by Wildey » 08 Apr 2017 Read
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Wednesday 5th ~ Saturday 8th of April at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, SheffieldRound 2 and 64 players still in the hunt for 16 places at Crucible to play defending champion Mark Selby and others for the title.
A Few upsets in Round 1 saw Ricky Walden, Matthew Stevens and Robin Hull go home But twice Champion Mark Williams after a scare that saw him 7-5 down after leading 4-1 came safely through against Zhao Xintong to play Liam Highfield on Monday.
Who will be there for Judgement in
Round 3 ?
DRAWSelected 2nd Round MatchesMark J Williams v Liam Highfield
Tom Ford v Chris Wakelin
Mathew Selt v Hossein Vafaei
Reanne Evans v Lee Walker
Nigel Bond v Stephen Maguire
Xiao Guodong v Sam Baird
Ben Woollaston v Ken Doherty
Dechawat Poomjaeng v Graeme Dott
Tian Pengfei v Fergal O'Brien
Rhys Clark v David Gilbert
Joe Perry v Akani Songsermsawad
Luca Brecel v Joe Swail
Dominic Dale v Daniel Wells
Ross Muir v Michael White
Michael Holt v Eden Sharav
Peter Ebdon v Jack Lisowski
Alan McManus v Rod Lawler
Jimmy Robertson v Oliver Lines
Yan Bingtao v Mark Davis
Scott Donaldson v Alexander Ursenbacher
Robbie Williams v Yu Delu
John Astley v Martin GouldPlayers in Bold appeared at the Crucible in 2016ORDER OF PLAY ]
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by Alex0paul » 08 Apr 2017 Read
Mike Dunn v Andy Hicks rematch?
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by Wildey » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Mike Dunn v Andy Hicks rematch?
trust you to notice a mistake lol
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by SnookerFan » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Typical.
Looking at Eurosport's listings for next week, they are only having one table televised when Ronnie is on.
BBC will have football results on interactive.
Round a friends, so won't be able to watch online.
Still, as long as we all get to pretend Ronnie is the only player that matters, that's what's important.
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by nice_shoes_ken » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Some nice looking matches this morning.
Interested to see how Bingtao & Songsermsawad get on against the experience of Mavis & Perry.
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by Muppet147 » 09 Apr 2017 Read
nice_shoes_ken wrote:Some nice looking matches this morning.
Interested to see how Bingtao & Songsermsawad get on against the experience of Mavis & Perry.
Yes, it could be fascinating. I think Bingtao needs to stay with Davis during the first session, let him know he is in a real match. Then, he can let his natural talent to the work in the second session. Would love to see him reach the Crucible but it's going to be tough.
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by SnookerFan » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Bingtao is a hell of a prospect.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 09 Apr 2017 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Bingtao is a hell of a prospect.
No doubting that. This should be Mark's biggest obstacle to qualifying
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by Vallomas » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Perry stole the second frame from 0-54 down to take a 2-0 lead against Akani, while there are some interesting scores on the non televised tables.
Scott Donaldson 0-3 Alexander Ursenbacher
Martin O'Donnell 0-3 Hammad Miah
Zhou Yuelong 3-1 Ian Preece
Robbie Williams 1-2 Yu Delu
Michael Holt 1-1 Eden Sharav
Rhys Clarke 1-3 David Gilbert
John Astley 1-1 Martin Gould
Peter Ebdon 2-1 Jack Lisowski
Alfie Burden 1-1 Jamie Jones
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by Lou147 » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Question, should Bingtao get to the Crucible, would I be right in saying he'd be the youngest ever to do so?
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by aimlesswandeer » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Ursenbacher and Evans both very generously priced. I wish I had put a double on now...
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by SnookerFan » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Bingtao is a hell of a prospect.
No doubting that. This should be Mark's biggest obstacle to qualifying
I wouldn't mind a bit of Bingtao action at The Crucible.
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by aimlesswandeer » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Ursenbacher 4-0 up, he's flying at the moment. Can't believe Donaldson was 6 or 7 to 1 on. Miah could be a very unlikely qualifier, 3-0 up in the most open section of the draw.
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by kolompar » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Lou147 wrote:Question, should Bingtao get to the Crucible, would I be right in saying he'd be the youngest ever to do so?
2nd youngest ever. Around a month younger than Hendry was in 1986, but around a month older than Brecel in 2012.
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by OoNebsoO » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Miah and Ursenbacher both with 4-0 leads.
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by Lou147 » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Its possible we could have a few debuting nationalities aswell this year with the likes of Miah, Ursenbacher and Vafaei looking solid so far
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by Vallomas » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Miah isn't English?
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by PLtheRef » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Lou147 wrote:Question, should Bingtao get to the Crucible, would I be right in saying he'd be the youngest ever to do so?
Brecel was 17 years and a month (born March 1995)
I think Bingtao would be the first person born in the 2000s to qualify though
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by SnookerFan » 09 Apr 2017 Read
I'm having a chicken dinner later.
Winner, Winner.
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by Cloud Strife » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Vallomas wrote:Miah isn't English?
Yeah, he is.
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by Vallomas » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Ian Preece takes a 4-3 lead over Zhou Yuelong.
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by SnookerFan » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Vallomas wrote:Ian Preece takes a 4-3 lead over Zhou Yuelong.
Ghou Yolonge.
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by SnookerFan » 09 Apr 2017 Read
I'm stuck in traffic on the M25.
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by Dannyboy » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Lou147 wrote:Its possible we could have a few debuting nationalities aswell this year with the likes of Miah, Ursenbacher and Vafaei looking solid so far
Miah is English isn't he?
Fancy Vafaei to get through.
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by SnookerFan » 09 Apr 2017 Read
SnookerFan wrote:I'm stuck in traffic on the M25.
I could walk home faster.
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by Vallomas » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Vafaei is in good form and was lucky to have one of the easiest draws on the 1st round (against Hatem Yassen, who beat 10-1). From one aspect his next two matches are also good, as he faces No 33 (Selt) and then possibly No 32 (Ford). Not any of the ex-top 16ers, but two difficult matches en route except for one. I believe that he can do it, though, and establish himself as a top 32 player during next season.
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by SnookerFan » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Vallomas wrote:Vafaei is in good form and was lucky to have one of the easiest draws on the 1st round (against Hatem Yassen, who beat 10-1). From one aspect his next two matches are also good, as he faces No 33 (Selt) and then possibly No 32 (Ford). Not any of the ex-top 16ers, but two difficult matches en route except for one. I believe that he can do it, though, and establish himself as a top 32 player during next season.
Then there'd be no Selby vs Selty rematch.
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by eraserhead » 09 Apr 2017 Read
Clearance from Yan to steal that frame by a point.
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by heydoog » 09 Apr 2017 Read
perry is struggling atm, lucky with such an easy draw
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