We also now know the 16 players who will be at Ally Pally in January
Mark Allen Mark Williams Mark Selby Ronnie O’Sullivan John Higgins Judd Trump Barry Hawkins Ding Junhui Neil Robertson Kyren Wilson Shaun Murphy Stuart Bingham Ryan Day Stephen Maguire Luca Brecel Jack Lisowski (debut)
Ronnie has been in 3rd gear through the rounds. whether or not he will have to up it is down to Allen. I reckon Allen can do it. should be a good final.
Mark Williams v Neil Robertson Ronnie O'Sullivan v Stuart Bingham Mark Selby v Stephen Maguire Barry Hawkins v Shaun Murphy John Higgins v Ryan Day Ding Junhui v Jack Lisowski Mark Allen v Luca Brecel Judd Trump v Kyren Wilson
O'Sullivan played very well today. He has slowed down a lot, but his long potting especially in the first session was clinical and his safety was very good too.
Right so I will put whole of scottish open draw on here in the next 30 minutes depending on how quick i type, the rankings wont be accurate as such as World Snooker havent updated their website yet, will take a look at Matt on twitter to see if he has updated them yet and if he has use his
Quarter 1 Neil Robertson(10) v Peter Lines(74) Alexander Ursenbacher(71)v Ross Muir(94) Martin O'Donnell(41)v Chris Wakelin(48) Rod Lawler(97) v Sam Baird(101) Ali Carter(20) v Luo Honghao(80) Michael Georgiou(59) v Sean O'Sullivan(109) Mark King(26)v Mei Xiwen(82) David Lilley(A)v Tom Ford(27) Joe Perry(17) v James Wattana(121) Liam Highfield(62) v Robbie Williams(63) Li Hang(37) v Paul Davison(85) Kyren Wilson(9) v Oliver Lines(111) Nigel Bond(81) v Andy Lee(123) Allan Taylor(78) v Michael White(36) Sam Craigie(104) v Michael Holt(43) Shaun Murphy(11) v Akani Songsermsawad(52) Barry Hawkins(7) v Zhou Yuelong(30) Lyu Haotian(39) v Fan Zhengyi(122)
Quarter 2 Stuart Carrington(42) v Gary Wilson(35) Hossein Vafaei(38) v Eden Sharav(70) Stuart Binghan(12) v Tian Pengfei(79) Robin Hull(83) v Kishan Hirani(124) Lu Ning(88) v Duane Jones(87) Sanderson Lam(106) v Jak Jones(89) Matt Selt(54) v Ian Burns(72) Joe O'Connor(103) v Mike Dunn(58) Hamza Akbar(102) v Soheil Vahedi(105) Stephen Maguire(15) v Billy Joe Castle(98) Zhang Jiankang(118) v Simon Lichtenberg(120) Jordan Brown(110 v Lee Walker(99) Ben Woollaston(44) v Harvey Chandler(108) Judd Trump(5) v Jimmy White(77) John Higgins(4) v Adam Duffy(A) Chris Totten(90)v Gerard Greene(73)
Quarter 3 Ashley Carty(115) v Craig Steadman(100) Basem Eltahhan(116) v Yan Bingtao(22) Marco Fu(25) v Chen Zifan(93) Alfie Burden(95) v Peter Ebdon(45) Thor Chuan Leong(116) v James Cahill(A) Zhang Yong(75) v Anthony McGill(19) Rory McLeod(60) v Scott Donaldson(49) Graeme Dott(21) v Xu Si(76) Alan McManus(61) v John Astley(113) Luca Brecel(13) v Hammad Miah(119) Dechawat Poomjaeng(A) v Luke Simmonds(A) Yuan Sijun(68) v Xiao Guodong(24) Chen Feilong(114) v Fraser Patrick(A) Mark Allen(6) v Liang Wenbo(29) Ding Junhui(8) v Niu Zhuang(92) Rob Milkins(32) v Fergal O'Brien(57)
Quarter 4 Noppon Saengkham(31) v Dominic Dale(67) Zhao Xintong(69) v Ashley Hugill(96) Ryan Day(14) v Rhys Clark(117) Kurt Maflin(51) v Anthony Hamilton(56) Jamie Rhys Clark(127) v Mark Davis(34) Zhang Anda(84) v Ken Doherty(65) Matthew Stevens(46) v Li Yuan(86) Elliot Slessor(107) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh(53) Jimmy Robertson(23) v Lukas Kleckers(112) Jack Lisowski(16) v Adam Stefanow(125) Joe Swail(91) v Andrew Higginson(55) Mark Joyce(47) v Ricky Walden(33) Craig MacGillivary(A) v Dave Gilbert(18) Ronnie O'Sullivan(3)v Daniel Wells(64)
