RONNIE O'SULLIVAN HAS PULLED OUT OF THE MASTERS AND BEEN REPLACED BY ALI CARTER
He confirmed yesterday that despite World Snooker saying it was for personal reasons, there are no personal reasons he just doesnt want to play in The Masters
I didn't realise you write it all yourself. Thought you copied and pasted it from another website. I do read what you write as it's easy to see the draw/results as I'm on CL daily, but if a pain in the arse then just keep it to the last 32 as @MrOneLung says.
Thanks for all your efforts previously though. Much appreciated.
Chatting to a mate recently(who is massively into snooker. plays same club as Barry Hawkins) he was telling me that they have bought in a million prize for someone who wins all the home series in a season. Seems to me that money is safe as there is no chance of someone managing that in a season? Surely?
Chatting to a mate recently(who is massively into snooker. plays same club as Barry Hawkins) he was telling me that they have bought in a million prize for someone who wins all the home series in a season. Seems to me that money is safe as there is no chance of someone managing that in a season? Surely?
A bit like the million on offer for 20 maximums in a season.
Chatting to a mate recently(who is massively into snooker. plays same club as Barry Hawkins) he was telling me that they have bought in a million prize for someone who wins all the home series in a season. Seems to me that money is safe as there is no chance of someone managing that in a season? Surely?
Thats been in place for the last couple of seasons but again will never happen.
With the early rounds of the home nations events being best of 7 there are a lot of surprises and big names go out early on as well.
For example:
2016 English Open- Liang Wenbo N.Ireland Open- Mark King Scottish Open- Marco Fu Welsh Open- Stuart Bingham
2017 English Open- Ronnie O'Sullivan N.Ireland Open- Mark Williams Scottish Open- Neil Robertson Welsh Open- John Higgins
2018 English Open- Stuart Bingham N.Ireland Open- Judd Trump Scottish Open- Mark Allen Welsh Open- Neil Robertson
2019 English Open-Mark Selby N.Ireland Open-Judd Trump
Billy Joe Castle 4-2 Ashley Carty Scott Donaldson 4-2 Lei Peifan Elliot Slessor 4-2 Gerard Greene Louis Heathcote 4-1 Anthony Hamilton Andy Lee 4-2 Fergal O'Brien Peter Lines 4-2 Simon Lichtenberg Anthony McGill 4-2 Hammad Miah Chris Wakelin 4-3 Robbie Williams Lu Ning 4-3 Riley Parsons Gary Wilson 4-0 Rod Lawler Andrew Higginson 4-1 Lyu Haotian Mark Allen 4-2 Andy Hicks Si Jiahui 4-1 Brandon Sargeant Rob Milkins 4-1 Nigel Bond Alexander Ursenbacher 4-0 Michael Holt John Astley 4-0 Barry Hawkins David Grace 4-3 Adam Stefanow Mike Dunn 4-1 Jamie Rhys Clarke Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Liang Wenbo John Higgins 4-1 Jamie O'Neil Joe Perry 4-1 Michael Collumb
Martin Gould 4-1 Luca Brecel Marco Fu 4-0 Sam Craigie Graeme Dott 4-0 Igor Figueiredo Mark King 4-1 Jak Jones Mark Selby 4-2 Mark Joyce Ryan Day 4-2 Thor Chuan Leong Ian Burns 4-3 Craig Steadman Kacper Filipiak 4-3 Michael Georgiou Neil Robertson 4-1 Ken Doherty
And anyone elss I have missed(these have all posted on the last few pages) so if you also read and dont post please answer this question
Does it help when I do full draws before events in quarters and then after each round show the draw in quarters.
It takes a long time to do as I only have a phone(would be so mucg easier with a laptop lol) so if its something people read and helps I am more than happy to do it.
But if you dont ever read it then I will stop haha.
Just let me know
Thanks in advance
Do you not have a library nearby where you could go in and use a computer?
And anyone elss I have missed(these have all posted on the last few pages) so if you also read and dont post please answer this question
Does it help when I do full draws before events in quarters and then after each round show the draw in quarters.
It takes a long time to do as I only have a phone(would be so mucg easier with a laptop lol) so if its something people read and helps I am more than happy to do it.
But if you dont ever read it then I will stop haha.
Just let me know
Thanks in advance
Firstly, I always appreciate the hardwork you put in each event.
Regarding the first round draw I find it very useful, but sometimes a bit long. I will often look at draws for when Ronnie / big games are. But its nice to see all results, so I think if it helps you you can always just put something a bit more condensed. Eg. Scottish Open starts this week, draw (link) and then can follow results from there?
