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Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Cloud Strife wrote:
Skullman wrote:
Dan-cat wrote:Why wasn't that Selby frame a re-rack?


Neither player wanted one?


That's very unlike Selby. Is he feeling well?


Yeah, he's normally so positive and doesn't play all this tippy tappy stuff.

Burnout must be doing his head in.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Approx 10am

Joe Perry 4-2 Daniel Wells
Michael Holt 4-1 Li Hang
Jamie Jones 4-2 Michael Collumb
Mark Davis 4-2 Ratchayothin Yotharuck
Martin O'Donnell 3-2 Jak Jones

Approx 10.30am

Mark Selby 4-0 Chen Zhe
Anthony Hamilton 4-1 Marcin Nitschke
Kyren Wilson 3-4 Tian Pengfei
Stuart Bingham 4-0 Sanderson Lam

Approx 11.30am

Judd Trump 4-2 Liu Chuang
Chris Wakelin 2-2 Alexander Ursenbache
Robbie Williams 1-0 Li Yan
Shaun Murphy 2-0 Jamie O'Neill

Approx 12pm

Stephen Maguire 1-0 Cao Xin Long
Ryan Day scr w/o Robin Hull
John Higgins 4-0 Michael Georgiou
Anthony McGill 0-0 Elliot Slessor

Approx 1pm

Gary Wilson 0-0 Adam Duffy
Michael Wasley 0-0 David Frew
Barry Hawkins 0-0 Ryan Clark
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon scr Jimmy White w/o

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Good win for Martin O'Donnell. Think it puts him joint eighth with Drago on the list of players who fall off the tour if not PTC performances. Depending on how draws are decided his work could be done, but will want to win at least another match for extra security.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Approx 10am

Joe Perry 4-2 Daniel Wells
Michael Holt 4-1 Li Hang
Jamie Jones 4-2 Michael Collumb
Mark Davis 4-2 Ratchayothin Yotharuck
Martin O'Donnell 4-3 Jak Jones

Approx 10.30am

Mark Selby 4-0 Chen Zhe
Anthony Hamilton 4-1 Marcin Nitschke
Kyren Wilson 3-4 Tian Pengfei
Stuart Bingham 4-0 Sanderson Lam

Approx 11.30am

Judd Trump 4-2 Liu Chuang
Chris Wakelin 4-2 Alexander Ursenbache
Robbie Williams 4-0 Li Yan
Shaun Murphy 4-0 Jamie O'Neill

Approx 12pm

Stephen Maguire 4-0 Cao Xin Long
Ryan Day scr w/o Robin Hull
John Higgins 4-0 Michael Georgiou
Anthony McGill 1-0 Elliot Slessor

Approx 1pm

Gary Wilson 2-0 Adam Duffy
Michael Wasley 4-0 David Frew
Barry Hawkins 3-0 Ryan Clark
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon scr Jimmy White w/o

Last 128 drawing to a close, and it's not even three. That's ridiculously early for a PTC.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Approx 12pm

Stephen Maguire 4-0 Cao Xin Long
Ryan Day scr w/o Robin Hull
John Higgins 4-0 Michael Georgiou
Anthony McGill 2-2 Elliot Slessor

Approx 1pm

Gary Wilson 4-3 Adam Duffy
Michael Wasley 4-0 David Frew
Barry Hawkins 4-1 Ryan Clark
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon scr Jimmy White w/o

Approx 2:30pm

Mark Selby 2-2 Anthony Hamilton
Allan Taylor 0-2 Matthew Selt
Martin Gould 3-1 Peter Lines
Robert Milkins 3-0 Fraser Patrick
Judd Trump 3-0 Chris Wakelin
Mike Dunn 0-0 Steve Davis
Tom Ford 1-1 Aditya Mehta
Mark King 1-0 Joe Perry

Approx 4pm

Michael Holt v Jamie Jones
Mark Davis v Martin O'Donnell
Tian Pengfei v Robbie Williams
Stuart Bingham v Shaun Murphy
Stephen Maguire v Ryan Day
Gary Wilson v Michael Wasley
Barry Hawkins v Jimmy White
John Higgins v Anthony McGill/Elliot Slessor

