Betfred World Championship Qualifying Rd 3 (April 12th-13th)

Great clearance of the colours from ding put together some tricky shots.

DING!

Would be funny if Ding plays Maguire and then take revenge for being kicked out of the Top 16 by him.

Interesting result that: McManus 10-2 Jimmy Robertson !
Was a hard match to 'call', but the margin of victory is surprising. Time to iron those tartan trousers!
He'll be a difficult opponent for whatever seed he plays, but I can't see any draw from which McManus would start favourite.

when is the draw for 1st round, tonight or tomorrow?

Poom forces a decider. Rob Walker must have some problems with his name, been watching for around 10 minutes and he's already called him Wenbo and Ding

Results coming in thick-and-fast now - Anthony McGill, David Gilbert, Robert Milkins and Sam Baird all reaching the Crucible!

Great Break from Mitchell Mann in a decider

Come on Anthony!

Glad that clown Poomjaeng won't be there

Expected a fist pump from Mann but no reaction.

Very tense battle on Hamilton v Robbie Williams match.

Anthony fights to get a chance to score

Although his antics can be irritating, it's a shame that Poom has missed-out - indeed, none of the Thailand players have made it!
But, this is massive for Mitchell Mann! A debut at the crucible - terrific stuff.

However, with due respect, although they won't admit it publicly, I'd imagine (privately) that he's the player all the seeds want to draw!

What a fluke that was for Hamilton!

Maybe a turning point for the match, after the steal he made on the previous frame?

PoolBoy wrote:Although his antics can be irritating, it's a shame that Poom has missed-out - indeed, none of the Thailand players have made it!
But, this is massive for Mitchell Mann! A debut at the crucible - terrific stuff.

However, with due respect, although they won't admit it publicly, I'd imagine (privately) that he's the player all the seeds want to draw!

Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed there was Selt, Igor, Hull and Poom in that section and it's Mann who got through.

And what happened to Jimmy Robbo? He was scoring really well in his first two matches, nine 50+ breaks in each, including 5 centuries.

Come on Anthony!!!

Anthony Hamilton forces the decider!

First half-chance for Williams, narrowly missed.

edit: Potted a red now.

Hamilton in with a good chance, as it seems.

edit: missed position, almost immediately....

Robbie misses again the long red, no excuses now for Hamilton!

Anthony has just fluked a nasty snooker.

But Robbie escapes without leaving a chance for any red.

What a tense!

Robbie in with a great chance!

edit: missed the tricky final red! It's 58-48 for Hamilton now.

A brutal snooker from Robbie (who potted the last red, that Hamilton missed) forced Hamilton to make a foul and leave free ball...

I think that Robbie played a safety on the tricky brown and didn't try to pot it.

It's all square right now (58-58) with 22 remaining. What a match (and it seems that I am the only one who's watching it ).

Robbie Williams survives again, with a terrific long pot on the brown (that was left in a tricky position after a risky Hamilton's attempt to pot it with a double). 10-9!

I would rather see Hamilton at the Crucible, as I consider Robbie a dull player, but congrats to him, anyway.