Sports Lottery Cup Wuxi Classic W C & Last 64 Discussion !!!

ttol wrote:Oh wow Hearn is annoying with that hard line stuff. Absolutely detest the bloke.

That's a strange comment. It's the players who have brought this on themselves, chief offender is ronnie o sullivan. The same in all walks of life, things are good then some bawbag bucks it up for everyone.

To be fair to Ronnie he hasn't really pulled out mid-tournament since around 2012. Some players were taking the snake hiss though with their pathetic excuses last season.

How is Page-Hawkins a better match than Maguire-Gilbert?

Skullman wrote:To be fair to Ronnie he hasn't really pulled out mid-tournament since around 2012. Some players were taking the snake hiss though with their pathetic excuses last season.

Yes I agree, in recent times if Ronnie dosnt want to go to an event he simply doesnt enter it, therefore he hasn't pulled out. But like you say, many last season had pretty poor excuses for not attending an event they at first entered.

Exceptions do need to be made though, like a last minute illness of some sort (Robbo last season at the China Open a prime example, although he didnt pull out an even reached the Final), a death of a family member, that sort of thing.

Yea but to be fair the sort of illness Robbo had is not an excuse to pull out. but death in the family, or really serious illness like what Ali Carter has should be exempt.

Christ Alex Higgins played with a broken leg Hopping round the table and Actually won a match.

Wildey wrote:Yea but to be fair the sort of illness Robbo had is not an excuse to pull out. but death in the family, or really serious illness like what Ali Carter has should be exempt.

Christ Alex Higgins played with a broken leg Hopping round the table and Actually won a match.

Higgins didn't win that match though, he actually was hammered 5 nil by Steve Davis in the 1989 British Open.

Nevertheless, would be some story if a player nowadays played with a broken leg.

EDIT: Sory I misread what you said, Higgins actually did win 1 match in that tournament, last 64 match against Australian Robby Foldvari, but in the Last 32 was hammered by his old "friend" Davis.

Tuesday 24th of June

3am

Rod Lawler 1-5 Shaun Murphy
Jack Lisowski 5-2 Lyu Chenwei
Mark Joyce 1-5 Mark Williams
Jamie Cope 3-5 Michael White
David Morris 4-5 Robert Milkins
Michael Tomlinson 1-5 Martin Gould

7.30am

Lee Page 0-0 Barry Hawkins
Liang Wenbo 1-0 Jamie Burnett
Stephen Maguire 0-1 David Gilbert
Joe Perry 1-0 Chen Zifan
Chris Melling 0-1 Zhao Xintong
Oliver Brown 0-0 Oliver Lines

12.30pm

Robbie Williams v Mark Selby
Zhou Yuelong v Graeme Dott
Jamie Jones v Ken Doherty
Ryan Day v Matthew Selt
Barry Pinches v Yan Bingtao
Chris Wakelin v Joe O'Connor

Andre147 wrote:

Wildey wrote:
EDIT: Sory I misread what you said, Higgins actually did win 1 match in that tournament, last 64 match against Australian Robby Foldvari, but in the Last 32 was hammered by his old "friend" Davis.

it was in the 1989 European Open in Douville France he beat Les Dodd before Willie Thorne beat him 5-2 in the next round

Lee Page 0-4 Barry Hawkins
Liang Wenbo 2-1 Jamie Burnett
Stephen Maguire 1-2 David Gilbert
Joe Perry 4-0 Chen Zifan
Chris Melling 0-4 Zhao Xintong
Oliver Brown 2-1 Oliver Lines

Lee Page is out of his depth in this match

Lee Page 0-5 Barry Hawkins
Liang Wenbo 4-1 Jamie Burnett
Stephen Maguire 1-3 David Gilbert
Joe Perry 5-0 Chen Zifan
Chris Melling 1-4 Zhao Xintong
Oliver Brown 3-1 Oliver Lines

Oliver Brown who knocked Ding Junhui out is on the verge of the last 32 leading 1st year pro Oliver lines 4-1

Liang Wenbo books his last 32 spot with a 5-1 win over Jamie Burnett

Liang makes three centuries as well. Selby will need to be on his game to get past him.

3 Centuries from Liang Wenbo

Skullman wrote:Liang makes three centuries as well. Selby will need to be on his game to get past him.

but Liang so unpredictable that selby could play rubbish and win 5-0

Lee Page 0-5 Barry Hawkins
Liang Wenbo 5-1 Jamie Burnett
Stephen Maguire 1-3 David Gilbert
Joe Perry 5-0 Chen Zifan
Chris Melling 1-5 Zhao Xintong
Oliver Brown 4-1 Oliver Lines

Chinese wildcard Zhao Xintong thrashes Chris Melling 5-1. Has Jack Lisowski next.

Didn't he have visa problems and so couldn't go to Q-School? Hope he gets on tour somehow soon. Seems like a real talent.

Oliver Brown already on £7,389 as an amateur, he'd be 82nd in the provisional rankings if he was a pro!

Some draw Gould's getting. Brown'll be his third amateur opponent in a row.

Although he might not have that easy considering how Brown has only dropped one frame against his first two opponents...

JDM375 wrote:Oliver Brown already on £7,389 as an amateur, he'd be 82nd in the provisional rankings if he was a pro!

pro or not that will be a massive help with funding the season for him.

i believe there should be a tour qualifying for top up players that does well in main tournaments after all that what its all about.

You could always suggest it to WS.

Doesn't sound like Maguire is on fire at the moment.

Was it Neal Foulds that once called him Pretty Dire Maguire?

Skullman wrote:Some draw Gould's getting. Brown'll be his third amateur opponent in a row.

Although he might not have that easy considering how Brown has only dropped one frame against his first two opponents...

Yes, that's the point. He may be an amateur, but he's still had to win games to get to this stage in the tournament.

Anybody seen any of this tournament yet? Who is playing well? Who isn't?

I want some in depth analysis.

Skullman wrote:Chinese wildcard Zhao Xintong thrashes Chris Melling 5-1. Has Jack Lisowski next.

Didn't he have visa problems and so couldn't go to Q-School? Hope he gets on tour somehow soon. Seems like a real talent.

He played u-21 world championship in same days where he lost the semifinal against Josh boileau
he previously lost final of world amateur championship against Zhou yuelong

Skullman wrote:You could always suggest it to WS.

i have on twitter hopefully it might sink in at some point.


i just think if Amateur players had something to gain from being a top up player then this notion of top up players having nothing to lose so they can relax more as appose to tour players that has everything to lose would be put to bed.

Maguire has stepped up the heat conceding just 6 points to turn a 3-1 deficit in to a 4-3 lead with a break of 118 as a highlight and hes off again on a break of 48

Wildey wrote:

JDM375 wrote:Oliver Brown already on £7,389 as an amateur, he'd be 82nd in the provisional rankings if he was a pro!

pro or not that will be a massive help with funding the season for him.

That one isn't short of money

COME ON SELBY.

Going to be interesting to see how he plays today I think.