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Approx 12pm

Anthony McGill 3-4 Elliot Slessor

Approx 2:30pm

Mark Selby 3-4 Anthony Hamilton
Allan Taylor 0-4 Matthew Selt
Martin Gould 4-1 Peter Lines
Robert Milkins 4-0 Fraser Patrick
Judd Trump 4-0 Chris Wakelin
Mike Dunn 1-2 Steve Davis
Tom Ford 4-1 Aditya Mehta
Mark King 3-1 Joe Perry

Approx 4pm

Michael Holt 0-2 Jamie Jones
Mark Davis 0-1 Martin O'Donnell
Tian Pengfei 1-2 Robbie Williams
Stuart Bingham 0-2 Shaun Murphy
Stephen Maguire 2-0 Ryan Day
Gary Wilson 0-0 Michael Wasley
Barry Hawkins v Jimmy White
John Higgins v Elliot Slessor

Approx 6.30pm

Anthony Hamilton v Matthew Selt
Martin Gould v Robert Milkins
Judd Trump v Dunn/Davis
Tom Ford v King/Perry
Holt/Jones v Mavis/O’Donnell
Pengfei/Williams v Bingo/Murphy
Mags/Day v Wilson/Wasley
Hawkins/White v Higgins/Slessor

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby roy142857

The already-slim chances of Liú Chuǎng , Jamie O'Neill and Adam Duffy getting back on Tour via the European Order of Merit disappeared with first round losses, whilst Tián Péngfēi's slim chance still alive (like Jimmy White, semi-final is what he needs).

Steve Davis beat Mike Dunn 4-2, Dunn would now need players above him on the Order of Merit to get into the Top 64 ans players below him on the Order of Merit to fall out of it. Or he'll have to make the Top 64 himself.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Approx 2:30pm

Mark Selby 3-4 Anthony Hamilton
Allan Taylor 0-4 Matthew Selt
Martin Gould 4-1 Peter Lines
Robert Milkins 4-0 Fraser Patrick
Judd Trump 4-0 Chris Wakelin
Mike Dunn 2-4 Steve Davis
Tom Ford 4-1 Aditya Mehta
Mark King 4-1 Joe Perry

Approx 4pm

Michael Holt 0-4 Jamie Jones
Mark Davis 1-1 Martin O'Donnell
Tian Pengfei 4-2 Robbie Williams
Stuart Bingham 1-4 Shaun Murphy
Stephen Maguire 4-0 Ryan Day
Gary Wilson 0-3 Michael Wasley
Barry Hawkins 2-0 Jimmy White
John Higgins 1-0 Elliot Slessor

Approx 6.30pm

Anthony Hamilton v Matthew Selt
Martin Gould v Robert Milkins
Judd Trump v Steve Davis
Tom Ford v Mark King
Jamie Jones v Mavis/O’Donnell
Tian Pengfei v Shaun Murphy
Stephen Maguire v Wilson/Wasley
Hawkins/White v Higgins/Slessor

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby roy142857

Michael Wasley survives a scare against Gary Wilson (going from 3-0 up to a decider) to strengthen his grip on one of the 8 Tour spots available to non-top-64 players, whilst Martin O'Donnell takes a nice 4-1 over Mark Davis to put pressure on those close to him who are playing tomorrow.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Approx 4pm

Michael Holt 4-0 Jamie Jones
Mark Davis 1-4 Martin O'Donnell
Tian Pengfei 4-2 Robbie Williams
Stuart Bingham 1-4 Shaun Murphy
Stephen Maguire 4-0 Ryan Day
Gary Wilson 3-4 Michael Wasley
Barry Hawkins 4-1 Jimmy White
John Higgins 2-3 Elliot Slessor

Approx 6.30pm

Anthony Hamilton 0-4 Matthew Selt
Martin Gould 1-1 Robert Milkins
Judd Trump 2-1 Steve Davis
Tom Ford 2-1 Mark King
Jamie Jones v Martin O’Donnell
Tian Pengfei 0-2 Shaun Murphy
Stephen Maguire v Michael Wasley
Barry Hawkins v Higgins/Slessor

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Selt first man through to finals day. Meanwhile, Higgins could be trouble as he's 3-2 down to Elliot Slessor, who seems to scoring well from I noticed on live scores.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby edwards2000

SnookerFan wrote:Who remembers when Matthew Stevens used to be good?


He was good against Ronnie in a World semi final not so long back. Had he come up against another player he may have been finalist again. He did used to have a much much better consistency though,

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

edwards2000 wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Who remembers when Matthew Stevens used to be good?