I forgot to add as I expected Ronnie pulled out of the Scottish Open earlier today, so Daniel Wells will be happy a bye to 2nd round and a guranteed £2,500
Michael Georgiou 4-3 Sean O'Sullivan Robbie Williams 4-2 Liam Highfield Sam Baird 4-3 Rod Lawler Dave Gilbert 4-2 Craig MacGillivary Martin O'Donnell 4-1 Chris Wakelin Ross Muir 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher Zhang Yong 4-2 Anthony McGill Nigel Bond 4-2 Andy Lee Michael Holt 4-2 Sam Craigie Lyu Haotian 4-2 Fan Zhengyi Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Barry Hawkins Paul Davison 4-3 Li Hang Neil Robertson 4-1 Peter Lines Michael White 4-2 Allan Taylor Stuart Carrington 4-3 Gary Wilson Ding Junhui 4-0 Niu Zhuang Eden Sharav 4-0 Hossein Vafaei Robin Hull 4-2 Kishan Hirani Marco Fu 4-3 Chen Zifan Yan Bingtao 4-0 Basem Eltahhan Billy Joe Castle 4-1 Stephen Maguire Soheil Vahedi 4-2 Hamza Akbar John Higgins 4-3 Adam Duffy Zhang Jiankang 4-1 Simon Lichtenberg Jak Jones 4-1 Sanderson Lam Lu Ning 4-3 Duane Jones Mike Dunn 4-2 Joe O'Connor Ian Burns 4-3 Matt Selt Ali Carter 4-0 Luo Honghao Graeme Dott 4-1 Xu Si Shaun Murphy 4-1 Akani Songsermsawad
We also now know the 16 players who will be at Ally Pally in January
Mark Allen Mark Williams Mark Selby Ronnie O’Sullivan John Higgins Judd Trump Barry Hawkins Ding Junhui Neil Robertson Kyren Wilson Shaun Murphy Stuart Bingham Ryan Day Stephen Maguire Luca Brecel Jack Lisowski (debut)
I am going to this with my mates on the Monday, Ronnies game too which was a bit of good fortune
Lee Walker 4-2 Jordan Brown Alfie Burden 4-2 Peter Ebdon Ashley Carty 4-2 Craig Steadman James Cahill 4-2 Thor Chuan Leong Mark King 4-2 Mei Xiwen Joe Perry 4-0 James Wattana Gerard Greene 4-1 Chris Totten Ben Woollaston 4-1 Harvey Chandler Mark Allen 4-2 Liang Wenbo Chen Feilong 4-3 Fraser Patrick Scott Donaldson 4-2 Rory McLeod Alan McManus 4-3 John Astley Rob Milkins 4-0 Fergal O'Brien Luke Simmonds 4-0 Dechawatt Poomjaeng Dominic Dale 4-3 Noppon Saengkham Zhao Xintong 4-3 Ashley Hugill Anthony Hamilton 4-1 Kurt Maflin Ryan Day 4-3 Rhys Clark David Lilley 4-3 Tom Ford Yuan Sijun 4-0 Xiao Guodong Luca Brecel 4-0 Hammad Miah Jimmy Robertson 4-2 Lukas Kleckers Zhang Anda 4-0 Ken Doherty Mark Davis 4-3 Jamie Rhys Clarke Mark Joyce 4-2 Ricky Walden Jack Lisowski 4-3 Adam Stefanow Elliot Slessor 4-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Matthew Stevens 4-2 Li Yuan Joe Swail 4-2 Andrew Higginson Judd Trump 4-0 Jimmy White Tian Pengfei 4-0 Stuart Bingham Kyren Wilson 4-2 Oliver Lines
For my sanity and the constant checking of spelling i am so glad we have lost all the tricky names in round 1
Basem Eltahhan Simon Lichtenberg Akani Songsermsawad(although I have learnt a trick with him so I get it right first time now) Dechawatt Poomjaeng Noppon Saengkham Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Quarter 1 Neil Robertson(10) v Ross Muir(94) Martin O'Donnell(41) v Sam Baird(101) Ali Carter(20) v Michael Georgiou(59) Mark King(26) v David Lilley(A) Joe Perry(17) v Robbie Williams(63) Paul Davison(85) v Kyren Wilson(9) Nigel Bond(81) v Michael White(36) Michael Holt(43) v Shaun Murphy(11)
Quarter 2 Zhou Yuelong(30) v Lyu Haotian(39) Stuart Carrington(42) v Eden Sharav(70) Tian Pengfei(79) v Robin Hull(83) Lu Ning(88) v Jak Jones(89) Ian Burns(72) v Mike Dunn(58) Soheil Vahedi(105) v Billy Joe Castle(98) Zhang Jiankang(118) v Lee Walker(99) Ben Woollaston(44) v Judd Trump(5)
