Shanghai Masters 1st Round !!!

Monday 9th~Sunday 15th of September at the Regal International East Asia Hotel, Shanghai, China

The Shanghai Masters with a prize pot of £750,000 and top prize of £200,000 is becoming a lucrative Invitational event that every player wants to be part of it.

In the tournament this year are Jack Lisowski and David Gilbert replacing Anthony McGill and Luca Brecel who have droped down and therefore wont be playing.

Shaun Murphy who had to pull out last year due to Personal reasons has been carrying a Injury resently so it will be interesting to see what happens there.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is top seed and defending champion having beaten Barry Hawkins 11-9 in the final last year.

All the top players are here with top 8 seeds entering in the last 16 stage or second round.

on that note Who will join them in the Last 16?

DRAW

ORDER OF PLAY

Finally, the brand new snooker season gets under way!

Murphy injured

Cloud Strife wrote:Finally, the brand new snooker season gets under way!

Yes, the snooker season doesn't begin in earnest until Ronnie plays his first match.

On that note, Ronnie's first match might very well be of the "grudge" variety, as his first round opponent is likely to be Ali Carter...

D4P wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:Finally, the brand new snooker season gets under way!

Yes, the snooker season doesn't begin in earnest until Ronnie plays his first match.

On that note, Ronnie's first match might very well be of the "grudge" variety, as his first round opponent is likely to be Ali Carter...

For Others the Snooker Season doesn't start until the English Open for Others in October the reality is the season starts as soon as someone Breaks off in the very first Match of the season.


Ronnie is only as good as his last Match Loosing to Cahill 1st round in Sheffield on the other hand Judd been winning tournaments.

Ronnie is only good as his last match? So by that logic you reckon Cahill is a better player than Ronnie?

What an utter load of garbage.

Cloud Strife wrote:Ronnie is only good as his last match? So by that logic you reckon Cahill is a better player than Ronnie?

What an utter load of garbage.

because you dont talk garbage and i quote

Cloud Strife wrote:Finally, the brand new snooker season gets under way!

Ronnie could play Carter. Hope he does, as it will be first meeting since the shoulder barge incident.

Lucrative event, a shame its a non-ranker now.

Andre147 wrote:Ronnie could play Carter. Hope he does, as it will be first meeting since the shoulder barge incident.

Lucrative event, a shame its a non-ranker now.

I agree Andre - should be a ranker

Badsnookerplayer wrote:Murphy injured

Jaw injury from talking too much rubbish?

Didn't Murphy get injured pre-Paul Hunter Classic?

Or is this a different injury?

Andre147 wrote:Ronnie could play Carter. Hope he does, as it will be first meeting since the shoulder barge incident.

Lucrative event, a shame its a non-ranker now.

GBH!

Is this tournament local?

Iranu wrote:Is this tournament local?

Yes. It's so local even Ronnie's entered.

Iranu wrote:Is this tournament local?

Everywhere is local to somewhere.

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:Is this tournament local?

Everywhere is local to somewhere.

Moving stuff

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:Is this tournament local?

Everywhere is local to somewhere.

That is deep.

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:Is this tournament local?

Everywhere is local to somewhere.

Not nowhere.

Any news on the wildcards

Gets under way in 24hrs and we don't know who four players in the tournament are? C'mon WS, amateur hour...

Come on Mark

Dominic Dale should receive a wildcat

conors9 wrote:Gets under way in 24hrs and we don't know who four players in the tournament are? C'mon WS, amateur hour...

Unofficially, it will be Wu Yize and Zhao Jianbo, who are both very dangerous but extremely young. The other two places are still to be decided by a qualifying tournament today.

The amateurs will be Zhang Yi and Cao Jin. These players are strictly 'amateur' in the sense that they don't play snooker full-time. In China, they use the term 'professional' even for players who don't have a world tour card. There are dozens of players who make a living out of snooker who only play in China, including many former professionals. There are several Chinese Pro-am events (such as the recent one in Huizhou won by Yuan Sijun), and income from coaching or money matches. These players, plus the academy kids, weren't eligible for this.

Badsnookerplayer wrote:http://www.snookerbacker.com/2019/09/08/shanghai-masters-preview-3/

You see PTC was criticised big time by Top Players but effectively missed by Lower Rank Players. Top Players wanted more summer Off and lower rank players wants to play during the summer ie Earn Cash. Top players loves invitationals they can play and earn without the pressure of ranking points while lower rank players cant play in them.


Seriously How can Barry Hearn keep everyone Happy?

Wildey wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:http://www.snookerbacker.com/2019/09/08/shanghai-masters-preview-3/

You see PTC was criticised big time by Top Players but effectively missed by Lower Rank Players. Top Players wanted more summer Off and lower rank players wants to play during the summer ie Earn Cash. Top players loves invitationals they can play and earn without the pressure of ranking points while lower rank players cant play in them.


Seriously How can Barry Hearn keep everyone Happy?

Easy. Change the ranking system. It would solve all problems that exist in snooker!

lhpirnie wrote:

Wildey wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:http://www.snookerbacker.com/2019/09/08/shanghai-masters-preview-3/

You see PTC was criticised big time by Top Players but effectively missed by Lower Rank Players. Top Players wanted more summer Off and lower rank players wants to play during the summer ie Earn Cash. Top players loves invitationals they can play and earn without the pressure of ranking points while lower rank players cant play in them.


Seriously How can Barry Hearn keep everyone Happy?

Easy. Change the ranking system. It would solve all problems that exist in snooker!

Change it to what?

SnookerFan wrote:

lhpirnie wrote:

Wildey wrote:

Badsnookerplayer wrote:http://www.snookerbacker.com/2019/09/08/shanghai-masters-preview-3/

You see PTC was criticised big time by Top Players but effectively missed by Lower Rank Players. Top Players wanted more summer Off and lower rank players wants to play during the summer ie Earn Cash. Top players loves invitationals they can play and earn without the pressure of ranking points while lower rank players cant play in them.


Seriously How can Barry Hearn keep everyone Happy?

Easy. Change the ranking system. It would solve all problems that exist in snooker!

Change it to what?

An incremental system - if you win it goes up, if you lose it goes down. That way every tournament is a ranking tournament, including Shanghai, the Masters, Champion of Champions, Austrian Open, my local club championship, etc. Many more summer invitational events, players can pick and choose their schedules. We don't have these qualifying rounds in Barnsley and Preston, and organisers are guaranteed to get the players they want in the venues. It would also address the issue of slow/negative play. What's not to like?