Its all down to how much you put in, I always read all your posts. For the bigger events (UK/China/Worlds) I will look at the draw from your quarters, others I half read and look out for the main players etc.
Zhang Jiankang 4-3 Chen Feilong Liam Highfield 4-3 Jordan Brown Kishan Hirani 4-2 David Lilley Joe O'Connor 4-2 Bai Langning Kurt Maflin 4-1 Alex Borg Ricky Walden 4-3 Luo Honghao Mei Xiwen 4-3 Gary Thomson Yan Bingtao 4-1 Barry Pinches Tom Ford 4-1 Lee Walker Xiao Guodong 4-0 Duane Jones Tian Pengfei 4-2 Oliver Lines Ding Junhui 4-1 Michael White Jack Lisowski 4-1 Zhang Anda Peter Ebdon 4-3 Zhou Yuelong Kyren Wilson 4-3 Hossein Vafaei Alfie Burden 4-2 Soheil Vahedi Alan McManus 4-1 Zhao Xintong Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-3 Dominic Dale Stuart Carrington 4-3 Xu Si Chang Bingyu 4-2 Fraser Patrick Matthew Stevens 4-2 Stuart Bingham Li Hang 4-1 Matt Selt Dave Gilbert 4-0 Eden Sharav Judd Trump 4-0 Amiri Amine Jimmy Robertson 4-1 Harvey Chandler James Cahill 4-2 Sunny Akani Mark Davis 4-3 Sam Baird Martin O'Donnell 4-3 Jackson Page James Wattana 4-2 Noppon Saengkham Yuan Sijun 4-2 Mitchell Mann Ben Woollaston 4-3 Chen Zifan Stephen Maguire 4-0 Jimmy White Shaun Murphy 4-1 Daniel Wells Ali Carter 4-3 Fan Zhengyi
O Sullivan playing like he really can't be bothered against Dale
Saw a lot of this on FB/ Twitter, didn't see what he was playing like so couldn't even defend him. I think someone said he has mental health issues currently but was forced to play this or he would get fine/ heavily punished. He has pulled out of the masters as its an invitational, so clearly he needs a break right now.
Not a good sign, the end is nigh I reckon for Ronnie and his snooker. I can't see him being around much longer enjoy him while we can (snooker)
Mark Allen 4-1 Louis Heathcote Mike Dunn 4-3 Ryan Day Andrew Higginson 4-2 Si Junhui Zhang Jiangkang 4-1 John Astley Tom Ford 4-2 Mark King Peter Ebdon 4-3 Tian Pengfei Joe Perry 4-3 Kishan Hirani Chris Wakelin 4-1 Gary Wilson Elliot Slessor 4-2 Anthony McGill Joe O'Connor 4-2 Yan Bingtao Xiao Guoding 4-0 Andy Lee Martin Gould 4-3 Kacper Filipiak John Higgins 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher Jack Lisowski 4-0 David Grace Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Rob Milkins Ricky Walden 4-3 Stuart Carrington Scott Donaldson 4-2 Billy Joe Castle Kyren Wilson 4-1 Peter Lines Mark Selby 4-1 Alfie Burden Judd Trump 4-0 Yuan Sijun Neil Robertson 4-1 Ian Burns Marco Fu 4-2 Stephen Maguire
Lu Ning 4-3 Ali Carter Dave Gilbert 4-2 Chang Bingyu Liam Highfield 4-3 Li Hang James Wattana 4-0 Alan McManus Shaun Murphy 4-0 Mark Davis Jimmy Robertson 4-2 Martin O'Donnell Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 James Cahill Graeme Dott 4-1 Ben Woollaston Ding Junhui 4-0 Mei Xiwen Kurt Maflin 4-3 Matthew Stevens
As with all the Home Nation events the Thursday is the most testing day, last 32 matchs played Morning and Afternoon, then last 16 matches played in the evening
Fully expecting on Friday to have
Allen v Wilson Higgins v Robertson O'Sullivan v Selby Murphy v Trump
As with all the Home Nation events the Thursday is the most testing day, last 32 matchs played Morning and Afternoon, then last 16 matches played in the evening
Fully expecting on Friday to have
Allen v Wilson Higgins v Robertson O'Sullivan v Selby Murphy v Trump
That's some lineup. I got to the pub and Ronnie won his final frame so didn't get to see the whole match. This format it is literally anyones, it wont surprise me if half of the above don't get there.
Not quite being a knob, I don't see how shaking a hand and a fist pump is any less disrespectful. I have done both in pool/snooker, just down to the individual. Each to their own surely, not sure how that can annoy anyone.