Quarter 3 John Higgins(4) v Gerard Greene(73) Ashley Carty(115) v Yan Bingtao(22) Marco Fu(25) v Alfie Burden(95) James Cahill(A) v Zhang Yong(75) Scott Donaldson(49) v Graeme Dott(21) Alan McManus(61) v Luca Brecel(13) Luke Simmonds(A) v Yuan Sijun(68) Chen Feilong(114) v Mark Allen(6)
Quarter 4 Ding Junhui(8) v Rob Milkins(32) Dominic Dale(67) v Zhao Xintong(69) Ryan Day(14) v Anthony Hamilton(56) Mark Davis(34) v Zhang Anda(84) Matthew Stevens(46) v Elliot Slessor(107) Jimmy Robertson(23) v Jack Lisowski(16) Joe Swail(91) v Mark Joyce(47) Dave Gilbert(18) v Daniel Wells(64)
3 Amatuers remain and all 3 have a shot at winning imo
James Cahill-beat Selby at York at took Akani to a final.frame decider, had a nice victory in round 1 here and is facing Yong who beat McGill but McGill has been poor all season so that wasnt a surprise to me and I think Cahill has a chance of beati g Yong who is ranked 75th
Luke Simmonds- he is facing Yuan Sijun who is a class player on his day but I think Luke has a chance to take it close maybe to a decider and then who knows
David Lilley- brilliant win against Tom Ford who played so well at York and David who is an amatuer but has made the most of the Challenge tour and has won an event in that, he has a very tough match against Mark King but I think David could cause Mark some problems
I did catch the end of Ryan Day vs Rhys Clark, Day was 3-1 up with 2 centuries and 90 break but went down to the decider. Why i mention this is Rhys Clark is 24 has been playing since 11ish (cant remember exactly) but already said he is going to retire from snooker at a young age, was really willing him to win yesterday. I like Day but shame someone in their early/mid twenties is going to call it a day, this kind of contradicts the fact the tour is more open to lower ranked players.
I did catch the end of Ryan Day vs Rhys Clark, Day was 3-1 up with 2 centuries and 90 break but went down to the decider. Why i mention this is Rhys Clark is 24 has been playing since 11ish (cant remember exactly) but already said he is going to retire from snooker at a young age, was really willing him to win yesterday. I like Day but shame someone in their early/mid twenties is going to call it a day, this kind of contradicts the fact the tour is more open to lower ranked players.
Any thoughts?
Yeah Rhys has said he has fallen out of love with the game, Barry Hearn made a good comment last week which I think relates to this well, its brutal down the bottom of the rankings and only those with will and those who want it will survive.
I actually agree with Barrys statement, you dont want players who are just plodding along, you want players who want to be the best they can be and put the effort in and yes it is brutal down the bottom and you grt no money if you lose in the 1st round, but if you want to progress you put the practice hours in.
Last season Rhys won 1 outbof 15 matches he played, this season he has only entered 4 competitions so far and won 1 match, he has said he doesnt practice anymore either and he only entered this event as he lives 30 minuted from venue.
Whilst I agree you dont want to see a 23 year old fall out of love with the game, I also think desire has alot to do with it and you dont want people on the tour with no desire.
