BetVictor English Open Last 128 !

Monday 15th ~ Sunday 21st of October at The K2, Crawley

The 3rd staging of the Home Nations starts at the K2 in Crawley the 3rd home for the English Open in as many years sees Ronnie O'Sullivan Defending his title and kicks off his World Ranking season having just apeared and infact won the Shanghai Masters to date this season.

Ding Junhui and the Suspended Cao Yupeng are the only members of the top 64 not in Crawley so the field is extreamly High with the latest player to win a World Ranking event Jimmy Robertson kicking off with a tough 1st round match against Michael Holt.

Who will keep their hopes alive and progress in to the Last 64?

DRAW

Selected last 128 Matches
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Kurt Maflin
Jimmy White v Lyu Haotian
Liang Wenbo v Gary Wilson
Ken Doherty v Chris Wakelin
Neil Robertson v Ross Muir
Kyren Wilson v Akani Songsermsawad
Judd Trump v Robin Hull
Zhao Xintong v Jamie Jones
Fergal O'Brien v Jack Lisowski
Marco Fu v Mark Joyce
John Higgins v Li Yuan
Mark Selby v Sanderson Lam
Ben Woollaston v Graeme Dott
Stuart Bingham v Duane Jones
Michael White v Hossein Vafaei
Soheil Vahedi v Thepchaiya UnNooh
Allister Carter v Rory McLeod
Luca Brecel v Niu Zhuang
Joe Perry v Daniel Wells
Mark Allen v Anthony Hamilton
Jimmy Robertson v Michael Holt
Andy Lee v Yan Bingtao
Mark Williams v Dominic Dale

ORDER OF PLAY

First ranking event of the season.

Ding's not playing in any of the Home Nations events apparently

Deewee wrote:Ding's not playing in any of the Home Nations events apparently

Really!?

Deewee wrote:Ding's not playing in any of the Home Nations events apparently

The thought of having Colin Murray or Andy Goldstein interviewing him was just too scary lol

Dan-cat wrote:

Deewee wrote:Ding's not playing in any of the Home Nations events apparently

Really!?

It’s true. He has told reporters in China that his plan this season is to play all China events, the Triple Crown events, the Ladbrokes series and that’s it.

He needs to do well then as his ranking ain't guaranteed.

BTW I just found out Liang is married into a billionaire family

carayip wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:

Deewee wrote:Ding's not playing in any of the Home Nations events apparently

Really!?

It’s true. He has told reporters in China that his plan this season is to play all China events, the Triple Crown events, the Ladbrokes series and that’s it.

Hes making it difficult to get in to the Ladbrokes series.

Only 2 tournaments left for him to get in to the World Grand Prix (top 32), only 2 tournaments to get in to the Players Championship (top 16) and only 2 tournaments to get in to the Tour Championship (top 8)

SnookerFan wrote:

carayip wrote:It’s true. He has told reporters in China that his plan this season is to play all China events, the Triple Crown events, the Ladbrokes series and that’s it.

I wonder what his reasons are.

New born baby, I think.

Gotta attend all the China events to fulfill sponsorship commitments, I imagine. And of course want to win the WC badly. Don’t care about the rest.

Will the Pistol shoot the Sherriff?

SnookerFan wrote:

The_Abbott wrote:Will the Pistol shoot the Sherriff?

Yes, but not the deputy.

Dominic ‘Deputy’ Dale

Wrong thread

Badsnookerplayer wrote:He needs to do well then as his ranking ain't guaranteed.

Ding's very rich. He's made plenty of money from tourneys and probably ten times that amount from sponsorship deals, he doesn't care about rankings.

Badsnookerplayer wrote:BTW I just found out Liang is married into a billionaire family

Now that's something worth mentioning. Who's his wife ?

I've done some digging and found some photos of Liang's wife.

Her name is Chen Xue Jiao.

Don't think thats Liangs wife. Just searched it on google. And her name is apparently Chen Xuejao, not Chen Xue Jiao.

This is Liangs wife. And their son. And Neil Robertsons son.

Wildey wrote:Zhao Xintong v Jamie Jones

Michael Judge replaces Jamie Jones

fridge46 wrote:

Wildey wrote:Zhao Xintong v Jamie Jones

Michael Judge replaces Jamie Jones

TheRocket wrote:Don't think thats Liangs wife. Just searched it on google. And her name is apparently Chen Xuejao, not Chen Xue Jiao.

This is Liangs wife. And their son. And Neil Robertsons son.

Which one is his kid and which one is Robertson's?

Good to see a gambling company sponsor this event

The girl that Cloud showed us was more beautiful.

Johnny Bravo wrote:The girl that Cloud showed us was more beautiful.

That's very interesting, Johnny