As with all the Home Nation events the Thursday is the most testing day, last 32 matchs played Morning and Afternoon, then last 16 matches played in the evening
Fully expecting on Friday to have
Allen v Wilson Higgins v Robertson O'Sullivan v Selby Murphy v Trump
That's some lineup. I got to the pub and Ronnie won his final frame so didn't get to see the whole match. This format it is literally anyones, it wont surprise me if half of the above don't get there.
Ronnie seems to be trying to cause controversy atm and I wonder if this is why.
Last time he left the game he felt pressure to return from fans.
What if he is trying to get fans to turn on him so he can just walk away:
Purposely missing a 147-fans at the game will be pissed off
Pulling out of the masters after fans have bought tickets to see him, then admitting that despite World Snooker saying it was personal reasons he just didnt want to play in it.
Now refusing a handshake which is a tradition of the game
Comments
I didn't realise you write it all yourself. Thought you copied and pasted it from another website. I do read what you write as it's easy to see the draw/results as I'm on CL daily, but if a pain in the arse then just keep it to the last 32 as @MrOneLung says.
Thanks for all your efforts previously though. Much appreciated.
You do a great job mate, and enjoy the updates.
With the early rounds of the home nations events being best of 7 there are a lot of surprises and big names go out early on as well.
For example:
2016
English Open- Liang Wenbo
N.Ireland Open- Mark King
Scottish Open- Marco Fu
Welsh Open- Stuart Bingham
2017
English Open- Ronnie O'Sullivan
N.Ireland Open- Mark Williams
Scottish Open- Neil Robertson
Welsh Open- John Higgins
2018
English Open- Stuart Bingham
N.Ireland Open- Judd Trump
Scottish Open- Mark Allen
Welsh Open- Neil Robertson
2019
English Open-Mark Selby
N.Ireland Open-Judd Trump
No way will one person win all 4 in 1 season lol
Round 1
Results
Billy Joe Castle 4-2 Ashley Carty
Scott Donaldson 4-2 Lei Peifan
Elliot Slessor 4-2 Gerard Greene
Louis Heathcote 4-1 Anthony Hamilton
Andy Lee 4-2 Fergal O'Brien
Peter Lines 4-2 Simon Lichtenberg
Anthony McGill 4-2 Hammad Miah
Chris Wakelin 4-3 Robbie Williams
Lu Ning 4-3 Riley Parsons
Gary Wilson 4-0 Rod Lawler
Andrew Higginson 4-1 Lyu Haotian
Mark Allen 4-2 Andy Hicks
Si Jiahui 4-1 Brandon Sargeant
Rob Milkins 4-1 Nigel Bond
Alexander Ursenbacher 4-0 Michael Holt
John Astley 4-0 Barry Hawkins
David Grace 4-3 Adam Stefanow
Mike Dunn 4-1 Jamie Rhys Clarke
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Liang Wenbo
John Higgins 4-1 Jamie O'Neil
Joe Perry 4-1 Michael Collumb
Hamilton losing to Heathcote
O'Brien losing to Lee
Haotian losing to Higginson
Holt losing to Ursenbacher
Round 1
Results
Martin Gould 4-1 Luca Brecel
Marco Fu 4-0 Sam Craigie
Graeme Dott 4-0 Igor Figueiredo
Mark King 4-1 Jak Jones
Mark Selby 4-2 Mark Joyce
Ryan Day 4-2 Thor Chuan Leong
Ian Burns 4-3 Craig Steadman
Kacper Filipiak 4-3 Michael Georgiou
Neil Robertson 4-1 Ken Doherty
Firstly, I always appreciate the hardwork you put in each event.
Regarding the first round draw I find it very useful, but sometimes a bit long. I will often look at draws for when Ronnie / big games are. But its nice to see all results, so I think if it helps you you can always just put something a bit more condensed. Eg. Scottish Open starts this week, draw (link) and then can follow results from there?
Its all down to how much you put in, I always read all your posts. For the bigger events (UK/China/Worlds) I will look at the draw from your quarters, others I half read and look out for the main players etc.