Ask anyone on the challenge tour and they would say they would swap with Rhys in a heartbeat, players who play in these small events are desperate for a place in the tour and a chance to make it big.
Rhys has alot of talent, he showed that yesterday against Day and I would love for him to change his mind as long as he putd the hours in and fully commits.
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John Higgins
Judd Trump
Barry Hawkins
Ding Junhui
Neil Robertson
Kyren Wilson
Shaun Murphy
Stuart Bingham
Ryan Day
Stephen Maguire
Luca Brecel
Jack Lisowski (debut)
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Frame 3-Allen won in 5 minutes
Mark Williams v Neil Robertson
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Stuart Bingham
Mark Selby v Stephen Maguire
Barry Hawkins v Shaun Murphy
John Higgins v Ryan Day
Ding Junhui v Jack Lisowski
Mark Allen v Luca Brecel
Judd Trump v Kyren Wilson
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Would you like the scottish open draw done the same as the UK Championship
So all matches and in there quarters with ranking
Opinion changed.
Unfortunatly
Final
Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-6 Mark Allen
Like the format of the different quarters.
Keep up the good work.
O'Sullivan played very well today. He has slowed down a lot, but his long potting especially in the first session was clinical and his safety was very good too.
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Jamie Jones
Only 3 out of 124(again not including top 3) have decided not to enter this event)
Mark Selby
Mark Williams
Martin Gould
Round 1
Quarter 1
Neil Robertson(10) v Peter Lines(74)
Alexander Ursenbacher(71)v Ross Muir(94)
Martin O'Donnell(41)v Chris Wakelin(48)
Rod Lawler(97) v Sam Baird(101)
Ali Carter(20) v Luo Honghao(80)
Michael Georgiou(59) v Sean O'Sullivan(109)
Mark King(26)v Mei Xiwen(82)
David Lilley(A)v Tom Ford(27)
Joe Perry(17) v James Wattana(121)
Liam Highfield(62) v Robbie Williams(63)
Li Hang(37) v Paul Davison(85)
Kyren Wilson(9) v Oliver Lines(111)
Nigel Bond(81) v Andy Lee(123)
Allan Taylor(78) v Michael White(36)
Sam Craigie(104) v Michael Holt(43)
Shaun Murphy(11) v Akani Songsermsawad(52)
Barry Hawkins(7) v Zhou Yuelong(30)
Lyu Haotian(39) v Fan Zhengyi(122)
Quarter 2
Stuart Carrington(42) v Gary Wilson(35)
Hossein Vafaei(38) v Eden Sharav(70)
Stuart Binghan(12) v Tian Pengfei(79)
Robin Hull(83) v Kishan Hirani(124)
Lu Ning(88) v Duane Jones(87)
Sanderson Lam(106) v Jak Jones(89)
Matt Selt(54) v Ian Burns(72)
Joe O'Connor(103) v Mike Dunn(58)
Hamza Akbar(102) v Soheil Vahedi(105)
Stephen Maguire(15) v Billy Joe Castle(98)
Zhang Jiankang(118) v Simon Lichtenberg(120)
Jordan Brown(110 v Lee Walker(99)
Ben Woollaston(44) v Harvey Chandler(108)
Judd Trump(5) v Jimmy White(77)
John Higgins(4) v Adam Duffy(A)
Chris Totten(90)v Gerard Greene(73)
Quarter 3
Ashley Carty(115) v Craig Steadman(100)
Basem Eltahhan(116) v Yan Bingtao(22)
Marco Fu(25) v Chen Zifan(93)
Alfie Burden(95) v Peter Ebdon(45)
Thor Chuan Leong(116) v James Cahill(A)
Zhang Yong(75) v Anthony McGill(19)
Rory McLeod(60) v Scott Donaldson(49)
Graeme Dott(21) v Xu Si(76)
Alan McManus(61) v John Astley(113)
Luca Brecel(13) v Hammad Miah(119)
Dechawat Poomjaeng(A) v Luke Simmonds(A)
Yuan Sijun(68) v Xiao Guodong(24)
Chen Feilong(114) v Fraser Patrick(A)
Mark Allen(6) v Liang Wenbo(29)
Ding Junhui(8) v Niu Zhuang(92)
Rob Milkins(32) v Fergal O'Brien(57)
Quarter 4
Noppon Saengkham(31) v Dominic Dale(67)
Zhao Xintong(69) v Ashley Hugill(96)
Ryan Day(14) v Rhys Clark(117)
Kurt Maflin(51) v Anthony Hamilton(56)
Jamie Rhys Clark(127) v Mark Davis(34)
Zhang Anda(84) v Ken Doherty(65)
Matthew Stevens(46) v Li Yuan(86)
Elliot Slessor(107) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh(53)
Jimmy Robertson(23) v Lukas Kleckers(112)
Jack Lisowski(16) v Adam Stefanow(125)
Joe Swail(91) v Andrew Higginson(55)
Mark Joyce(47) v Ricky Walden(33)
Craig MacGillivary(A) v Dave Gilbert(18)
Ronnie O'Sullivan(3)v Daniel Wells(64)
Poomjaeng v Simmonds good chance for 1 of those to get to 2nd round and earn a bit.
