Thepchaiya will be making his 3rd appearance in a row, having lost the last two in the first round and losing last year to eventual champion Judd Trump 10-9
Martin Gould will be appearing at Sheffield for the 10th time, however he only has 2 previous wins there and both of those came against Marco Fu who isn't there this year
This will be Mark Kings 15th appearance at The Crucible but his first since 2013 when he lost in the 2nd round 13-9 to Ding Junhui, in fact King has never made it past the 2nd round at the World Championships
25 year old Jamie Rhys Clarke will be the 5th and final player making his debut at the crucible this year and another player who was due to drop of the tour but will earn a new tour card by qualifying
World Championship Qualifiers Round 4(Judgement Day) Results
Anthony McGill 10-1 Sam Baird
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-7 Liam Highfield
Matthew Stevens 10-5 Ricky Walden
Jordan Brown 10-6 Ryan Day
Martin Gould 10-6 Graeme Dott
Tom Ford 10-8 Stuart Carrington
Mark King 10-6 Ian Burns
Jamie Rhys Clarke 10-7 Akani Songsermsawad
So here we have the full list of 32 players competing in this years World Championships in ranking order, the unseeded players have their ranking in brackets
Judd Trump
Neil Robertson
Mark Williams
Mark Allen
John Higgins
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson
Stephen Maguire
Shaun Murphy
Ding Junhui
Dave Gilbert
Jack Lisowski
Stuart Bingham
Barry Hawkins
Yan Bingtao
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh(20)
Tom Ford(26)
Matthew Stevens(31)
Liang Wenbo(34)
Anthony McGill(39)
Noppon Saengkham(42)
Kurt Maflin(43)
Mark King(46)
Anthony Hamilton(48)
Alan McManus(53)
Martin Gould(61)
Elliot Slessor(69)
Jordan Brown(74)
Ashley Carty(82)
Alexander Ursenbacher(86)
Jamie Rhys Clarke(90)
Just seen it now and yeah its clear cut as john says not the first time Liang hasn't called a foul on himself and whilst thats obviously his choice its not really in line with the sport.
I do wonder if it would even have impacted the frame tho, looking at it I think there was another couple of safety shots after that before Liang got in with his break, so even of Liang had called the foul it would have been 4 points for Fegal but that was probably it.
But as I say you still expect him to call to foul on himself
Yeah its just a bit crazy in a decider, regardless in snooker you always expect someone to call it. You never know whether it would have affected the outcome and he did hit a brilliant 141 just leaves a bit of a sour taste, even in real time i was like surely thats a foul the way he played it was obviously he was going to hit something, no way of avoiding it at that pace. It is a shame i have always liked him, more for his style and he wears his heart on his sleeve but he goes down in my book after that now.
World Championship Qualifiers End of first session
Martin Gould 6-3 Graeme Dott
TV game, i do think they have choose poorly throughout the qualifiers. The one for example they are both established and not the most exciting. They could have picked someone new or even one which is likely to be more exciting. Not a fan of their selections, kept picking Jimmy when he hasn't really got the game and just too much stop start these days. Thankfully when the real action is underway there is not too much overlap? (hopefully)
It made no sense not to call a foul, he wasn't leaving a pot and if he was put back in he had an easy safety shot. Very odd but he has done it before.
Haven't seen the King incident but if you're going for a slash and not conceding you make 100% certain that the ref knows.
To be fair he was 31 behind with 35 on
The ref should have known he wasn't conceding as he isnt allowed to do so at that stage of a frame and if he had done would have been fined
I assumed he'd got the hump and stormed out or something. Anyway, looks like it might have spurred him on because he won the last 7.
Comments
Results
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-7 Liam Highfield
Thepchaiya will be making his 3rd appearance in a row, having lost the last two in the first round and losing last year to eventual champion Judd Trump 10-9
Results
Matthew Stevens 10-5 Ricky Walden
2 time World Championship runner up Matthew Stevens will be making his 17th appearance at The Crucible
@WelshAddick can celebrate finally
Results
Jordan Brown 10-6 Ryan Day
32 year old Jordan Brown will be making his Crucible debut and also with this result also keeps his tour card
@WelshAddick wont be celebrating this one
Results
Martin Gould 10-6 Graeme Dott
Martin Gould will be appearing at Sheffield for the 10th time, however he only has 2 previous wins there and both of those came against Marco Fu who isn't there this year
Results
Tom Ford 10-8 Stuart Carrington
Surprisingly despite being a pro for so long this will only be Toms 4th appearance at The Crucible and he lost in round 1 on theast 3 occasions
Results
Mark King 10-6 Ian Burns
This will be Mark Kings 15th appearance at The Crucible but his first since 2013 when he lost in the 2nd round 13-9 to Ding Junhui, in fact King has never made it past the 2nd round at the World Championships
Results
Jamie Rhys Clarke 10-7 Akani Songsermsawad
25 year old Jamie Rhys Clarke will be the 5th and final player making his debut at the crucible this year and another player who was due to drop of the tour but will earn a new tour card by qualifying
Williams
Stevens
Clarke
Round 4(Judgement Day)
Results
Anthony McGill 10-1 Sam Baird
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-7 Liam Highfield
Matthew Stevens 10-5 Ricky Walden
Jordan Brown 10-6 Ryan Day
Martin Gould 10-6 Graeme Dott
Tom Ford 10-8 Stuart Carrington
Mark King 10-6 Ian Burns
Jamie Rhys Clarke 10-7 Akani Songsermsawad
Judd Trump
Neil Robertson
Mark Williams
Mark Allen
John Higgins
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson
Stephen Maguire
Shaun Murphy
Ding Junhui
Dave Gilbert
Jack Lisowski
Stuart Bingham
Barry Hawkins
Yan Bingtao
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh(20)
Tom Ford(26)
Matthew Stevens(31)
Liang Wenbo(34)
Anthony McGill(39)
Noppon Saengkham(42)
Kurt Maflin(43)
Mark King(46)
Anthony Hamilton(48)
Alan McManus(53)
Martin Gould(61)
Elliot Slessor(69)
Jordan Brown(74)
Ashley Carty(82)
Alexander Ursenbacher(86)
Jamie Rhys Clarke(90)