by Wildey » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Saturday 18th of April~Monday 4th of May at The Crucible Theatre, SheffieldLast 16 is now in full flow with John Higgins holding a 5-3 lead over Ding Junhui and World Champion Mark Selby held to 4-4 by Anthony McGill.
Former World Champion Graeme Dott starts out against Stuart Bingham and Barry Hawkins will be starting out hoping to turn a bad season in to a good season .
DRAWORDER OF PLAYFriday 24th of April 10amMark Selby 4-4 Anthony McGill
Selby leads 2-1Graeme Dott v Stuart Bingham
Bingham leads 6-32.30pmBarry Hawkins v Mark Allen
Allen leads 8-1Ding Junhui 3-5 John Higgins
Ding junhui leads 9-77pm**Mark Selby 4-4 Anthony McGill
Selby leads 2-1Graeme Dott v Stuart Bingham
Bingham leads 6-3** Denotes Final Session of a Match
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by GJ » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Good luck
Dotty
DJW
Allen
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by Holden Chinaski » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Good luck to Ding and McGill!
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by Skullman » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Will miss first session and a half, so GL Dott and Hawkins.
And of course Selby. Hope he pulls away this session.
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by Andre147 » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Good luck...
Dotty, Ants, Allen, Ding.
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by Andre147 » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Big day for Anthony McGill tomorrow...
Needs to stay in close distance, a 9-7 lead for him would be nice, even 8-8 wouldn't be bad but needs to have a good start I feel. The 2nd session very often decides the pattern of the match.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Fortunately Ding got into the gear at the end of the session and the match is wide open again. I'm still struggling to pick a winner here. 13-12 / 13-11 either way.
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by Skullman » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Andre147 wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Big day for Anthony McGill tomorrow...
Needs to stay in close distance, a 9-7 lead for him would be nice, even 8-8 wouldn't be bad but needs to have a good start I feel. The 2nd session very often decides the pattern of the match.
He needs a challenge and should try coming back from 11-5 down.
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by Andre147 » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Fortunately Ding got into the gear at the end of the session and the match is wide open again. I'm still struggling to pick a winner here. 13-12 / 13-11 either way.
Higgins for me, Ding is still making too many mistakes and unless he really cuts them out the 2nd and 3rd sessions might follow a similar pattern to the 1st one.
I favour Higgins, but would love if Ding won.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Andre147 wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Big day for Anthony McGill tomorrow...
Needs to stay in close distance, a 9-7 lead for him would be nice, even 8-8 wouldn't be bad but needs to have a good start I feel. The 2nd session very often decides the pattern of the match.
Absolutely, he can't afford to let Selby pull away. With his composure and bottle he could even win this if it goes right down to the wire. So as long as he stays with Mark he's fine.
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by The Cueist » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Armchair , Lol cracking name.
Very smart!!!!! J!!!!!!!!
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by The Cueist » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Who and what mame does the ticketmeister go under
These day's.?
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by Andre147 » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Cueist mate, where have you been?
Enjoying the tournament so far?
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by The Cueist » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Hi Andre , Long time mate.
Been very busy mate .
Been enjoying it immensely .
So tough are the tables , Just whoever gets confident
First that wins.
They resally are playing the table and not the opponents in my humble opinion.
Murphy looking good to go far in this tournsment.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 23 Apr 2015 Read
I was just thinking that it's not out of the realm of possibility that not a single qualifier reaches the quarter final stage. When was the last time that happened?
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by The Cueist » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Jamie Jones the welsh cueman I think 3 years ago .
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by Skullman » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:I was just thinking that it's not out of the realm of possibility that not a single qualifier reaches the quarter final stage. When was the last time that happened?
2009.
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by The Cueist » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Watching Ding highlights.
More like it from him.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 23 Apr 2015 Read
Skullman wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:I was just thinking that it's not out of the realm of possibility that not a single qualifier reaches the quarter final stage. When was the last time that happened?
2009.
That was a strange tournament. With so many seeds progressing we had some good last 16 and especially quarter final matches, the semis and the final however were disappointing.
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by Andre147 » 24 Apr 2015 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Skullman wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:I was just thinking that it's not out of the realm of possibility that not a single qualifier reaches the quarter final stage. When was the last time that happened?
2009.
That was a strange tournament. With so many seeds progressing we had some good last 16 and especially quarter final matches, the semis and the final however were disappointing.
Allen beating Ronnie was a tremendous match as well, not enjoyed Ronnie losing obviously, especially from 9-7 up, but it was a good match.
Him and Allen need a proper big match again, amazingly they have only met 3 times, that one, Masters which Allen also won and Welsh Open.
They always seem to avoid each other, and here they won't meet again obviously.
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by Paddpotter » 24 Apr 2015 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Big day for Anthony McGill tomorrow...
He will have much bigger days ahead. I'd love to see him win tomorrow but it's not going to happen
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by Paddpotter » 24 Apr 2015 Read
The Cueist wrote:Watching Ding highlights.
More like it from him.
He seems far more relaxed this year. I wish I was his Manager
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by Andre147 » 24 Apr 2015 Read
Paddpotter wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Big day for Anthony McGill tomorrow...
He will have much bigger days ahead. I'd love to see him win tomorrow but it's not going to happen
Maybe but many said the exact same thing about Maflin and he only lost on the decider. Ok he still lost, but no one was predicting it to be that close.
McGill certainly has the game and temperament to cause a big upset here, it's about staying close with Selby and not let him run away with it.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 24 Apr 2015 Read
Andre147 wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Skullman wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:I was just thinking that it's not out of the realm of possibility that not a single qualifier reaches the quarter final stage. When was the last time that happened?
2009.
That was a strange tournament. With so many seeds progressing we had some good last 16 and especially quarter final matches, the semis and the final however were disappointing.
Allen beating Ronnie was a tremendous match as well, not enjoyed Ronnie losing obviously, especially from 9-7 up, but it was a good match.
Him and Allen need a proper big match again, amazingly they have only met 3 times, that one, Masters which Allen also won and Welsh Open.
They always seem to avoid each other, and here they won't meet again obviously.
Allen only has to beat Hawkins, Robbo and Selby while Ronnie only has to beat Stevens, Bingo and Trump.
Piece of cake
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by Skullman » 24 Apr 2015 Read
One only is harder than the other...
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by Paddpotter » 24 Apr 2015 Read
Andre147 wrote:Paddpotter wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Big day for Anthony McGill tomorrow...
He will have much bigger days ahead. I'd love to see him win tomorrow but it's not going to happen
Maybe but many said the exact same thing about Maflin and he only lost on the decider. Ok he still lost, but no one was predicting it to be that close.
McGill certainly has the game and temperament to cause a big upset here, it's about staying close with Selby and not let him run away with it.
True..I'm just trying to tempt fate tbh
Never say never
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