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We have our final four:
Thor Chuan Leong who was on the tour last season and finished 101st after 2 years
Ashley Carty who is a 22 year old Englishman who has now turned pro for the 1st time he has 12 career centuries with a high break of 129, he got through to the 3rd round of the Welsh Open once but other than that has never been past the 1st round of an event.
Kishan Hirani who is 25 from Wales again his 1st time at turning pro he has 7 career centuries with a high break of 131.
Andy Lee who is 37 and from England/Hong Kong he was pro once before in 2008/2009 in which he finished 83rd and was relegated of the tour, he has 5 career centuries with a high break off 1301 -
So the 128 players on the World Snooker Tour for 2018/2019 are as follows
1-Mark Selby
2-Ronnie O’Sullivan
3-Mark Williams
4-John Higgins
5-Judd Trump
6-Ding Junhui
7-Barry Hawkins
8-Shaun Murphy
9-Kyren Wilson
10-Neil Robertson
11-Ali Carter
12-Mark Allen
13-Stuart Bingham
14-Anthony McGill
15-Luca Brecel
16-Ryan Day
17-Stephen Maguire
18-Marco Fu
19-Liang Wenbo
20-Joe Perry
21-Mark King
22-Graeme Dott
23-Yan Bingtao
24-Martin Gould
25-Xiao Guodong
26-Jack Lisowski
27-David Gilbert
28-Ricky Walden
29'Michael White
30-Anthony Hamilton
31-Michael Holt
32-Tom Ford
33-Zhou Yuelong
34-Jimmy Robertson
35-Robert Milkins
36-Li Hang
37-Ben Woollaston
38-Cao Yupeng
39-Jamie Jones
40-Gary Wilson
41-Mark Davis
42-Mark Joyce
43-Yu Delu
44-Kurt Maflin
45-Hossein Vafaei
46-Dominic Dale
47-Matthew Stevens
48-Chris Wakelin
49-Michael Georgiou
50-Stuart Carrington
51-Fergal O’Brien
52-Noppon Saengkham
53-Mike Dunn
54-Andrew Higginson
55-Peter Ebdon
56-Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
57-Robbie Williams
58-Scott Donaldson
59-Matt Selt
60-Liam Highfield
61-Lyu Haotian
62-Rory McLeod
63-Daniel Wells
64-Alan McManus
65-Oliver Lines
66-John Astley
67-Zhang Anda
68-Elliot Slessor
69-Lee Walker
70-Tian Pengfei
71-Alfie Burden
72-Mei Xiwen
73-Ken Doherty
74-Sunny Akani
75-Martin O'Donnell
76-Gerard Greene
77-Alexander Ursenbacher
78-Xu Si
79-Yuan Sijun
80-Jimmy White
81-Ian Burns
82-Zhang Yong
83-Peter Lines
84-Li Yuan
85-Robin Hull
86-Allan Taylor
87-Duane Jones
88-Nigel Bond
89-Chen Zifan
90-Ashley Hugill
91-Niu Zhuang
92-Chris Totten
93-Eden Sharav
94-Paul Davison
95-Soheil Vahedi
96-Billy Joe Castle
97-Hamza Akbar
98-Ross Muir
99-Joe Swail
100-Sanderson Lam
101-Sean O'Sullivan
102-Rod Lawler
103-Rhys Clark
104-Lukas Kleckers
105-Basem Eltahhan
106-Matthew Bolton
107-Luo Honggao
108-Adam Stefanow
109-Fan Zhengyi
110-Harvey Chandler
111-Simon Lichtenberg
112-Mohamed Ibrahim
113-Jamie Clarke
114-Joe O'Connor
115-Zhang Jiankang
116-Chen Feilong
117-Hammad Miah
118-Sam Baird
119-Sam Craigie
120-Jak Jones
121-Jordan Brown
122-Zhao Xintong
123-Craig Steadman
124-Lu Ning
125-Thor Chuan Leong
126-Ashley Carty
127-Kishan Hirani
128-Andy Lee0 -
Cheers Paulie good write up as ever, now we have a while for the new season and start with qualifiers again maybe end of month? haven't quite looked at schedule yet.0
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There are actually 129 players on Tour as James Wattana has been given a 2 year invitational tour card(now we know why he wasnt in Q School)0
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Riga Masters qualifiers start 2nd Julyjohnnybev1987 said:Cheers Paulie good write up as ever, now we have a while for the new season and start with qualifiers again maybe end of month? haven't quite looked at schedule yet.
