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Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby PoolBoy

eraserhead wrote:Michael White behind at 5-2 :roll:

That's now gone 6-2 to Gary Wilson.

He's certainly been the player knocking in the big breaks in the Qualifiers, but I would have expected Michael White to be doing better...

Players with 3 or more centuries in the Qualifiers: http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/ ... qualifiers

Gary Wilson 8 (including a maximum)
Dominic Dale 4
Mark Davis 3
David Grace 3

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby PoolBoy

Martin Gould 5-4 Yu Delu
Yan Bingtao 6-3 Alexander Ursenbacher
Mark King 1-8 Xiao Guodong
Dominic Dale 3-6 Luca Brecel
Gary Wilson 6-3 Michael White
Jimmy Robertson 4-5 Rod Lawler


David Grace 4-3 Akani Songsermsawad
Michael Holt 3-5 Peter Ebdon

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby Vallomas

It seems that only a few players ranked between 17 and 32 will go at the Crucible. Walden was out from the 1st round, Perry, Hamilton and McManus crumbled at the 2nd and at the first session of today's matches we see King, Holt and M. White at least three frames behind their opponents.

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby SnookerEd25

Vallomas wrote:It seems that only a few players ranked between 17 and 32 will go at the Crucible. Walden was out from the 1st round, Perry, Hamilton and McManus crumbled at the 2nd and at the first session of today's matches we see King, Holt and M. White at least three frames behind their opponents.


Squeaky bum time.

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby PoolBoy

End of session:

Martin Gould 5-4 Yu Delu
Yan Bingtao 6-3 Alexander Ursenbacher
Mark King 1-8 Xiao Guodong
Dominic Dale 3-6 Luca Brecel
Gary Wilson 6-3 Michael White
Jimmy Robertson 4-5 Rod Lawler
David Grace 6-3 Akani Songsermsawad
Michael Holt 3-6 Peter Ebdon

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby PLtheRef

SnookerEd25 wrote:
Vallomas wrote:It seems that only a few players ranked between 17 and 32 will go at the Crucible. Walden was out from the 1st round, Perry, Hamilton and McManus crumbled at the 2nd and at the first session of today's matches we see King, Holt and M. White at least three frames behind their opponents.


Squeaky bum time.


I think it was 1997 when we saw 11 'unseeded qualifiers from outside the top 32.

Of those that did, Bradley Jones who won no money the season before took 4th seed John Parrott to a deciding frame in the first round whilst world number 189 Lee Walker who won £275 ended up making the quarter-finals.

And that was when the 17 to 32 seeds had to play one qualifier - I think the Last 48 round of qualifying was also standalone as in none of the 17-32 players were coming up against players who had had 5 or 6 matches before they entered the fray

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby PoolBoy

I always feel that 3-6 is 'recoverable' in a first-to-10 match.

But, Akani has to start well tomorrow against David Grace.

talking of Grace, I noticed on the TV during the shoot-out, that he'd had lost so much weight...4 stones I think he said. He's certainly managed to keep-it-off, from what I just saw of him there on YouTube against the Thai player.

It seems it's certainly helping his game.
But, if he does qualify, I'd imagine that (privately) he'd be a player that the Top-16 would like to get in Thursday's draw.

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby PLtheRef

PoolBoy wrote:I always feel that 3-6 is 'recoverable' in a first-to-10 match.

But, Akani has to start well tomorrow against David Grace.

talking of Grace, I noticed on the TV during the shoot-out, that he'd had lost so much weight...4 stones I think he said. He's certainly managed to keep-it-off, from what I just saw of him there on YouTube against the Thai player.

It seems it's certainly helping his game.
But, if he does qualify, I'd imagine that (privately) he'd be a player that the Top-16 would like to get in Thursday's draw.



Absolutely. Many a match been recovered from 6-3. Get off to a good start tomorrow, win the first session 3-1 and then it's back to 7-6.

7-2 is also recoverable even if it is a tough order. From 8-1 down though, I think King's only hope is to keep Xiao on eight for as long as he can. If he can get to the interval 8-5 then that'll give Xiao something to think about. - If he can get closer then Xiao will be nervous.

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby PoolBoy

Tonight:

Lee Walker 0-0 Noppon Saengkham
David Gilbert 0-0 Fergal O'Brien
Stephen Maguire 0-0 Li Hang
Stuart Carrington 0-0 Mark J Williams
Tom Ford 0-0 Hossein Vafaei
Ben Woollaston 0-0 Zhou Yuelong
Jamie Jones 0-0 Graeme Dott
Rory McLeod 0-0 Hammad Miah

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby PLtheRef

PoolBoy wrote:Tonight:

Lee Walker 0-0 Noppon Saengkham
David Gilbert 0-0 Fergal O'Brien
Stephen Maguire 0-0 Li Hang
Stuart Carrington 0-0 Mark J Williams
Tom Ford 0-0 Hossein Vafaei
Ben Woollaston 0-0 Zhou Yuelong
Jamie Jones 0-0 Graeme Dott
Rory McLeod 0-0 Hammad Miah



Very even :-D

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby PoolBoy

PLtheRef wrote:
PoolBoy wrote:Tonight:

Lee Walker 0-0 Noppon Saengkham
David Gilbert 0-0 Fergal O'Brien
Stephen Maguire 0-0 Li Hang
Stuart Carrington 0-0 Mark J Williams
Tom Ford 0-0 Hossein Vafaei
Ben Woollaston 0-0 Zhou Yuelong
Jamie Jones 0-0 Graeme Dott
Rory McLeod 0-0 Hammad Miah



Very even :-D

rofl

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby PoolBoy

Lee Walker 1-1 Noppon Saengkham
David Gilbert 2-0 Fergal O'Brien
Stephen Maguire 1-1 Li Hang
Stuart Carrington 2-2 Mark J Williams
Tom Ford 1-2 Hossein Vafaei
Ben Woollaston 1-2 Zhou Yuelong
Jamie Jones 3-0 Graeme Dott
Rory McLeod 2-0 Hammad Miah

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby Alex0paul

PoolBoy wrote:
Alex0paul wrote:I know Dott has been useless recently but still surprised to see Jones favourite to beat him over 19 frames

Not looking great for wee Dotty! 0-3....
At present, I'm sure he'd take a 4-5 overnight deficit.


Absolute crap. This stupid carefree snooker has ruined his career.

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 11th & 1

Postby SnookerFan

PLtheRef wrote:
PoolBoy wrote:Tonight:

Lee Walker 0-0 Noppon Saengkham
David Gilbert 0-0 Fergal O'Brien
Stephen Maguire 0-0 Li Hang
Stuart Carrington 0-0 Mark J Williams
Tom Ford 0-0 Hossein Vafaei
Ben Woollaston 0-0 Zhou Yuelong
Jamie Jones 0-0 Graeme Dott
Rory McLeod 0-0 Hammad Miah



Very even :-D


rofl

Some close run matches there.