by Skullman » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Sunday 26th of October~Sunday 2nd of November in Chengdu, ChinaAfter another shock filled round which saw the loss of Barry Hawkins, Judd Trump, Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy, among others, the remaining top 16 players most see an opportunity for a deep run. Five time World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan appears to be favourite, but it seems no seed is safe this tournament. Who will survive and make it to the quarters?
DRAWLast 16Michael White v Ian Burns
White leads 1-0Stuart Bingham v Mark Allen
3-3Mark Williams v Sam Baird
Williams leads 3-0Li Hang v Ronnie O'Sullivan
Never played before-----------------------------------
Joe Swail v Ricky Walden
Walden leads 3-1Peter Ebdon v Jamie Burnett
Ebdon leads 4-1Robert Milkins v Xiao Guodong
Milkins leads 2-1Marco Fu v Rod Lawler
Fu leads 2-1ORDER OF PLAY
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by kolompar » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Ronnie's draw is now easier than Robbo's at the 2010 WC.
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by Andre147 » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Ronnie has a great chance to win this big tournament, his biggest threat may be either Bingo or Allen, especially Bingo as he has been playing very well.
But not getting carried away, Ronnie has Li Hang and stranger upsets have happened, like we've seen so far.
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by Andre147 » 28 Oct 2014 Read
I think it's safe to say the 11:30 TV matches are Ronnie v Hang and Bingo v Allen, but which ones for the 6.30 session?
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by Skullman » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Fu's and Xiao's maybe?
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by Snooker Overdrive » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Andre147 wrote:Ronnie has a great chance to win this big tournament, his biggest threat may be either Bingo or Allen, especially Bingo as he has been playing very well.
But not getting carried away, Ronnie has Li Hang and stranger upsets have happened, like we've seen so far.
The draw really has opened up, it has to be said. However this also means that anything but a Ronnie win this week will be a disappointment now.
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by Wildey » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Wednesday 29th of October
6.30am
Joe Swail v Ricky Walden
Marco Fu v Rod Lawler
Mark Williams v Sam Baird
Robert Milkins v Xiao Guodong
11.30am
Peter Ebdon v Jamie Burnett
Michael White v Ian Burns
Li Hang v Ronnie O'Sullivan
Stuart Bingham v Mark Allen
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by Wildey » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Been following the action on my mobile today due to electricity being switched off but its back now.
What the buck is going on with these players losing to old has been's and old never was.
Im Embarrassed for the sport with some of the results this week
Shambolic.
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by Andre147 » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Wildey wrote:Been following the action on my mobile today due to electricity being switched off but its back now.
What the buck is going on with these players losing to old has been's and old never was.
Im Embarrassed for the sport with some of the results this week
Shambolic.
Bit surprised yes, but not all the old players won, Li hang for instance won his match 6-1 against a dismal Higgins, that was one of his worst performances from Higgins I've seen and there have been a few as of late.
Don't matter, there are still some very good players left, and for me the title is gonna be won by either Ronnie, Bingo or Fu, hopefully Ronnie.
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by Clara8633 » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Marco Fu won't win - he's been struggling recently.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Wildey wrote:Been following the action on my mobile today due to electricity being switched off but its back now.
What the buck is going on with these players losing to old has been's and old never was.
Im Embarrassed for the sport with some of the results this week
Shambolic.
But you do have a point. Only FIVE of the official top 16 are still in the tournament and the last 16 haven't even started yet. Only ONE top 7 player is left in the one of snooker's biggest tournaments.
Very surprising but also refreshing.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 28 Oct 2014 Read
By the way Wild:
you do regard Swail as an "old has been" or an "old never was"?
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by motorhead » 28 Oct 2014 Read
Allen and Gould didn't like the table at all from their comments on twitter
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by Andre147 » 28 Oct 2014 Read
motorhead wrote:Allen and Gould didn't like the table at all from their comments on twitter
Not too surprisingly Allen complains about something
He did win the match though, but I'm afraid Bingo will prove too strong for him in his next match tomorrow.
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by vodkadiet » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Many would like O'Sullivan to get hanged in the morning!
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by Wildey » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:By the way Wild:
you do regard Swail as an "old has been" or an "old never was"?
A bit of both tbh.
Swail was never a top player even in his prime it's ridiculous that robbo lost from a winning position.
These so called top players needs to hammer home a advantage and show who is boss.
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by Clara8633 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Wildey wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:By the way Wild:
you do regard Swail as an "old has been" or an "old never was"?
A bit of both tbh.
Swail was never a top player even in his prime it's ridiculous that robbo lost from a winning position.
These so called top players needs to hammer home a advantage and show who is boss.
Why do you resent the old players so much?
Robertson hasn't been playing his best recently, same with Trump. You can't expect him to get far in every tournament. I'm not really surprised that Swail beat him to be honest, he keeps losing in the 2nd round now.
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by Clara8633 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
vodkadiet wrote:Many would like O'Sullivan to get hanged in the morning!
I think Li Hang would like that xD
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by Clara8633 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Robert Milkins 1-2 Xiao Guodong
Marco Fu 1-1 Rod Lawler
Mark Williams 2-2 Sam Baird
Joe Swail 1-2 Ricky Walden
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by Vallomas » 29 Oct 2014 Read
I woke up early, hungry for snooker action, and Eurospost doesn't have a coverage of from Chengdu yet...
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by Skullman » 29 Oct 2014 Read
6.30am
Joe Swail 1-3 Ricky Walden
Marco Fu 2-2 Rod Lawler
Mark Williams 3-3 Sam Baird
Robert Milkins 3-2 Xiao Guodong
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by Vallomas » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Fu vs Lawler on ES right now. I would prefer to watch MJW match, but...
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by Skullman » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Lawler makes a good break to level 3-3. Meanwhile MJW steals frame 8 from 61 behind to level 4-4 with Baird.
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by Clara8633 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Marco Fu's recent matches have all been tough.
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by Skullman » 29 Oct 2014 Read
At least he's been getting through them, unlike most of the seeds.
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by Clara8633 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Mark Williams has finally taken the lead :) 5-4.
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by Skullman » 29 Oct 2014 Read
6.30am
Joe Swail 2-3 Ricky Walden
Marco Fu 3-3 Rod Lawler
Mark Williams 5-4 Sam Baird
Robert Milkins 5-2 Xiao Guodong
Looks like Milkins is almost done.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 29 Oct 2014 Read
I looked it up: the 2013 China Open
By the way, the last time Williams reached a ranking quarter final in an European event was the 2012 German Masters.
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