But for all those worried about missing my updates thanks to Mr Hearn I now have more work with the creation of The Challenge Tour1 -
Any idea why?paulie8290 said:There are actually 129 players on Tour as James Wattana has been given a 2 year invitational tour card(now we know why he wasnt in Q School)
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Because of who he is and what he has done to the game in Asia.LawrieAbrahams said:
Any idea why?paulie8290 said:There are actually 129 players on Tour as James Wattana has been given a 2 year invitational tour card(now we know why he wasnt in Q School)
Jimmy White and Ken Doherty both went off tour last year but they also got these special 2 year invitationals and are currently in there 2nd years0 -
@johnnybev1987 you spoken to Charlie Waters lately.
I noticed he is in the 1st round of the 1st Challenge tour event and wondered what he thought of it0 -
Interesting start to the 1st Challenge Tour Event, considering the top 2 at the end of the seasin get tour cards.
No Live Scores
No Referee's
No Water for players(thats come from someone playing)1 -
nope he stopped playing when i started playing, when i was 18 so our paths have not crossed. I have spoken via twitter a few times, but not properly.paulie8290 said:@johnnybev1987 you spoken to Charlie Waters lately.
I noticed he is in the 1st round of the 1st Challenge tour event and wondered what he thought of it
Bit of a shambles first event, but hopefully its just a start and will get better.0 -
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Almost 2 months since the season finished and 1 month since Q School we are back and the start of the 2018/2019 season.
We got underway today with the Riga Masters Qualifiers.
Results
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Michael Georgiou
Chris Wakelin 4-2 Kuldesh Johal
Rod Lawler 4-0 Martin O'Donnell
Jamie Jones 4-0 Simon Lichtenberg
Ricky Walden 4-1 John J Astley
Sam Craigie W/O Thor Chuan Leong
Mark King 4-3 Peter Ebdon
Lukas Kleckers 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
Liang Wenbo 4-0 Adam Duffy
Robbie Williams 4-3 Alan McManus
Stuart Carrington W/O Mitchell Mann
Ali Carter 4-0 Billy Joe Castle
Xu Si 4-3 Matthew Selt
Mei Xiwen 4-1 Soheil Vahedi
Nigel Bond 4-2 Mark Joyce
Barry Hawkins 4-0 Andy Lee
David Lilley 4-2 Hammad Miah
Shaun Murphy 4-2 Sanderson Lam1 -
No shocks there Paulo, i imagine the usual suspects have missed this one. Shame will start properly once it gets going.0
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Out of top 6 only Willo has entered this 1
No massive shocks but in terms of rankings a few surprises
Rod Lawler 125th beat Martin O Donnell who is ranked over 40 places higher in 81st
Lukas Kleckers 129th beat Ursenbacher who is 41 places ahead in 88th
Su Xi 91st beat Matt Selt 59th
And Nigel Bond 104th beat Mark Joyce who is 42nd1 -
Just catching up with this thread. What a mundane shot. Trump getting out of the snooker was much, much better.rina said:
shot D @ about 1m20s. a baffling decisionMrOneLung said:
which shot won ?Addickted2U said:Don’t agree with shot of the championships verdict. Williams was far better for me.
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Something was happening last night which meant I forgot to update this.
So yesterdays Riga Masters Qualifying results.
Robin Hull 4-1 James Cahill
Dave Gilbert 4-1 Farakh Ajaib
Li Hang 4-2 Duane Jones
Scott Donaldson 4-3 Noppon Saengkham
Craig Steadman 4-2 Yuan Sijun
Li Yuan 4-1 Paul Davison
Kurt Maflin 4-2 Lyu Haotian
Joe Perry 4-1 Lu Ning
Michael White 4-1 Gary Wilson
Gerard Greene 4-1 Chen Feilong
Rob Milkins 4-2 Jak Jones
Stephen Maguire 4-0 Michael Judge
Lee Walker 4-0 Basem Eltahhan
Joe O'Connor 4-1 Jordan Brown
Luke Simmonds 4-3 Zhang Jiankang
Neil Robertson 4-2 Luo Honghao
Niu Zhuang 4-0 Stuart Bingham1 -
More qualifiers for The Riga Masters
Simon Bedford 4-3 Mike Dunn
Anthony Hamilton 4-2 Chris Totten
Liam Highfield 4-0 Sean O'Sullivan
Peter Lines 4-2 Shane Castle
Yan Bingtao 4-1 Martin Gould
Tian Pengfei 4-3 Zhang Anda
Ashley Carty 4-1 Harvey Chandler
Xiao Guodong 4-3 Tom Ford
Michael Holt 4-0 Matthew Stevens
Anthony McGill 4-0 Kishan Hirani
Rory McLeod 4-3 Adam Stefanow
Joe Swail 4-1 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Ben Woollaston 4-0 Sam Baird
Mark Allen 4-2 Daniel Wells
Kyren Wilson 4-3 Dominic Dale
Oliver Lines 4-3 Akani Songsermsawad
Zhang Yong 4-1 Ross Muir3 -
Cheers Paulie...
