Sunday 29th of October ~ Sunday 5th of November at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China

Mark Selby reaches the Quarter Final in defence of his titlle having not gone beyond this point at all this season he will face Robbie Williams in only his second Quarter Final in a 6 year pro career.

Also in the Last 8 is Judd Trump, Mark Allen, Ali Carter and John Higgins.

High quality line up who will keep their dreams alive at the Semi Final stage?

DRAW

Quarter Finals

Mark Selby v Robbie Williams Selby leads 5-0
Allister Carter v Martin Gould Carter leads 4-3
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Judd Trump v Mark Allen Allen leads 11-10
Yan Bingtao v John Higgins Never played before



ORDER OF PLAY

An excellent quarter-final lineup with 7 very good players plus Robbie Williams.

Cloud Strife wrote:An excellent quarter-final lineup with 7 very good players plus Robbie Williams.

Lolz. #Shesthe147

Robbie Williams will hope not to do Somethin' Stupid tomorrow. He has waited an Eternity to get here since turning pro this Millennium. He needs to stay Strong and have No Regrets because a win over Selby would be one to tell the Kids. It would be a real Shame if he were to Come Undone.

Alex0paul wrote:Robbie Williams will hope not to do Somethin' Stupid tomorrow. He has waited an Eternity to get here since turning pro this Millennium. He needs to stay Strong and have No Regrets because a win over Selby would be one to tell the Kids. It would be a real Shame if he were to Come Undone.

Will he Party Like a Russian?

Dan-cat wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:Robbie Williams will hope not to do Somethin' Stupid tomorrow. He has waited an Eternity to get here since turning pro this Millennium. He needs to stay Strong and have No Regrets because a win over Selby would be one to tell the Kids. It would be a real Shame if he were to Come Undone.

Will he Party Like a Russian?

Nah he'll be busy loving angles instead.

The better matches on later thankfully

Selbo won't be happy. He'd have been praying to see Robbo's name in the quarter-finals. Alas, he'll have to face Robbie Williams.

Just watch Williams go and beat Selby now after all this

Alex0paul wrote:Just watch Williams go and beat Selby now after all this

Only man fit to lace Selbo's boots.

I'd like to see Bingtao go on and win it but would be incredibly difficult.

Higgins will prove a much greater test than Ronnie. Bingtao will have to score like he did against him and hope Higgins is off his game somewhat.

Trump v Allen should be a great spectacle, always great entertaining matches these two provide.

From what I've seen is that Trump has played the best Snooker so far but we all know he's not the most consistent player.

But as I said in the other thread. Would like to see a Trump-Selby final. Just one multi session match they've had and that was 6 years ago at the China Open final when Trump had his breakthrough.

And Trump is the only topplayer really who hasn't had big battles with Selby so far and therefore no mental scars either. Thats why I think that Trump could be the one who'll beat the almighty Selby at the World Championship next year.

Robbo said this on Twitter:

"Make tickets for FREE!!!!!! charging Chinese people a months wages to watch a match is scandalous."

Can't say I disagree with him, the venue has been empty all tournament, only in the Ding and Ronnie's matches it had some people.

Wow,didn't know they charge that much for a snooker match

Johnny Bravo wrote:Wow,didn't know they charge that much for a snooker match

Not by UK standards, but China is still largely a third world country.

Who has declined more?

Ronnie or Robertson?

Higgins vs Bingtao could be a belter.

Same deal.

Taping today's matches. Won't post much.

Selby levels at 1-1

4 players I really like are still there and you wish Trump in the final? No, please. Selby- Gould and Allen- Yan would be great.

Damn. Gould is choking like hell atm.

Gould unbelievable here

What is Gould doing? This is truly a prime example of choking.

Decider now.

Gouldy should do it now.

Bottle.

What a split. This is a great break from Gould. Finally he's held his nerves.

Bo17 match vs the World No 1 and WC now.

Gould wins. Interesting match with phenomenal clearances in frames 7 and 8 by Martin.
I`m looking forward to Yan vs Higgins.

Every now and then Gouldy pops up and has a decent run.

TWITTER ATTACK LOLZ

@snookerbacker 9m
Gould wins 6-5 as the ecstatic crowd takes a picture on his phone.