Dafabet World Championship Qualifying Rnd 4 (15-16th April)

Skullman wrote:10-1 Xiao. Our second Crucible debutant for 2014. Hopefully he can do some damage against the seeds.

Xiao against Selby or Robertson could potentially be a great match.

What a clearance from white

According to the SI twitter, White made a good dish to take frame 11 on the black by 1 point. Back to within one of Selt.

Another player who only narrowly missed the Crucible cut, is in big trouble. Wasley could take 4 in a row.

Snooker Overdrive wrote:Another player who only narrowly missed the Crucible cut, is in big trouble. Wasley could take 4 in a row.

Disappointing from Milkins

Of course still far from over, but I was hoping he drew Robbo first round again

Robert Milkins 5-7 Michael Wasley
Fergal O'Brien 7-4 Robbie Williams
Peter Ebdon 4-6 Robin Hull
Liang Wenbo 4-7 Martin Gould
Ben Woollaston 5-6 Jamie Burnett
Ryan Day 6-4 Stuart Carrington
Michael White 5-6 Matthew Selt
Xiao Guodong 10-1 Li Yan

Xiao Guodong adding to the ever growing list of Chinese players at the crucible

only 7 more places up for grabs now

Hull opens a three frame gap from Ebdon at 7-4.

Just a reminder: if Ebdon loses here, it'll be the first time in his entire career he hasn't been at the Crucible.

Gould opens up a four frame now, 8-4.

Three in a row for White, back level with Selt, 6-6.

Some very intriguing matches today. We could be in for one hell of a finish.

Three in a row from Robbie Williams. Now only 7-5 down to Fergal.

Robbie Williams too after being 7-2 down takes 3 on the spin to reduce to 7-5.

He could do with the next though.

I think Selty and White will be a very nerve wracking finish, possibly the full 19 frames.

Robert Milkins 6-7 Michael Wasley
Fergal O'Brien 7-5 Robbie Williams
Peter Ebdon 4-7 Robin Hull
Liang Wenbo 5-8 Martin Gould
Ben Woollaston 5-8 Jamie Burnett
Ryan Day 7-5 Stuart Carrington
Michael White 7-6 Matthew Selt

Brilliant whitey

Ebdon is clawing his way back into the match. 5-7 Hull.

Disappointing from Ben too, was hoping another newcomer to the Crucible but now at 8-5 down it seems we'll have another journeyman in Burnett.

Snooker Overdrive wrote:Ebdon is clawing his way back into the match. 5-7 Hull.

If Ebdon takes the next I expect nothing less than a 10-8 or 10-9 win either way, but I favour Hull.

Andre147 PGC wrote:Disappointing from Ben too, was hoping another newcomer to the Crucible but now at 8-5 down it seems we'll have another journeyman in Burnett.

Ben qualified last year.

Andre147 PGC wrote:Disappointing from Ben too, was hoping another newcomer to the Crucible but now at 8-5 down it seems we'll have another journeyman in Burnett.

Ben's already been to the Crucible last year. He lost 10-3 to Carter.

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

Andre147 PGC wrote:Disappointing from Ben too, was hoping another newcomer to the Crucible but now at 8-5 down it seems we'll have another journeyman in Burnett.

Ben qualified last year.

Yeah you're right, totally forgot that.

But still a bit disappointing from him.

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

Andre147 PGC wrote:Disappointing from Ben too, was hoping another newcomer to the Crucible but now at 8-5 down it seems we'll have another journeyman in Burnett.

Ben qualified last year.

Yeah you're right, totally forgot that.

But still a bit disappointing from him.

Mistakes creeping into Wasley's game...

Xiao Guodong becomes the 6th mainland chinese player to play at the crucible

Ding Junhui Debut 2007 App 7
Liu Chuang Debut 2008 App 2
Liang Wenbo Debut 2008 App 4
Zhang Anda Debut 2010 App 1
Cao Yupeng Debut 2012 App 1
Xiao Guodong Debut 2014

Skullman wrote:
Just a reminder: if Ebdon loses here, it'll be the first time in his entire career he hasn't been at the Crucible.

Is he the only player who can say that?

Apart from being a chrome dome, is there any reason why folk here dislike Selt?

Hendry, Griffiths and Ronnie have also been at the Crucible every year of their career (so far). Don't think there are any others.

Plenty of people can say they haven't played at The Crucible at some point in their career...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Hull has only been once to the Crucible, back in 2002 right?