Australian Goldfields Open Qualifying Discussion !!!

Aditya Mehta 2-1 Cao Yupeng
Jamie Jones 2-1 John J Astley
Jimmy Robertson 1-2 Lu Ning
Gary Wilson 2-2 Oliver Brown
Scott Donaldson 4-0 Robbie Williams
Elliot Slessor 1-2 Ian Burns
Li Hang 1-3 Lyu Haotian
Jack Lisowski 3-0 James Cahill

Scott Donaldson has limited Robbie Williams to 20 points and made breaks of 121, 69 and 53 in a dominant performance.

Amateur Oliver Brown has gone 3-2 up on Gary Wilson and awaiting the winner is Tom Ford tomorrow morning

Scott Donaldson completes a 5-0 win and he next plays Kurt Maflin for a place in Bendigo and a match with Former champion Stuart Bingham.

Aditya Mehta 4-1 Cao Yupeng
Jamie Jones 3-1 John J Astley
Jimmy Robertson 2-2 Lu Ning
Gary Wilson 2-3 Oliver Brown
Scott Donaldson 5-0 Robbie Williams
Elliot Slessor 1-3 Ian Burns
Li Hang 3-3 Lyu Haotian
Jack Lisowski 3-1 James Cahill

James Cahill has grinded his way back in to the match at 3-2 from 3-0 down

Aditya Mehta 4-2 Cao Yupeng
Jamie Jones 3-1 John J Astley
Jimmy Robertson 2-2 Lu Ning
Gary Wilson 3-4 Oliver Brown
Elliot Slessor 1-3 Ian Burns
Li Hang 3-4 Lyu Haotian
Jack Lisowski 3-2 James Cahill

Aditya Mehta won a very high Quality match with Cao Yupeng 5-2 and between them they had breaks of 139, 108, 93, 87, 70 and 51 x2

Aditya Mehta 5-2 Cao Yupeng
Jamie Jones 3-2 John J Astley
Jimmy Robertson 2-3 Lu Ning
Gary Wilson 3-4 Oliver Brown
Elliot Slessor 2-3 Ian Burns

at times i think Lisowski gets negative when hes far in front in a frame and it costs him a lot of frames.

Dominic Dale stands between Lyu Haotian and a trip to Australia after he beats compatriot Li Hang 5-3

Aditya Mehta 5-2 Cao Yupeng
Jamie Jones 4-3 John J Astley
Jimmy Robertson 3-3 Lu Ning
Gary Wilson 3-5 Oliver Brown
Scott Donaldson 5-0 Robbie Williams
Elliot Slessor 2-3 Ian Burns
Li Hang 3-5 Lyu Haotian
Jack Lisowski 5-2 James Cahill

its great to see 23 players under 30 in the 3rd round.

As a wild card Lyu Haotian has played in a World Ranking Quarter final with the help of Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrawing.

in the 2012 International Championship he beat Michael White 6-5 in the wild card round then a walk over against Ronnie O'Sullivan before another 6-5 win this time against Dominic Dale before losing 6-2 to Neil Robertson in the quarter finals.

in his first season as a pro he reached 2 last 32 of Main Ranking events The Player championship Grand Final where he qualified through reaching a final of a Asian Tour Event and the Wuxi Classic in 2013 where Ali Carter beat him 5-0.

Jimmy Robertson 4-4 Lu Ning
Elliot Slessor 2-5 Ian Burns

What a performance from Brown, very few mistakes, nice break building, good in tactical, the kid impressed me.

Experience told in the end as Jimmy Robertson beats Lu Ning 5-4 to book a match with another china man Liang Wenbo tomorrow.

Monday 2nd of June

11am

Aditya Mehta 5-2 Cao Yupeng
Jamie Jones 5-3 John J Astley
Jimmy Robertson 5-4 Lu Ning
Gary Wilson 3-5 Oliver Brown
Scott Donaldson 5-0 Robbie Williams
Elliot Slessor 2-5 Ian Burns
Li Hang 3-5 Lyu Haotian
Jack Lisowski 5-2 James Cahill

5pm

Rory McLeod v Andrew Pagett
Joe Swail v Alfie Burden streamed
Mike Dunn v Ashley Carty
Michael Leslie v Sam Baird
Anthony McGill v Stuart Carrington
Nigel Bond v Luca Brecel streamed
Liam Highfield v Darryl Hill
Barry Pinches v Allan Taylor

Nigel Bond has been a professional since 1989 6 years before Luca Brecel was Born. When Nigel Bond reached his only World Final Luca Brecel was 2 months old.

Nigel is second only to Jimmy White with the current unbroken run on the pro tour having played for 26 years.

Rory McLeod 1-1 Andrew Pagett
Joe Swail 2-0 Alfie Burden
Mike Dunn 1-0 Ashley Carty
Michael Leslie 0-1 Sam Baird
Anthony McGill 2-0 Stuart Carrington
Nigel Bond 1-1 Luca Brecel
Liam Highfield 1-1 Darryl Hill
Barry Pinches 1-0 Allan Taylor

Luca winning safety battles v Bond, impressive.

Luca 3-1 up.

Rory McLeod 2-1 Andrew Pagett
Joe Swail 2-2 Alfie Burden
Mike Dunn 2-1 Ashley Carty
Michael Leslie 1-2 Sam Baird
Anthony McGill 3-1 Stuart Carrington
Nigel Bond 1-3 Luca Brecel
Liam Highfield 1-1 Darryl Hill
Barry Pinches 1-1 Allan Taylor

4-1 Luca, after laying a snooker on the blue, Bond missed twice and left it on for Luca at the third go.

Bond pulls 1 back.

Burden/Swail to a decider

Bond back to 3-4, tense frame that.

Burden had a good lead in the final frame, but not enough ... Swail gets the win.

Rory McLeod 5-1 Andrew Pagett
Joe Swail 5-4 Alfie Burden
Mike Dunn 3-3 Ashley Carty
Michael Leslie 4-3 Sam Baird
Anthony McGill 4-3 Stuart Carrington
Nigel Bond 3-4 Luca Brecel
Liam Highfield 5-1 Darryl Hill
Barry Pinches 4-1 Allan Taylor

Pinches v Ebdon, didn't meet since 1999, now play each other in both of the opening two tournaments this season.

There was 15 years between Ebdon v Pinches 2nd and 3rd meeting and about 7 days between 3rd and 4th.


Barry Pinches plays Peter Ebdon after beating Allan Taylor 5-1

Luca wins 5-3, but good to see Luca winning these sort of matches, tough game v Rod tomorrow but about time he got to venues.

Last two frames went really awkward and good to see Luca being more patient.