Round 1
Results
Zhang Jiankang 4-3 Chen Feilong
Liam Highfield 4-3 Jordan Brown
Kishan Hirani 4-2 David Lilley
Joe O'Connor 4-2 Bai Langning
Kurt Maflin 4-1 Alex Borg
Ricky Walden 4-3 Luo Honghao
Mei Xiwen 4-3 Gary Thomson
Yan Bingtao 4-1 Barry Pinches
Tom Ford 4-1 Lee Walker
Xiao Guodong 4-0 Duane Jones
Tian Pengfei 4-2 Oliver Lines
Ding Junhui 4-1 Michael White
Jack Lisowski 4-1 Zhang Anda
Peter Ebdon 4-3 Zhou Yuelong
Kyren Wilson 4-3 Hossein Vafaei
Alfie Burden 4-2 Soheil Vahedi
Alan McManus 4-1 Zhao Xintong
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-3 Dominic Dale
Stuart Carrington 4-3 Xu Si
Chang Bingyu 4-2 Fraser Patrick
Matthew Stevens 4-2 Stuart Bingham
Li Hang 4-1 Matt Selt
Dave Gilbert 4-0 Eden Sharav
Judd Trump 4-0 Amiri Amine
Jimmy Robertson 4-1 Harvey Chandler
James Cahill 4-2 Sunny Akani
Mark Davis 4-3 Sam Baird
Martin O'Donnell 4-3 Jackson Page
James Wattana 4-2 Noppon Saengkham
Yuan Sijun 4-2 Mitchell Mann
Ben Woollaston 4-3 Chen Zifan
Stephen Maguire 4-0 Jimmy White
Shaun Murphy 4-1 Daniel Wells
Ali Carter 4-3 Fan Zhengyi
Saw a lot of this on FB/ Twitter, didn't see what he was playing like so couldn't even defend him. I think someone said he has mental health issues currently but was forced to play this or he would get fine/ heavily punished. He has pulled out of the masters as its an invitational, so clearly he needs a break right now.
Not a good sign, the end is nigh I reckon for Ronnie and his snooker. I can't see him being around much longer enjoy him while we can (snooker)
2nd Round
Results
Mark Allen 4-1 Louis Heathcote
Mike Dunn 4-3 Ryan Day
Andrew Higginson 4-2 Si Junhui
Zhang Jiangkang 4-1 John Astley
Tom Ford 4-2 Mark King
Peter Ebdon 4-3 Tian Pengfei
Joe Perry 4-3 Kishan Hirani
Chris Wakelin 4-1 Gary Wilson
Elliot Slessor 4-2 Anthony McGill
Joe O'Connor 4-2 Yan Bingtao
Xiao Guoding 4-0 Andy Lee
Martin Gould 4-3 Kacper Filipiak
John Higgins 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
Jack Lisowski 4-0 David Grace
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Rob Milkins
Ricky Walden 4-3 Stuart Carrington
Scott Donaldson 4-2 Billy Joe Castle
Kyren Wilson 4-1 Peter Lines
Mark Selby 4-1 Alfie Burden
Judd Trump 4-0 Yuan Sijun
Neil Robertson 4-1 Ian Burns
Marco Fu 4-2 Stephen Maguire
Round 2
Results
Lu Ning 4-3 Ali Carter
Dave Gilbert 4-2 Chang Bingyu
Liam Highfield 4-3 Li Hang
James Wattana 4-0 Alan McManus
Shaun Murphy 4-0 Mark Davis
Jimmy Robertson 4-2 Martin O'Donnell
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 James Cahill
Graeme Dott 4-1 Ben Woollaston
Ding Junhui 4-0 Mei Xiwen
Kurt Maflin 4-3 Matthew Stevens
Round 3
QUARTER 1
Mark Allen v Elliot Slessor
Lu Ning v Chris Wakelin
Tom Ford v Zhang Jiankang
Scott Donaldson v Kyren Wilson
QUARTER 2
John Higgins v Andrew Higginson
Jack Lisowski v Mike Dunn
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Marco Fu
Peter Ebdon v Neil Robertson
QUARTER 3
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Martin Gould
Joe Perry v Joe O'Connor
Jimmy Robertson v Kurt Maflin
Liam Highfield v Mark Selby
QUARTER 4
Shaun Murphy v Ricky Walden
Dave Gilbert v Xiao Guodong
Graeme Dott v Ding Junhui
James Wattana v Judd Trump
Fully expecting on Friday to have
Allen v Wilson
Higgins v Robertson
O'Sullivan v Selby
Murphy v Trump
That's some lineup. I got to the pub and Ronnie won his final frame so didn't get to see the whole match. This format it is literally anyones, it wont surprise me if half of the above don't get there.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/50748089
I love watching him play, but he's such a knob
Not quite being a knob, I don't see how shaking a hand and a fist pump is any less disrespectful. I have done both in pool/snooker, just down to the individual. Each to their own surely, not sure how that can annoy anyone.
Last time he left the game he felt pressure to return from fans.
What if he is trying to get fans to turn on him so he can just walk away:
Purposely missing a 147-fans at the game will be pissed off
Pulling out of the masters after fans have bought tickets to see him, then admitting that despite World Snooker saying it was personal reasons he just didnt want to play in it.
Now refusing a handshake which is a tradition of the game