Read this name a bit different to how it should be pronounced, i assume: Jiankang0 -
TBH I am reserving trying to pronounce his name until I hear it,johnnybev1987 said:Cheers Paulie...
Read this name a bit different to how it should be pronounced, i assume: Jiankang
This was his 1st match on the tour since November 2017 his only other matches were
China Championship 2016
Beat Ross Muir 6-3
Lost to Stuart Bingham 6-1
Q School 1 2017
Lost to Steven Hallworth 4-0
Q School 2 2017
Lost to Fraser Patrick 4-0
Shanghai Masters Qualification
Lost to Billy Joe Castle 5-2
He is only 19 so has time to improve and has a 2 year tour card he also got his 1st pro century in the 4-3 defeat in Riga Qualifying.
IMO I would say it was G-AN-KANG1 -
Could be my new fave player to follow, fingers crossed could be a few good laughspaulie8290 said:
TBH I am reserving trying to pronounce his name until I hear it,johnnybev1987 said:Cheers Paulie...
Read this name a bit different to how it should be pronounced, i assume: Jiankang
This was his 1st match on the tour since November 2017 his only other matches were
China Championship 2016
Beat Ross Muir 6-3
Lost to Stuart Bingham 6-1
Q School 1 2017
Lost to Steven Hallworth 4-0
Q School 2 2017
Lost to Fraser Patrick 4-0
Shanghai Masters Qualification
Lost to Billy Joe Castle 5-2
He is only 19 so has time to improve and has a 2 year tour card he also got his 1st pro century in the 4-3 defeat in Riga Qualifying.
IMO I would say it was G-AN-KANG
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Last few Riga Masters Qualifiers were yesterday.
Ian Burns 4-3 Jamie Rhys Clarke
Fergal O'Brien 4-3 Eden Sharav
Luca Brecel 4-2 Allan Taylor
Jack Lisowski 4-1 Fan Zhengyi
Mark Davis 4-2 Andrew Higginson
Marco Fu 4-1 Elliot Slessor
Zhao Xintong 4-0 Jimmy Robertson
Alfie Burden 4-2 Chen Zifan
So 62 out of the 64 players in The Riga Masters are now known
The 60 Qualifiers
Graeme Dott and Jimmy White given byes
2 more qualifiers held over to main event
Ryan Day(current champion) v Jamie Cope
Mark Williams(World Champion) v Rhys Clark1 -
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The World Open Qualifiers started today
Still no Ronnie, Trump or Higgins
But unlike The Riga Masters
Ding and Selby have entered this event0 -
World Open Qualifiers results
Rod Lawler 5-4 Mark King
David Lilley 5-4 Li Hang
Rob Milkins 5-0 Chen Zifan
Yuan Sijun 5-4 Xu Si
Ricky Walden 5-2 Joe Swail
Peter Ebdon 5-3 Jamie Rhys Clarke
Andrew Higginson 5-3 Luo Honghao
Mei Xiwen 5-4 Shaun Murphy
Matthew Stevens 5-0 Allan Taylor
Barry Hawkins 5-2 Alfie Burden
Mark Allen 5-2 Peter Lines
Zhang Anda 5-4 Stuart Bingham
Dominic Dale 5-4 Hammad Miah
Michael Holt 5-2 John J Astley
Akani Songsermsawad 5-0 Fan Zhengyi
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What a week its been for the following 2 players.
David Lilley, Amateur player who lost in the Semi Finals of all 3 Q Schools and as such us top of the Q School order if merit, which is why he was in the Qualifiers
He beat Hammad Miah(76) to qualify for the Riga Masters
He beat Li Hang(36) to qualify for the World Open.
Incredible stuff from an Amateur player to qualify for the main event for both these competitions.
