by Wildey » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Sunday 10th -Monday 11th of April at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield Without being disrespectfull in
Round 2 is when the tournament comes to life with 2 Rounds to go on a quest for the Crucible.
Ding Junhui hopes is very much alive with Ross Muir, Gary Wilson or 1995 Runner up Nigel Bond in his path and Ali Carter needs to deal with Cao Yupeng, Oliver Lines and Dominic Dale if hes going to make his 14th straight Crucible appearance after his debut in 2003 against the late Paul Hunter.
who will reach round 3 and face Judgement Day?
DRAW2nd RoundDing Junhui v Ross Muir
Nigel Bond v Gary Wilson
Hamza Akbar v Ian Burns
Gerard Greene v Peter Ebdon
Chris Wakelin v Anthony Hamilton
Robbie Williams v Mark Joyce
Mike Dunn v Li Hang
Noppon Saengkham v Graeme Dott
Robert Milkins v Scott Donaldson
Kurt Maflin v Zhao Xintong
Mark King v David Grace
Peter Lines v Michael Holt
Alan McManus v David Morris
Stuart Carrington v Jimmy Robertson
Hossein Vafaei Ayouri v Ken Doherty
Alfie Burden v Ryan Day
Kyren Wilson v Martin O'Donnell
Zhang Yong v Matthew Stevens
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Paul S Davison
Craig Steadman v Anthony McGill
Luca Brecel v Liam Highfield
Sam Baird v Tom Ford
Jack Lisowski v Rory McLeod
Lee Walker v David Gilbert
Matthew Selt v Mitchell Mann
Robin Hull v Dechawat Poomjaeng
Fergal O'Brien v Zhou Yuelong
Zhang Anda v Mark Davis
Allister Carter v Cao Yupeng
Oliver Lines v Dominic Dale
Xiao Guodong v Jamie Rhys Clarke
Jamie Cope v Liang Wenbo ORDER OF PLAY
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by SnookerFan » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Round 1?
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by Alex0paul » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Is Judgement Day Ryan's brother?
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by SnookerFan » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Is Judgement Day Ryan's brother?
He's a terminator sent from the future.
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by snooky147 » 10 Apr 2016 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Round 1?
Fixed, with left hand and on my mobile. Right hand still no good for anything yrt.
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by SnookerFan » 10 Apr 2016 Read
What did you do to your hand?
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by snooky147 » 10 Apr 2016 Read
supposedly its arthritis in it. blood tests needed to confirm. bloody painful.
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by Vallomas » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Poomjaeng looks in good shape and he is leading Hull 3-1.
Vafaei looks in trouble against Kendo's experience (0-3).
And what happened with that Paul Davison? Barring snookers he is 3-1 over Un-Nooh with some big breaks.
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by eraserhead » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Surprised to see Jack Lisowski about to go 6-1 up on Rory, thought he would het dragged down by him. Hat's off to Jack for getting in a good position for a quick win.
Sam Baird also 5-1 up on Tom Ford would like to see him reach the crucible.
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by PoolBoy » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Another eye-catching score is Graeme Dott's 7-2 lead against Saengkham!
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by eraserhead » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Ken also in a great position at 6-2.
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by Andy Spark » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Does anyone know if Luca is unwell? SB said there were rumours he was.
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by QSM » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Andy Spark wrote:Does anyone know if Luca is unwell? SB said there were rumours he was.
yes, he suffers from exhaustion due to the travelling he had to do the last months. He got some kind of panic attack/hyperventilation issue when he was on a plane. He went to see the doctor who said it would be best for him to rest for a couple of weeks. Hard to do so obviously with the WC Qualies around. Luca himself said he has no pressure now, expecting to lose and already satisfied with the season he had.
Still, I would like to see him qualify, but not holding out much hope.
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by Vallomas » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Jimmy Robertson is on a MAXI!
edit: missed the green, as it seems, but I don't have a clue for the position...
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by Alex0paul » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Dott pegged back to 8-6 after leading 8-2 ffs
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by Vallomas » 10 Apr 2016 Read
And now 8-7. Noppon Saengkham shows signs of class here.
Meanwhile, Kurt Maflin has taken a 8-7 lead over Zao Xintong, who was leading 7-4 after the first two frames of the session.
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by snookerlover » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Ian Burns, Kurt Maflin and Jimmy Robertson have booked their third round spots.
Graemme Dott and Robert Milkins looked poised to do so very soon.
Alan McManus, Robbie Williams, Chris Wakelin look likely and
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by vodkadiet » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Taxi for Wilson!!
Sorry, I forgot, he is a taxi! He can drive himself home!
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by Vallomas » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Impressive victory for Nigel Bond.
He looks in good form and could be a tricky match for Ding in the deciding qualifying round.
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by vodkadiet » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Vallomas wrote:Impressive victory for Nigel Bond.
He looks in good form and could be a tricky match for Ding in the deciding qualifying round.
Yes. The canny old timer still knows his way around a 12 x 6 ft green baize.
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by Cloud Strife » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Dott will be easy pickings for any of the seeds (even Bingham) if he somehow manages to qualify.
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by Vallomas » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Dott has taken full control of frame 18 after an easy long red and a very good snooker behind the brown which forced Noppon to make two fouls and leave him an easy red to start a break.
edit: Missed position while he's only 50-7 in front with 67 remaining (with two reds on the cushion, though).
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by Vallomas » 10 Apr 2016 Read
At last, Dott and Milkins both finish the job with 10-8. The milkman made an impressive ton to clinch the victory.
Congrats to both Saengkham and Donaldson though, they gave their experienced opponents a good match.
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by Wildey » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Wakelin has always impressed me and it will be great if he can qualify
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by Wildey » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Vallomas wrote:At last, Dott and Milkins both finish the job with 10-8. The milkman made an impressive ton to clinch the victory.
Congrats to both Saengkham and Donaldson though, they gave their experienced opponents a good match.
Donaldson is a far better player than his results of late winning just 1 match in Main Ranking events this season prior to this week.
But his PTC Results has kept him on tour for another 2 years.
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by Alex0paul » 10 Apr 2016 Read
I like Donaldson but like Walker he just isn't getting anywhere within the game
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by Wildey » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Alex0paul wrote:I like Donaldson but like Walker he just isn't getting anywhere within the game
not reaching the top 64 in 2014 knocked him ....i think hes better than Walker just needs to believe in himself
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by Gridlock » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Was fun watching Donaldson stay in it today....
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by snooky147 » 10 Apr 2016 Read
Vallomas wrote:At last, Dott and Milkins both finish the job with 10-8. The milkman made an impressive ton to clinch the victory.
Congrats to both Saengkham and Donaldson though, they gave their experienced opponents a good match.
I was hugely impressed by Saengkham. Far better than his ranking suggests.
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by Alex0paul » 11 Apr 2016 Read
Great win for Hamilton
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