Gdynia Open (European Tour 8) Discussion !!

Respotted black Skull?

Andre147 PGC wrote:Respotted black Skull?

Not now

Well played McManus.

Angles McManus has had some good results this season against the top players, especially beating Judd 6-5 at the IC and now beating WN1 Robbo, both in deciders

Wonder when was the last time prior to this that he beat a WN1... must be ages ago.

Approx 2.30pm

Barry Pinches 4-1 Alex Borg

Approx 4pm

David Gilbert 4-1 David Grace
Mark Joyce 1-4 Zhang Anda
Lee Page 2-4 Rod Lawler
Rory McLeod 1-4 Jamie Cope
Graeme Dott 4-2 Patrick Einsle
Neil Robertson 3-4 Alan McManus
Fergal O'Brien 3-3 Tony Drago
Dominic Dale 4-1 Liang Wenbo

Approx 6:30pm

Marcus Campbell 3-1 Gareth Allen
Craig Steadman 2-3 Alfie Burden
Nigel Bond 1-2 Sam Baird
Barry Pinches 1-0 Ian Burns
David Gilbert 0-0 Zhang Anda
Rod Lawler v Jamie Cope
Graeme Dott v Alan McManus
O’Brien/Drago v Dominic Dale

BTW How did the decider between Angles and Robbo go?

I missed it due to takeaway related reasons.

Tony Drago just misses out against Fergal O'Brien, may have done enough on the Order of Merit but will have to wait and see who is in the Top 64 at the end of the season, lands up £17 behind David Grace, both of them and Martin O'Donnell will be hoping Barry Pinches fails to get the third win he needs to pass them all.

Gaz in a decider with Marcus Campbell, came back from 3-1 down

Skullman wrote:I wouldn't put anything past World Snooker. They may decide Selt v Milkins is the match everyone is dying to see.

What? You mean it's not?

Angles continues his good run with a 4-1 win over Dott. Scuppers any hopes of Graeme making the Grand Finals unless he entered the last APTC and even then he'd need to make the final.

Somehow appropriate that Pinches/Burns should be into a decider ...

Sam Baird clocking up more money pulling him closer to the Top 64 with todays 3 wins, plus with a place in the PTC Finals, which he'll actually get more for than he's won today, puts him up to about 67th (66th ignoring Stephen Lee).

(Edit) Just to add, great win for Zhāng Āndá to take his effort into a second day.

Approx 6:30pm

Marcus Campbell 4-3 Gareth Allen
Craig Steadman 2-4 Alfie Burden
Nigel Bond 3-4 Sam Baird
Barry Pinches 4-3 Ian Burns
David Gilbert 3-4 Zhang Anda
Rod Lawler 4-0 Jamie Cope
Graeme Dott 1-4 Alan McManus
Fergal O’Brien 4-3 Dominic Dale

Sunday 9th February

9am

Last 16

Matthew Selt v Robert Milkins
Judd Trump v Mark King
Jamie Jones v Murphy
Stephen Maguire v John Higgins
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Marcus Campbell v Alfie Burden
Sam Baird v Barry Pinches
Zhang Anda v Rod Lawler
Alan McManus v Fergal O’Brien

12pm

Quarter Finals

3pm

Semi Finals

7pm

Final

Just a closer examination of the remaining sixteen and what they need to to do ensure Grand Finals places...

Already qualified

John Higgins
judd Trump
Stephen Maguire
Sam Baird
Jamie Jones
Shaun Murphy

Needs to win one more match

Fergal O'Brien

Needs to win two more matches

Robert Milkins
Mark King

Everyone else can get in by reaching the final.

Bottom half is wide open, isn't it? Highest ranked player there is Marcus Campbell who is provisionally ranked 30(!)

Chance for some players lower down the rankings to get some order of merit points, get a decent of amount of cash to get closer to that all important top64, and maybe even win a minor ranking event if they get to the final, although if one of Mags, Murphy, Higgins or Trump makes the final, they'd be favourite.

Not seen much of this this weekend. Today I'll probably only get to see the final.

SnookerFan wrote:Not seen much of this this weekend. Today I'll probably only get to see the final.

I,ve not seen much of this neither tbh.





Last 16

Matthew Selt v Robert Milkins
Judd Trump v Mark King
Jamie Jones v Murphy
Stephen Maguire v John Higgins
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Marcus Campbell v Alfie Burden
Sam Baird v Barry Pinches
Zhang Anda v Rod Lawler
Alan McManus v Fergal O’Brien











Very good Run McManus is havin,rollin back the years,2 of his wins included beating Robbo (4-3) and Dott (4-1)!.




Lawler also continueing his good run.






4 Scots still in it,Marcus Campbell,Alan McManus,Stephen Maguire,John Higgins.

I'm going to make a bold prediction.

A Scot will get knocked out in the Higgins vs Maguire match.

SnookerFan wrote:I'm going to make a bold prediction.

A Scot will get knocked out in the Higgins vs Maguire match.

Aye,pity these two have to play each other.


How about predicting which one will get knocked out in this match?.

In the race for Tour spots via the European Order of Merit, who would have thought going into the final day the only players left who can advance their position would be Barry Pinches and Zhāng Āndá?

Pinches already in one of the 'likely' to qualify for a Tour card spots via this way at the end of the season, one more win pretty much guarantees him a spot, wonder if he'll be able to be competitive after the emotions of yesterday, with such a poor start in his first match and then a decider in the third match.

Zhāng Āndá would probably not get a Tour card with 1 win today (would take quite unusual changes in the Top64), but 2 wins would slot him in just ahead of David Grace with a fair chance of getting his Tour card.

Barry Hawkins needs some freak results today to retain the last spot in the PTC finals

He's likely to be pulling for Alan McManus against Fergal O'Brien - Fergals the only player who can knock Barry out of the PTC finals last spot with just 1 win today.

However, any player in the bottom half of the draw who is behind Hawkins will pass him by reaching the final and only Sam Baird is ahead of him! Worse still for Barry, the only player behind him in the lower half who doesn't pass him with a run to the semi-finals is Zhāng Āndá - so Barry needs McManus to beat O'Brien, and a Zhāng Āndá/Baird semi with Sam Baird winning it.

Edit Getting carried away here, realise it's not quite as bad as that as I miscalculated the points for the ones lower down! (Maybe time I woke up properly!) - Lawler, Burden, McManus and Campbell all need to reach the final, not the semi ... but the bad news for Hawkins is that in the other half, Milkins and King surpass him by reaching the semi-final.

First man through to the quarters (barring snookers) is Matt Selt with a 4-0 victory over Rob Milkins. He faces the winner of Judd v King next. Needs to get to the final to make it to the Grand Finals.

Unlucky in off for Higgins after potting a decent opening long red.

Mark King on the comeback trail against Judd, was 3-0, now 3-2 and King needed a snooker in the last.

9am

Last 16

Matthew Selt 4-0 Robert Milkins
Judd Trump 3-2 Mark King
Jamie Jones 2-2 Murphy
Stephen Maguire 3-1 John Higgins
Marcus Campbell 1-3 Alfie Burden
Sam Baird 2-1 Barry Pinches
Zhang Anda 2-1 Rod Lawler
Alan McManus 1-2 Fergal O’Brien

Maguire 3-1 up.

Fun stat: Maguire and Higgins have met in the last 16 of various tournaments in their last five meetings, six after this is over. Maguire has won them all.

King forces a decider with Judd from 0-3.

Max alert Smurph, think he's already done enough to get through to the quarters.

He gets it!



His third career max, barely a month after his second.

Has his old friend Mags next. That should be the TV match hopefully.