergal O'Brien (49)
Mark Davis (42)
Michael Holt (25)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (57)
Mark Williams (10)
Kurt Maflin (41)
Yan Bingtao (26)
Noppon Saengkham (58)
Mark Allen (8)
John Higgins (5)
Martin O'Donell (91)
Anthony Hamilton (29)
Jack Lisowski (38)
Ali Carter (13)
Gary Wilson (55)
Joe Perry (22)
Chris Trotten (119)
Mark King (21)
Kyren Wilson (14)
Jimmy Robertson (37)
Xiao Guodong (30)
Craig Steadman (89)
Jak Jones (85)
Nigel Bond (125)
Zhou Yuelong (31)
Chen Zhe (104)
Neil Robertson (15)
Robbie Williams (52)
Martin Gould (20)
Sam Craigie (80)
Hamza Akbar (127)
Ricky Walden (23)
Matthew Stevens (54)
Stuart Bingham (12)
Mark Joyce (39)
Graeme Dott (28)
Chris Wakelin (60)
Shaun Murphy (6)
Barry Hawkins (7)
Sam Baird (59)
Michael White (27)
Paul Davison (118)
Luca Brecel (11)
Cao Yupeng (56)
Dave Gilbert (24)
Mike Dunn (43)
Duane Jones (113)
Anthony Mcgil l(16)
Tom Ford (35)
Yuan Sijun (105)
Elliott Slessor (72)
Obviously we are 7 players short
The pre qualifiers(wildcards) are held over until the event, meaning:
Stuart Carrington
Andrew Higginson
Peter Ebdon
Will have to wait until the China Open to lmay there qualifier,
Also the hold back 4 other qualifi g matches to be played at the event, these involve 4 big names usually to help boost crowds
Mark Selby v Wang Yuchen
Ding Jungui v Michael Georgiou
Liang Wenbo v Rhys Clark
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ross Muir
Were World number 29 Anthony Hamilton will look to defend his title
A few notable absences after poor qualifing for the following
Neil Robertson to Tom Ford
Stephen Maguire lost to Gary Wilson
Michael White lost to Robin Hull
Kyren Wilson lost to Jack Lisowski
Anthony McGill lost to Jimmy White
Ali Carter lost to Wang Yuchen
Luca Brecel lost to Hammad Miah
Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from Qualifers
Stuart Bingham was still banned at the time
Marco Fu did not even enter Qualifiers
defending Champion out
Masters champion out
1 match had 4 centuries(Trump v Woollaston)
Jimmy Robertson 5-1 Anthony Hamilton
Ding Junhui 5-3 Michael Georgiou
Joe Perry 5-4 Yu De Lu
Ricky Walden 5-3 Jack Lisowski
Mark Williams 5-3 Fergal O'Brien
Matt Selt 5-4 Mark Allen
Gary Wilson 5-2 Martin Gould
Judd Trump 5-3 Ben Woollaston
Day 2 round 1 results
Shaun Murphy 5-2 Alan McManus
Mei Xiwen 5-1 Hammah Miah
Mark Davis 5-2 Niu Zhuang
Ryan Day 5-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Liang Wenbo 5-1 Tom Ford
Xiao Guodong 5-3 Mark Selby
Graeme Dott 5-3 Barry Hawkins
Mark Joyce 5-4 Dave Gilbert
Round 2
Jimmy Robertson (37) v Gary Wilson (55)
Mark Williams (10) v Matt Selt (45)
Ding Junhui (4) v Ricky Walden (23)
Joe Perry (22) v Judd Trump (3)
Mark Davis (42) v Ryan Day (17)
Mark Joyce (39) v Shaun Murphy (6)
Graeme Dott (28) v Mei Xiwen (70)
Liang Wenbo (19) v Xiao Guodong (30)
after the poor season he has had so far i decided this was gonna kick him on and put a few quid on Selby at 10/3
Really fearful for his chances to retain the world title now.