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Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Last 16 Discussion!

Postby Wildey

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Monday 10th ~ Sunday 16th of March in Hainan, China

Last 16 gets underway and Ding Junhui is still in it and after his 5th Ranking event of the season again after loosing in the Welsh Open final to Ronnie O'Sullivan.

But there are some Quality players waiting in the Wings to pounce Former World Champions John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Graeme Dott, Neil Robertson, World no 2 Mark Selby, Former UK Champion Judd Trump and defending twice champion Mark Allen.

Who will reach the quarter finals in Haikou?

DRAW

Last 16

Mark Allen v Ricky Walden 6-6
John Higgins v Judd Trump Higgins leads 11-4
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Graeme Dott Never played before
Shaun Murphy v Ding Junhui Murphy leads 10-8
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Mark Selby v Liang Wenbo 1-1
Alan McManus v Dominic Dale McManus leads 7-1
Mark Joyce v Kurt Maflin Maflin leads 2-1
Marco Fu v Neil Robertson Marco Fu leads 7-5

ORDER OF PLAY

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Re: Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Last 16 Discussion!

Postby Wildey

Thursday 13th of March

6am

Mark Selby v Liang Wenbo TV
Alan McManus v Dominic Dale
Mark Joyce v Kurt Maflin
Marco Fu v Neil Robertson TV

11.30am

Mark Allen v Ricky Walden
John Higgins v Judd Trump TV
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Graeme Dott
Shaun Murphy v Ding Junhui TV

Re: Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Last 16 Discussion!

Postby Skullman

Effective H2H (PTCs included, H2H in brackets exlcudes them)

Allen 3-5 Walden (3-3)
Higgins 5-2 Trump (4-0)
Un-Nooh 0-0 Dott
Murphy 7-5 Ding (7-4)
Selby 0-1 Liang (0-0)
Angles 6-1 Dale (5-1)
Joyce 1-2 Maflin
Fu 2-2 Robertson (2-1)

Re: Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Last 16 Discussion!

Postby Wildey

The only Top 16 player to not reach the last 16 in the top half of the draw is Stephen Maguire where as Robertson, Selby and Marco Fu are the Top 16 players in the bottom half.

Re: Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Last 16 Discussion!

Postby SnookerFan

Wildey wrote:Thursday 13th of March

6am

Mark Selby v Liang Wenbo TV
Alan McManus v Dominic Dale
Mark Joyce v Kurt Maflin
Marco Fu v Neil Robertson TV

11.30am

Mark Allen v Ricky Walden
John Higgins v Judd Trump TV
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Graeme Dott
Shaun Murphy v Ding Junhui TV



Mate, there's some good matches there. :spot on:

Re: Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Last 16 Discussion!

Postby Andre147

NNear wrote:Higgins vs Trump, yet again.



I hope Trump wins this time.


Tasty match, as it always is between them, and like you I also think Trump will get the better of Higgins this time. I actually think Trump may well win this tournament.

Re: Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Last 16 Discussion!

Postby Andre147

SnookerFan wrote:
Wildey wrote:Thursday 13th of March

6am

Mark Selby v Liang Wenbo TV
Alan McManus v Dominic Dale
Mark Joyce v Kurt Maflin
Marco Fu v Neil Robertson TV

11.30am

Mark Allen v Ricky Walden
John Higgins v Judd Trump TV
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Graeme Dott
Shaun Murphy v Ding Junhui TV



Mate, there's some good matches there. :spot on:


Yeah, and good selection of the TV matches this time.

Like Wild said, none are easy to predict a winner, but I think the winners will be:

Selby, could be pretty close, even a decider, so I expect him to win
McManus, has been showing great form recently
Maflin, his win over Carter surely gives him confidence and I expect him to win
Robbo, Fu usually plays well against him, but Robbo seems to have come here to win the whole thing
Allen, although didnt play his best against Williams, he raises his game in this event
Trump, think he'll get the better of Higgins this time around
Un-Nooh, has really impressed me recently and I think he has the game to beat Dotty
Ding, another tough one to call, but Ding now plays well in front of his home crowd and I think he'll just edge it.

Re: Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Last 16 Discussion!

Postby Skullman

Tough match for Selby against Wenbo, but if he gets through that the quarter should be his. Same with Robbo. Would be nice to have another Robbo v Selby match, hopefully with Selby winning this time.

As for Trump v Higgins, has to be Higgins. Judd was awful today, and Higgins seems to have the measure of him, as Judd's not beaten him in any match longer than best of 7.

Re: Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Last 16 Discussion!

Postby Andre147

Alex0paul wrote:Got a sneaky little feeling for Dott in this event


That will prove just a feeling then <laugh> :wave: I do think Un-Nooh will beat him, and even if he doesn't Dotty certainly won't win the event, he just isn't consistent enough. I would almost go as far as to say he'll never win another ranker for the rest of his career, no disrespect but that's how I see it honestly.

Re: Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Last 16 Discussion!

Postby Andre147

Andy Spark wrote:Hope Un-Nooh can keep up this form. :-)


Absolutely, love watching that kid play, especially after he beat Ronnie <laugh> ironic I know being a Ronnie fan, but his game is really pleasing to he eye and after Ronnie's antics in that particular match I was very happy at the time Un-Nooh won it.

Hopefully he'll have a good run here.