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Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 3 (April 17th & 18th)

Postby Wildey » 17 Apr 2018 Read

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Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th of April at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield

Over the next 2 Days these 32 players will be going to Hell and Back trying to book their spot at the Crucible to challenge Mark Selby for the title. 1st session will be about gaining a lead and then Session 2 it will be Judgement Day

8 of these players Qualified last year and Ryan Day was a seed last year.

so who will play at the Famous theatre this year?

DRAW

Round 3 Draw and Head to Head

Ryan Day v Peter Ebdon Day Leads 5-3
Daniel Wells v Liam Highfield Highfield Leads 3-0
Adam Duffy v Xiao Guodong Xiao Guodong Leads 2-0
Stuart Carrington v Zhang AndaZhang Anda Leads 1-0
Graeme Dott v Mike Dunn Dott Leads 4-1
Michael Holt v Robart Milkins Holt Leads 9-7
Rory McLeod v Lyu Haotian Never played before
Matthew Stevens v Ken Doherty Tied at 9-9
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Liang Wenbo v Jamie Jones Brecel Tied at 1-1
Jack Lisowski v Alan McManus Tied at 2-2
Andrew Higginson v Ricky Walden Walden Leads 5-2
Mark Davis v Joe Perry Perry leads 9-4
Tian Pengfei v Chris Wakelin Tian Pengfei Leads 1-0
Alfie Burden v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Un-Nooh leads 1-0
Jimmy Robertson v Michael White White Leads 2-1
Hossein Vafaei v Stephen Maguire Vafaei leads 1-0

Players in Bold appeared at the Crucible in 2017

ORDER OF PLAY

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Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 2 (April 17th & 1

Postby hendry_fan » 17 Apr 2018 Read

The players i,d like to qualify are,.........


Graeme Dott

Michael Holt

Ricky Walden

Mavis

Haotian

Wenbo

M.White

Mags




What a Pity Stevens has to play against Doherty,i can,t really make up my mind who i,d rather see qualify as i like both bout the same.

But after a long think,I,m a tiny wee bit more for Doherty.




I also think it,s a pity that Day has to play Ebdon,i also like both,i cannot make up my mind who i,d rather see qualify,so may the best man win.




The rest of the matches,i aint bovered who wins,may the best man win in them as well. :-)

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 2 (April 17th & 1

Postby mick745 » 17 Apr 2018 Read

These are the number of crucible appearances for each, when they last appeared and their best performance:

Ryan Day - 12 appearances, qualified 8 times, QF in 2008, 2009 and 2012, last app 2017
Peter Ebdon - 24 appearances, qualified 7 times, winner in 2002, last app 2017
Daniel Wells - never qualified
Liam Highfield - never qualified
Adam Duffy - never qualified
Xiao Guodong - 2 appearances, last 16 in 2017
Stuart Carrington - 2 appearances - last appearance in 2017
Zhang Anda - 3 appearances, last in 2016
Graeme Dott - 18 appearances, 7 times qualified, winner in 2006
Mike Dunn - 1 appearance in 2002
Michael Holt - 8 appearances all as qualifier - last in 2016 - played 10 matches won 2
Robert Milkins - 7 appearances all as qualifier - last in 2016.
Rory McLeod - 3 appearances as qualifier, last in 2017
Lyu Haotian - never qualified
Matthew Stevens - 15 appearances - 5 times qualified - r/u in 2000 & 2005 - last played 2015
Ken Doherty - 19 appearances - qualified 4 times - last app 2014 - winner in 1997
Liang Wenbo - 6 appearances - qualified 5 times - QF in 2008 - last app 2017
Jamie Jones - 2 appearances as qualifier - last app in 2015, QF in 2012
Jack Lisowski - 1 app as qualifier in 2013
Alan McManus - 20 appearances - 6 times qualified - SF in last app in 2016
Andrew Higginson - two times qualified - last time in 2012 reached L16
Ricky Walden - 6 appearances - qualified once - last appeared in 2016
Mark Davis - 10 appearances - 9 times a qualifier - last app in 2015 - won 3 lost 10
Joe Perry - 14 appearances - qualified 6 times - last appeared in 2016 - SF in 2008
Tian Pengfei - never qualified
Chris Wakelin - never qualified
Alfie Burden - 1 appearance in 1998
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - never qualified
Jimmy Robertson - 3 appearances as qualifier - last app 2017
Michael White - 3 appearances - 2 as qualifier - QF in 2013, last appeared in 2016
Hossein Vafaei - never appeared
Stephen Maguire - 14 appearances - qualified 3 times - SF in 2007 and 2012. last app 2017.

9 players appeared last year, Mike Dunn not since 2002 and Alfie Burden not since 1998

Mark Davis could qualify for a record 10th time, he is the joint holder of 9 times qualified with Dominic Dale and John Parrott. Dunn or Burden could smash the record for longest period between appearances which is currently 13 years.

8 players are looking at the Crucible debuts:

Daniel Wells - - 9th attempt
Liam Highfield - 8th attempt
Adam Duffy - 7th attempt
Lyu Haotian - 3rd attempt
Tian Pengfei - 10th attempt
Chris Wakelin - 5th attempt
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - 7th attempt
Hossein Vafaei - 4th attempt
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Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 2 (April 17th & 1

Postby The_Abbott » 17 Apr 2018 Read

Got to hand it to Ebdon, he really ups his game in these qualifiers. I just think he's a slow burner at over 30 seconds per shot. In his head he probably thinks he's still playing the Riga Masters 2017 qualifiers.

Re: Race to the Crucible: Qualifying Round 2 (April 17th & 1

Postby Cloud Strife » 17 Apr 2018 Read

mick745 wrote:i don't know why every one is so bothered about Mags, personally i don't find him a particularly engaging character. I would much rather we had the first Iranian playing at the Crucible - what a story that would be!


I'd love it if Hossein qualified.
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