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ROBERTSON RACES THROUGH AGAINST DOTT

NEIL Robertson brushed aside the challenge of Graeme Dott to book himself a place in the draw for the last 32 here in Glasgow.

Robertson, relishing the sprint format of the first to 3 frames quickly rattled off the first frame with breaks of 48 and 22 with Dott struggling to establish any rhythm. The last time these two locked horns which was in the world final in Sheffield saw the match concluded at 12.55 in thr morning. This took a fraction of that time.

Robertson, who had suffered defeats in Germany and Shanghai was anxious to avoid another early exit as he won a tactical second frame and looked for all the world that he was going to complete a 3-0 victory over the man from Larkhall. But Dott was not in any mood to surrender quietly and after Robertson left Graeme needing a snooker in the third frame extracted a free ball from the Aussie when he left the red hidden behind the black with the cue ball behind the brown. Robertson bungled his escape and to make matters worse left a free ball for the former world champion. Taking full advantage of the slip up from the Austalian Dott stroked in the brown as his free ball and cleared with a break of 42 to pinch the frame 69-68.

Could Graeme sustain his recovery - the answer was an emphatic no as he took a rash swipe at the reds and left Robertson with a short range red to the corner. As Robertson fired in the red Graeme must have a had a sense of what weas to follow as Neil confidently pieced together a break of 103 to win 3-1.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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CARTER FOILS UN NOOH BID

ALI Carter continued his fine run of form when he saw off the challenge of Thepchaya Un Nooh 3-1 here in Glasgow.

Carter who won the Shanghai Masters, beating Jamie Burnett in the final looked full of confidence as he made his entrance into the arena against the wildcard from Thailand.

Un Nooh though is not without a pedigree as a former world amateur champion but found himself up against a man who has moved up to number two in the new world rankings. And he was to pay dearly for a missed black as Carter took swift advantage to take the opening frame 67-41.

But if Ali thought he would be in for a straightforward win he was given a scare by Un Nooh who took the second frame with a break of 67. But any worries that Carter fans may have had about it being High Noon for Ali were to be swiftly dispelled as Carter moved 2-1 in front, leaving himself just one frame from victory.

But it was Un Nooh who will surely be kicking himself at not forcing a decider whern on a break of 47 twitched on a pink to the centre - as the the pink veered past the pocket so the stage was set for a counter attack from Carter. Carter though could only make 45 leaving the frame to be decided on the colours. Un Nooh hammered in a long yellow and followed with green and brown - but then left himself the wrong side of the blue. The cue ball rather than being in close proximity to the pink was now just off the side cushion.

To gasps Un Nooh missed allowing Carter to re-establish control of the frame when he forced a safety error from the Thai player. Leaving the pink close to the corner pocket Carter sunk it and followed with the black to wrap up a 3-1 victory and put himself into the hat for the next round. On this form there will be a few who would like to avoid Ali in the next round.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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Postby Roland

It's Un-Nooh not Un Noon! Corrections made :redneck:

Also Carters last pink was closer to the pink spot than the corner pocket. It was a cracking long pot to get on the black.

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MAGUIRE SURVIVES SCARE AGAINST PETTMAN

STEPHEN Maguire stumbled into the last 32 of the World Open in Glasgow after a dramatic last frame against Stuart Pettman.

After leading 2-1 Maguire had to sit and suffer as Pettman, the world number 48 fired in a decisive break of 58 to take the match into a deciding frame. Pettman, buoyed up with the booster of levelling the match swiftly went 48-17 in front of the Scotsman who seemed ill at ease at playing in front of his local supporters. And when Maguire missed a relatively simple red to the centre it looked as if Stuart was set for victory - and Maguire heading for an early exit.

But lady luck was to take a hand in the destiny of the match as Pettman went in off, leaving three reds on the table. Stepping in Maguire closed to 48-32 with just the colours on the table. And here Maguire was to throw another chance the way of Pettman as he left the Preston man with a mid length yellow. Sinking it Pettman was left with the remainder of the colours. As he tried to roll the green into the top corner he could only turn away in disppointment as the green stayed in the jaws of the pocket. With the table at his mercy Maguire held his nerve to sink green to black and snatch a place in the last 32.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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EBDON ENDS DAVIS HOPES

PETER Ebdon continuyed his run of form with a 3-1 defeat of Steve Davis.

