Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_British_Open
Steve Davis was upset 5-4 in the last 32 by John Virgo. A good result for JV.
Another John, John Spencer, continued his recent return to form, reaching the quarter-finals where he lost to eventual champion White. The former number 1 had been as low as 68th in the rankings following the 1985 Grand Prix, but has been steadily climbing back up since then, and following this event finds himself up to 24th.
Stephen Hendry lost 5-2 to Eddie Sinclair in the last 96. He was helped by the players ranked 17 (Wayne Jones) and 18 (Meo) also losing early though and retains his top 16 place.
There we're too many suprises in the later rounds of the competition, with 4 of the top 5 contesting the semi-finals, and 2nd beating 4th in the final.
Foulds leapfrogs Thorburn and moves to number 3 in the rankings.
David Roe enters the top 64 for the first time.
QFs:
N Foulds (4) 5-3 Virgo (23)
Knowles (5) 5-4 Dennis Taylor (13)
White (2) 5-3 Spencer (27)
Thorburn (3) 5-3 David Taylor (40)
SFs:
Foulds (4) 9-2 Knowles (5)
White (2) 9-5 Thorburn (3)
Final:
White (2) 13-9 Foulds (4)
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