Rod Lawler- on the 2nd year of his 2 year tour card, last season he earned £5,600 for the entire season, this week after winning his 2 qualifying matches he has earned £5,500
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Yesterdays World Open Qualifiers results
Ali Carter 5-0 Basem Eltahhan
Mark Davis 5-1 Sam Baird
Lee Walker 5-1 Anthony McGill
Rory McLeod 5-3 Thor Chuan Leong
Andy Lee 5-2 Daniel Wells
Scott Donaldaon 5-1 Sanderson Lam
Zhao Xintong 5-3 Graeme Dott
Dave Gilbert 5-1 Niu Zhuang
Fergal O'Brien 5-3 Robin Hull
Matt Selt 5-3 Joe O'Connor
Luca Brecel 5-1 Ian Burns
Stuart Carrington 5-2 Duane Jones
Tom Ford 5-4 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Gary Wilson 5-1 Jimmy White
Kyren Wilson 5-3 Nigel Bond
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Jimmy White still knocks about?0
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Rod the Plod is still playing? He beat a mate of mine in the semi final of a ranking event 20 odd years ago.paulie8290 said:What a week its been for the following 2 players.
David Lilley, Amateur player who lost in the Semi Finals of all 3 Q Schools and as such us top of the Q School order if merit, which is why he was in the Qualifiers
He beat Hammad Miah(76) to qualify for the Riga Masters
He beat Li Hang(36) to qualify for the World Open.
Incredible stuff from an Amateur player to qualify for the main event for both these competitions.
Rod Lawler- on the 2nd year of his 2 year tour card, last season he earned £5,600 for the entire season, this week after winning his 2 qualifying matches he has earned £5,5000 -
YeahLawrieAbrahams said:
Rod the Plod is still playing? He beat a mate of mine in the semi final of a ranking event 20 odd years ago.paulie8290 said:What a week its been for the following 2 players.
David Lilley, Amateur player who lost in the Semi Finals of all 3 Q Schools and as such us top of the Q School order if merit, which is why he was in the Qualifiers
He beat Hammad Miah(76) to qualify for the Riga Masters
He beat Li Hang(36) to qualify for the World Open.
Incredible stuff from an Amateur player to qualify for the main event for both these competitions.
Rod Lawler- on the 2nd year of his 2 year tour card, last season he earned £5,600 for the entire season, this week after winning his 2 qualifying matches he has earned £5,500
125th in rankingd ATM
Never actually gone off tour been a pro since 1990.
Needs a good season to avoid going off the tour tho, only top 64 stay on at end of season(barring tour cards).0 -
Yesterdays World Open Qualifiers
Elliot Slessor 5-0 Gerard Greene
Xiao Guodong 5-2 Zhang Yong
Jack Lisowski 5-2 Zhang Jiankang sorry @johnnybev1987
Martin O'Donnell 5-1 Soheil Vahedi
Zhou Yuelong 5-3 Adam Duffy
Marco Fu 5-0 Chris Totten
Jamie Jones W/O Sam Craigie
Noppon Saengkham 5-2 Sean O'Sullivan
Judd Trump 5-0 Kishan Hirani
Robbie Williams 5-4 Oliver Lines
Michael Georgiou 5-1 Jordan Brown
Anthony Hamilton 5-1 Rhys Clark
Jak Jones 5-4 Liam Highfield
Mark Joyce 5-2 Chen Feilong
Mark Selby 5-3 Luke Simmonds1 -
Final World Open Qualifiers are today with some interesting results so far.
Simon Lichtenberg 5-2 Ken Doherty
Kurt Maflin 5-1 Lu Ning
Paul Davison 5-2 Alan McManus
Joe Perry 5-3 Li Yuan
Alexander Ursenbacher 5-4 Tian Pengfei
Harvey Chandler 5-4 Michael White
Lyu Haotian 5-1 Eden Sharav
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-1 Billy Joe Castle
Ryan Day 5-4 Ross Muir
Stephen Maguire 5-4 Adam Stefanow
Chris Wakelin 5-3 Craig Steadman
So today:
Amateur Simon Lichtenberg has got his 1st win over a tour player
Amateur Harvey Chandler was 4-2 behind to Michael White and came back to win.
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60 out of the 64 qualifiers for The World Open are now known.
56 qualifying winners plus
Neil Robertson
Mike Dunn
Jimmy Robertson
Ben Woollaston
Who all go byes
The Remaining 4 qualifiers are being held over
Ding Junhui(current champion) v James Wattana
Mark Williams(World Champion) v Lukas Kleckers
And as always with events in China, they holdover a couple of Chinesse players qualifiers to attract crowds so there is also
Yan Bingtao v Ashley Carty
Liang Wenbo v James Cahill0