The two former world champions squared off in the evening session of day 1 of thr 12bet.com world open and it was to be Ebdon who proved the stronger as he outplayed the six times world champion.

But it could all have been so different had Steve taken the opening frame had he potted the final red with the rest. Leading 45-32 with one red left it was just off the cushion, tough but pottable. As the red jawed in the pocket and rolled away Ebdon soon had Davis in big trouble when he fluked a snooker on the final red. Davis sized up his escape options and hit the brown rather than the red. To make matters worse the red was ledt in a pottable position and Ebdon needed no second inviation as he cleared to the black to win it.

Buoyed up with his stroke of fortune Ebdon dominated the second to leave Steve needing to win all three of the remaining frames.

But Steve was in no mood to exit with a whimper and kept Ebdon away from the table in frame three thanks to breaks of 34 and 43 to extract the concession from the world number 17. Still Steve had a mountain to climb - and if he was going to get past base camp he needed a fast start in the fourth frame.

Peter though had swiftly regrouped after losing the third and soon put an end to any hopes Davis may have had of forcing a decider as he kept Davis firmly in his seat to seal a 3-1 victory and with it a place in the last 32.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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footygirl wrote:MAGUIRE SURVIVES SCARE AGAINST PETTMAN

STEPHEN Maguire stumbled into the last 32 of the World Open in Glasgow after a dramatic last frame against Stuart Pettman.

After leading 2-1 Maguire had to sit and suffer as Pettman, the world number 48 fired in a decisive break of 58 to take the match into a deciding frame. Pettman, buoyed up with the booster of levelling the match swiftly went 48-17 in front of the Scotsman who seemed ill at ease at playing in front of his local supporters. And when Maguire missed a relatively simple red to the centre it looked as if Stuart was set for victory - and Maguire heading for an early exit.

But lady luck was to take a hand in the destiny of the match as Pettman went in off, leaving three reds on the table. Stepping in Maguire closed to 48-32 with just the colours on the table. And here Maguire was to throw another chance the way of Pettman as he left the Preston man with a mid length yellow. Sinking it Pettman was left with the remainder of the colours. As he tried to roll the green into the top corner he could only turn away in disppointment as the green stayed in the jaws of the pocket. With the table at his mercy Maguire held his nerve to sink green to black and snatch a place in the last 32.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

I would have thought that Stuart Petmann's miss-cue when needing red, black, red for victory would have been worth a mention, No?

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Postby Roland

the miscue was a classic. He had a red sitting there with easy position on the black and easy to get on the next red. He saw problems that weren't there. Instead of playing the shot, he checked out the scores then looked for problems. The miscue was a massive blob and I feel really sorry for the bloke.

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Postby Bourne

I felt for him a bit but this is top level snooker, Maguire was completely there for the taking, Pettman had several more than decent chances to kill it off and showed careless mental frailty. This is a big boys sport, I hope he forgets it quickly and does well in the next tournament, there is a lot of things he should work on.

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Postby Witz78

Pettman is one of the few players on tour id have doubted to seal the decider even when he was well ahead and each time he had the simple chances to seal it. It was always a matter of when, not if he would miss when at the table with a chance.

Pityful really that hes been a pro for 18 years on the evidence of that, plus his 3 legendary poor performances at the Crucible.

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BJORN MEETS HIS WATERLOO

STEPHEN Hendry exacted a ruthless revenge on Bjorn Hanaveer as he moved into the last 32 of the 12Bet.com World Open in Glasgow.

Hendry who had lost to Hanaveer in Furth a few weeks prior to Glasgow set about his opponant in quick fashion in the opening frame as he posted breaks of 28 and 55. Hanaveer was not without his chances and really should have done better when left in at close range- only to miss a red with the rest.

