TheRocket wrote:Carter wins. Imo a little setback for Robertson. After whitewashing Hawkins and looking to be in better form recently. And as he has pulled out of the China Open, we'll see him in the World next. Really excited how his form will be by then.
Yeah, I hadn't realised, until his post-match interview there, that he hadn't entered the China Open.
So, like a number of others, his next game will be at the Crucible.
Mark Allen also didn't enter, while Barry Hawkins, Marco Fu and Ryan Day all lost in the 'qualifying round' for China.
Interesting to hear Neal Foulds suggesting Robbo could be a threat at the World Championship - although, I know Andre has also had a feeling that he could suddenly 'click' in Sheffield.
Meanwhile, the seedings for Sheffield (although, much can change) are currently:
1. Mark Selby
2. Stuart Bingham
3. Judd Trump
4. Shaun Murphy
5. Ding Junhui
6. John Higgins
7. Barry Hawkins
8. Neil Robertson
9. Marco Fu
10. Ali Carter
11. Mark Allen
12. Ronnie O'Sullivan
13. Liang Wenbo
14. Kyren Wilson
15. Anthony McGill
16. Ryan Day
Ronnie and Ding currently on a collision course for a Last 16 meeting at the crucible!
I see it was being suggested by some posters that Ronnie would be best served in his preparations for Sheffield by skipping the China Open. Is that a real possibility?
He's actually got a fairly good draw there...
Last 64 v Gareth Allen
Last 32 v Mark Joyce / Fraser Patrick
Last 16 v (possibly) Zhou Yuelong
Quarter-final v (possibly) Stuart Bingham / Kyren Wilson