The Scottish Open 1st round losers get nothing but if you get to last 64 its £2,500
Winner: £70,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-final: £10,000
Last 16: £6,000
Last 32: £3,500
Last 64: £2,500
Highest break: £2,000
Total: £366,000
Round 1
Results
Michael Georgiou 4-3 Sean O'Sullivan
Robbie Williams 4-2 Liam Highfield
Sam Baird 4-3 Rod Lawler
Dave Gilbert 4-2 Craig MacGillivary
Martin O'Donnell 4-1 Chris Wakelin
Ross Muir 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
Zhang Yong 4-2 Anthony McGill
Nigel Bond 4-2 Andy Lee
Michael Holt 4-2 Sam Craigie
Lyu Haotian 4-2 Fan Zhengyi
Zhou Yuelong 4-3 Barry Hawkins
Paul Davison 4-3 Li Hang
Neil Robertson 4-1 Peter Lines
Michael White 4-2 Allan Taylor
Stuart Carrington 4-3 Gary Wilson
Ding Junhui 4-0 Niu Zhuang
Eden Sharav 4-0 Hossein Vafaei
Robin Hull 4-2 Kishan Hirani
Marco Fu 4-3 Chen Zifan
Yan Bingtao 4-0 Basem Eltahhan
Billy Joe Castle 4-1 Stephen Maguire
Soheil Vahedi 4-2 Hamza Akbar
John Higgins 4-3 Adam Duffy
Zhang Jiankang 4-1 Simon Lichtenberg
Jak Jones 4-1 Sanderson Lam
Lu Ning 4-3 Duane Jones
Mike Dunn 4-2 Joe O'Connor
Ian Burns 4-3 Matt Selt
Ali Carter 4-0 Luo Honghao
Graeme Dott 4-1 Xu Si
Shaun Murphy 4-1 Akani Songsermsawad
Ronnie is GOAT - That is all
Yes i flagged you for your biased view with Ronnie ... even though i know you put a winky face...
Round 1
Results
Lee Walker 4-2 Jordan Brown
Alfie Burden 4-2 Peter Ebdon
Ashley Carty 4-2 Craig Steadman
James Cahill 4-2 Thor Chuan Leong
Mark King 4-2 Mei Xiwen
Joe Perry 4-0 James Wattana
Gerard Greene 4-1 Chris Totten
Ben Woollaston 4-1 Harvey Chandler
Mark Allen 4-2 Liang Wenbo
Chen Feilong 4-3 Fraser Patrick
Scott Donaldson 4-2 Rory McLeod
Alan McManus 4-3 John Astley
Rob Milkins 4-0 Fergal O'Brien
Luke Simmonds 4-0 Dechawatt Poomjaeng
Dominic Dale 4-3 Noppon Saengkham
Zhao Xintong 4-3 Ashley Hugill
Anthony Hamilton 4-1 Kurt Maflin
Ryan Day 4-3 Rhys Clark
David Lilley 4-3 Tom Ford
Yuan Sijun 4-0 Xiao Guodong
Luca Brecel 4-0 Hammad Miah
Jimmy Robertson 4-2 Lukas Kleckers
Zhang Anda 4-0 Ken Doherty
Mark Davis 4-3 Jamie Rhys Clarke
Mark Joyce 4-2 Ricky Walden
Jack Lisowski 4-3 Adam Stefanow
Elliot Slessor 4-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Matthew Stevens 4-2 Li Yuan
Joe Swail 4-2 Andrew Higginson
Judd Trump 4-0 Jimmy White
Tian Pengfei 4-0 Stuart Bingham
Kyren Wilson 4-2 Oliver Lines
Basem Eltahhan
Simon Lichtenberg
Akani Songsermsawad(although I have learnt a trick with him so I get it right first time now)
Dechawatt Poomjaeng
Noppon Saengkham
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Round 2
Quarter 1
Neil Robertson(10) v Ross Muir(94)
Martin O'Donnell(41) v Sam Baird(101)
Ali Carter(20) v Michael Georgiou(59)
Mark King(26) v David Lilley(A)
Joe Perry(17) v Robbie Williams(63)
Paul Davison(85) v Kyren Wilson(9)
Nigel Bond(81) v Michael White(36)
Michael Holt(43) v Shaun Murphy(11)
Quarter 2
Zhou Yuelong(30) v Lyu Haotian(39)
Stuart Carrington(42) v Eden Sharav(70)
Tian Pengfei(79) v Robin Hull(83)