Hendry was quickly into his stride in the second frame and made 52 before being forced into safety. Hanaveer had a chance to counter when Hendry missed an easy red but could only amass 21 as they came down to the final red and the colours with the scores showing 29-58. Hanaveer taking the brown off the final red managed to miss it- and leave it sitting in the jaws of the corner pocket. Even more bizaarely the yellow found it's way to the jaws. Hanaveer played a clever safety and left Hendry snookered. In trying to come off the cushion Hendry struck the brown and potted it. Surely Hanaveer would seize his chance this time - He didn't and after snookering himself on the brown promptly threw Hendry an opportunity by leaving the brown straight down the cushion. Hendry seized it and sunk the blue and pink to snatch the frame back from the clutches of the Belgian.

And Belgian resistancde was well and truly broken as Hanaveer found himself in deep trouble from the break off in the third frame as Hendry tucked him up behind the green with the reds well spread. Hanaveer made eight attempts to extricate himself from trouble, conceding 35 points in the process- and then fatally on his ninth left an easy red for the Scotsman. Pouncing on the error Hendry hammered in a match winning break of 76 to wrap up a 3-0 victory and set up a showdown with Mark Davis in the last 32.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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WILLIAMS WALTZES PAST SAMBA KING FIGARODA

MARK Williams took just little over an hour to dismiss the challenge of Brazilian Igor Figaroda here in Glasgow.

Williams, the world number 8 faced off against the world number 65 Figaroda who when inroduced sported a smile the size of the Amazon. Unfortunately he was soon lose his sunny smile as Williams blasted through the opening frame with an 80 break. Yet we were treated to a little cameo from Figaroda who put together a run of 42 - albeit after the frame had ended as a contest.

Williams shot into a 46-7 lead in the second with bits and pieces with Figaroda mounting a small counter attack of 24 to leave the scores poised at 46-31 with one red left on the table. Taking a chance on a long red to the corner Igor struck it too thinly - and then had to watch in agony as the red trundles across the table to leave Williams with a mid length red to the corner. Williams doesn't need gifts of this ilk and duly rolled the red in and cleared to the brown to increse his lead to 2-0.

Effecgtively it was all over as Williams wasted no time in completing the formalities with a break of 96 to set up an intrihuing showdown with Ali Carter in the last 32.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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DING CRUSHES GUNNELL

DING Junhui swept into the last 32 of the Worldf Open in Glasgow with a 3-0 destruction of Adrian Gunnell here in Glasgow.

The world number 4 was in commanding form against Gunnell who after being frozen out ogf the first frame which Ding took with a break of 53 contributed to his own downfall in the following frames with some careless mistakes when in the balls.

Ding was first in with a 34 in the second frame but twitched on and missed a pink to the corner. Gunnell, at last allowed a chance copuldn't make the most of it and missed a cuttable red to the top corner pocket to hand the initiative back to the Chinese number 1. Ding doesn't need presenta of this ilk and dispatched the red and fired in a 347 to account for the second frame and lead 2-0 in just over half an hour.

Gunnell, looking demoralised was to regret a misjudged safety to let Ding in with a simple red to the corner and Ding was to waste little time in completing the formalities as he stroked in a break 58 to complete victory and put himself through to the next round where he will meet Jimmy Michie for a place in the last 16.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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Postby JohnFromLondonTown

footygirl wrote:DING CRUSHES GUNNELL

DING Junhui swept into the last 32 of the Worldf Open in Glasgow with a 3-0 destruction of Adrian Gunnell here in Glasgow.

The world number 4 was in commanding form against Gunnell who after being frozen out ogf the first frame which Ding took with a break of 53 contributed to his own downfall in the following frames with some careless mistakes when in the balls.

Ding was first in with a 34 in the second frame but twitched on and missed a pink to the corner. Gunnell, at last allowed a chance copuldn't make the most of it and missed a cuttable red to the top corner pocket to hand the initiative back to the Chinese number 1. Ding doesn't need presenta of this ilk and dispatched the red and fired in a 347 to account for the second frame and lead 2-0 in just over half an hour.

Gunnell, looking demoralised was to regret a misjudged safety to let Ding in with a simple red to the corner and Ding was to waste little time in completing the formalities as he stroked in a break 58 to complete victory and put himself through to the next round where he will meet Jimmy Michie for a place in the last 16.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

Gutted I missed that 347.

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WHITE BATTLES PAST DAVISON

JIMMY White battled past Paul Davison to reach the last 32 of the world open here in Glasgow with a 3-1 victory.