He was good against Ronnie in a World semi final not so long back. Had he come up against another player he may have been finalist again. He did used to have a much much better consistency though,


I remember that. He wasn't.

Anyway back to Stevens, I wasn't watching during his good years, but he seems to have decent spells every now and then. Probably the last time I saw him play well was in Haikou last year, where he beat Murphy, Trump and Robertson back to back en route to the final.

Even last season I would say that he almost always seems to beat the players he was meant to beat if we went by rankings. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like he can even keep that up now.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Live scores always cuts off at the end of breaks, but I don't think Gould made it as he was on 120 before the next refresh showed 2-3.

Meanwhile, Steve Davis forces a decider Judd from 1-3. I think Judd will be a bit peeved if he goes on lose it.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Approx 4pm

John Higgins 4-3 Elliot Slessor

Approx 6.30pm

Anthony Hamilton 0-4 Matthew Selt
Martin Gould 2-4 Robert Milkins
Judd Trump 4-3 Steve Davis
Tom Ford 3-3 Mark King
Jamie Jones 2-0 Martin O’Donnell
Tian Pengfei 1-4 Shaun Murphy
Stephen Maguire 1-1 Michael Wasley
Barry Hawkins 0-0 John Higgins

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby edwards2000

Skullman wrote:
edwards2000 wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Who remembers when Matthew Stevens used to be good?


He was good against Ronnie in a World semi final not so long back. Had he come up against another player he may have been finalist again. He did used to have a much much better consistency though,


I remember that. He wasn't.


Yes, he was. It's just that you fail to acknowledge that O'Sullivan outplays anyone. Getting to a World semi final is a great achievement and Stevens was playing great. That's a fact and it's there for anyone to watch. You need to start learning that 2 players play a game, not just the opponent of the one you hate.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Andre147

A shame Steve couldn't get through against Trump after coming back from 3-1 down.. Steve though can still roll back the years after a brilliant ton of 137 in frame 2, and at 56 still giving so much trouble to a young player like Trump :hatoff:

Hope this result boosts his chances of staying on the tour, would be such a shame a legend like Steve were to fall off the tour, though even if that happens he may still give it a go at Q School.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby roy142857

Might be significant that Martin O'Donnell kept ahead of Steve, were Steve to slip out of the Top 64.

Key factor for both is that they will both be passed by David Grace and Tony Drago if those players win their opening matches tomorrow. I think Barry Pinches passes Steve but not Martin if he wins two tomorrow, Pinches really needs 3 wins tomorrow.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Andre147

edwards2000 wrote:
Skullman wrote:
edwards2000 wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:Who remembers when Matthew Stevens used to be good?


He was good against Ronnie in a World semi final not so long back. Had he come up against another player he may have been finalist again. He did used to have a much much better consistency though,


I remember that. He wasn't.


Yes, he was. It's just that you fail to acknowledge that O'Sullivan outplays anyone. Getting to a World semi final is a great achievement and Stevens was playing great. That's a fact and it's there for anyone to watch. You need to start learning that 2 players play a game, not just the opponent of the one you hate.


That sometimes can happen yes, especially when one doesn't like a player and tries to devaluate his achievments, but in this case even me as a Ronnie fan agree with Skull because Matthew didn't play that great, he was good until about 5 all I think but then in that 2nd session Ronnie had one of his purple patches in the sessions at that Worlds (remember he had one brilliant session in each of his matches he won that year) and pulled away and Matthew couldn't catch him. I know you're going to say Matt couldn't catch him then because Ronnie put him under pressure, but in the following 2 sessions, 3rd and 4th, Ronnie didn't play that great and Stevens too started to miss many crucial balls which otherwise might have made things different, so in conclusion what Skull said after is probably a fair reflection that Stevens played good indeed since the World Open final.

And if we are to be ultra critical, in truth Stevens really hasn't been the same player he was since his Worlds 2005 final, since then he has had a few good results but not the sort of top form for a sustained period of time.

Re: Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Postby Skullman

Approx 6.30pm

Anthony Hamilton 0-4 Matthew Selt
Martin Gould 2-4 Robert Milkins
Judd Trump 4-3 Steve Davis
Tom Ford 3-4 Mark King
Jamie Jones 4-3 Martin O’Donnell
Tian Pengfei 1-4 Shaun Murphy
Stephen Maguire 4-1 Michael Wasley
Barry Hawkins 3-4 John Higgins

Been quiet today.