Lu Ning(88) v Jak Jones(89)
Ian Burns(72) v Mike Dunn(58)
Soheil Vahedi(105) v Billy Joe Castle(98)
Zhang Jiankang(118) v Lee Walker(99)
Ben Woollaston(44) v Judd Trump(5)
Quarter 3
John Higgins(4) v Gerard Greene(73)
Ashley Carty(115) v Yan Bingtao(22)
Marco Fu(25) v Alfie Burden(95)
James Cahill(A) v Zhang Yong(75)
Scott Donaldson(49) v Graeme Dott(21)
Alan McManus(61) v Luca Brecel(13)
Luke Simmonds(A) v Yuan Sijun(68)
Chen Feilong(114) v Mark Allen(6)
Quarter 4
Ding Junhui(8) v Rob Milkins(32)
Dominic Dale(67) v Zhao Xintong(69)
Ryan Day(14) v Anthony Hamilton(56)
Mark Davis(34) v Zhang Anda(84)
Matthew Stevens(46) v Elliot Slessor(107)
Jimmy Robertson(23) v Jack Lisowski(16)
Joe Swail(91) v Mark Joyce(47)
Dave Gilbert(18) v Daniel Wells(64)
James Cahill-beat Selby at York at took Akani to a final.frame decider, had a nice victory in round 1 here and is facing Yong who beat McGill but McGill has been poor all season so that wasnt a surprise to me and I think Cahill has a chance of beati g Yong who is ranked 75th
Luke Simmonds- he is facing Yuan Sijun who is a class player on his day but I think Luke has a chance to take it close maybe to a decider and then who knows
David Lilley- brilliant win against Tom Ford who played so well at York and David who is an amatuer but has made the most of the Challenge tour and has won an event in that, he has a very tough match against Mark King but I think David could cause Mark some problems
I did catch the end of Ryan Day vs Rhys Clark, Day was 3-1 up with 2 centuries and 90 break but went down to the decider. Why i mention this is Rhys Clark is 24 has been playing since 11ish (cant remember exactly) but already said he is going to retire from snooker at a young age, was really willing him to win yesterday. I like Day but shame someone in their early/mid twenties is going to call it a day, this kind of contradicts the fact the tour is more open to lower ranked players.
Any thoughts?
I actually agree with Barrys statement, you dont want players who are just plodding along, you want players who want to be the best they can be and put the effort in and yes it is brutal down the bottom and you grt no money if you lose in the 1st round, but if you want to progress you put the practice hours in.
Last season Rhys won 1 outbof 15 matches he played, this season he has only entered 4 competitions so far and won 1 match, he has said he doesnt practice anymore either and he only entered this event as he lives 30 minuted from venue.
Whilst I agree you dont want to see a 23 year old fall out of love with the game, I also think desire has alot to do with it and you dont want people on the tour with no desire.
Ask anyone on the challenge tour and they would say they would swap with Rhys in a heartbeat, players who play in these small events are desperate for a place in the tour and a chance to make it big.
Rhys has alot of talent, he showed that yesterday against Day and I would love for him to change his mind as long as he putd the hours in and fully commits.