White, though did not have things his own way as he was forced to sit in his chair and watch Davison take the opener with a 65 break. Frame 2 though was a tight tactical affair that with the scores showing 49-32 in the Whirlwind's favour. Only one red was left on the table and cleared up with 27, which culminated in a confident shot on the pink to seal the frame.

White, grew in confidence as Davsion's seemed to wilt and another tight frame saw the hammer blow befall Paul in cruel fashion. With just the colours on the table Davsion fluked the yellow and followed up with green, brown and blue - but crucially was unable to get ideal position onn the pink when he left himself tight under the side cushion. As he overcut the pink. White was out of his chair like a greyhound and dispatched the pink and the black to steal the frame in 44 minutes.

But it was far from fluent from Jimmy as both he and and Paul struggled to maintain any rhythm at the table. As Jimmy built a lead of 45-17 there were three reds left on the table, as White picked off two of the reds he now was close to victory.On more red would seal it and when Davison left the red to the centre pocket White made no mistake. This left Davsion needing four snookers. He got two of them as White first went in off and then failed to escape from a snooker. Davison continued to fight for snookers but he was finally thwarted when Jimmy fluked the green and followed with brown and blue to close out the match 3-1 and move into the last 32 where he could play Ronnie O'Sullivan - that is provided that Ronnie beats Mark King of course.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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HAWKINS EDGES DRAMATIC DECIDER

BARRY Hawkins snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Mark Selby as he came through a dramatic final frame shoot out here in Glasgow.

The drama that was to come was signified as early as the first frame as Selby won it on a re-spotted black - after Hawkins's attempt at a double had left it sitting over the corner pocket.

Hawkins though remained unruffled and promptly stormed through the second frame with a total clearance of 127, and duly went 2-1 up when he rolled in a dead weight red from tight under the baulk cushion and made 92. Hawkins was in inspired form and had chances to wrap it up in the fourth frame as among the balls he suffered an horrendous kick on the black that ruined his match winning chance and promptly handed Selby a lifeline. Grabbing it with both hands Selby rubbed salt into Barry's wounds with 109 clearance to level the match at 2-2 and send it into a final frame shootout.

Incredibly there was more drama to come in the shootout as Selby spuirned three chances for victory. Leading by 32-0 he had to watch as Hawkins reduced the deficit to 23-32 with just two reds left on the table Selby had dispatched the first with a pink. The final one was just off the top cushion , and Selby had left himself a cutback on the red. To oohs and aahs he missed it and left the red hanging over the pocket. Hawkins steadied himself and sank it and followed with green and yellow- only to snooker himself on the green. Selby though was to hand him another chance when he caught his safety too thickly and left Hawkins with a shot to nothing. Taking his chance Hawkins sank the green and followed with brown, blue and pink to seal a 3-2 win and set up a match with Ken Doherty.


Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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footygirl wrote:HAWKINS EDGES DRAMATIC DECIDER

BARRY Hawkins snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Mark Selby as he came through a dramatic final frame shoot out here in Glasgow.

The drama that was to come was signified as early as the first frame as Selby won it on a re-spotted black - after Hawkins's attempt at a double had left it sitting over the corner pocket.

Hawkins though remained unruffled and promptly stormed through the second frame with a total clearance of 127, and duly went 2-1 up when he rolled in a dead weight red from tight under the baulk cushion and made 92. Hawkins was in inspired form and had chances to wrap it up in the fourth frame as among the balls he suffered an horrendous kick on the black that ruined his match winning chance and promptly handed Selby a lifeline. Grabbing it with both hands Selby rubbed salt into Barry's wounds with 109 clearance to level the match at 2-2 and send it into a final frame shootout.

Incredibly there was more drama to come in the shootout as Selby spuirned three chances for victory. Leading by 32-0 he had to watch as Hawkins reduced the deficit to 23-32 with just two reds left on the table Selby had dispatched the first with a pink. The final one was just off the top cushion , and Selby had left himself a cutback on the red. To oohs and aahs he missed it and left the red hanging over the pocket. Hawkins steadied himself and sank it and followed with green and yellow- only to snooker himself on the green. Selby though was to hand him another chance when he caught his safety too thickly and left Hawkins with a shot to nothing. Taking his chance Hawkins sank the green and followed with brown, blue and pink to seal a 3-2 win and set up a match with Ken Doherty.


Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

I thought the 127 Barry Hawkins had in the 2nd frame was a 14 red clearence, No?

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Another day here in Glasgow and first on the table is what promises to be a cracker - Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark King- the winner to face Jimmy White

Also on is Alan McManus v Matthew Stevens and to complete the early session is Liu Song v Joe Jogia - Joe is now listed as Shaleish Jogia on the world rankings

To come tonight it is Mike Dunn v Marcus Campbell - and the battle of Stoke as Jamie Cope takes on Dave Harold

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O'SULLIVAN HITS MAXIMUM

RONNIE O'Sullivan hit a maximum break in the final frame of his 3-0 victory over Mark King as he powered his way into the last 32 of the World Open

The Rocket then hinted that he may walk away from the game if he would not be allowed to be selective on what tournaments he chose to play.

That Mark King was dismissed inside 50minutes now seems a sideshow as the Rocket admitted that he had misgivings about completing the maximum and in particular what if any prize would go with it.

The 147 itself was as perfect as you could see. With a long straight red for openers three reds and three blacks followed disappeared as I thought immediately that the maximum was on. With all eyes in the press room firmly trained on the tv monitor a further twelve reds and 12 blacks dispappeared with relative ease and as the Rocket approached the colours so the excitement mounted in the arena.

The yellow, green, brown and blue were dismissed with ease and then the pink. Surely just now the formality of the black - but then Ronnie turned to Mark King, had a few words with world number 15 before returning to the table to complete the job and the 10th 147 of his professional career.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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MCMANUS SURVIVES STEVENS FIGHTBACK

ALAN McManus squeezed past Matthew Stevens 3-2 to move into the last 16 of the world open here in glasgow

The Scotsman, dominated the first two frames and went 2-0 up before Stevens finally got the the wake up call and launched a fightback which saw him roll in breaks of 52 and 45 to reduce his arreas to 2-1 before levelling the match at 2-2 with the help of a decisive 57.

McManus, who's last round of last 16 berth came in the Northern Ireland trophy in 2008 where he lost to Stephen Maguire was forced initally forced to sit and suffer in the decider as Stevens had the first chance - making 35 before suffering a kick on the black that caused him to miss the following red into the centre pocket. Presented with a mid length red to the "yellow" pocket McManus replied with 56 before overcutting the penultimate red to the corner. With the scores showing 56-35 in favour of the Scotsman McManus kept the pressure on Stevens by leaving him in trouble with the red and cue ball at opposite end of the table. As Stevens looked for a place of sanctuary to leave the red and cue ball he managed to concede 8 penalty points. McManus needed just the final red to make certain of a place in the last 16 - and so it arrived as Stevens bungled a safety shot that knocked the final red on into a pottable position. McManus needed no seconnd invitation and sunk a straight red to the corner before accepting a concession from Stevens.

Suzy Jardine - Glasgow

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JOGIA GOES FOR A SONG

LUI Song booked his place in the draw for the last 16 of the world open with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Joe Jogia here in Glasgow

The world number 88 from Beijjing did not look troubled againsdt Jogia, who while having his opportunities struggled to make the most of them. The first frame was to set the tone of the match as Jogia led 59-30 only to miss a red to the corner. Without batting an eyelid the bespectacled Chinese star cleared with 38 to lead 1-0.

Jogia was to have a much easier time in the second frame when he put together a decisive 79 to level the match but it was the third frame that effectively decided the result as both players began to make mistakes. Song was the first to err as he missed a black off it's spot while on a break of 46. Jogia though couldn't capitalise and failed on 27 when he ran out of position and was forced into playing safe. Song must have thought he was going 2-1 down to the world number 68 when he caught a safety far too thickly and let Jogia in. Inexpicably Jogia missed a straightforward red to the corner, and it was relieved Song who cleared up with 41.

There was to be no way back for Jogia as Song pressed home his advantage. And as Jogia wilted under the pressure in the arena Song cruised throught the fourth frame with a break of 107 to wrap up a 3-1 victory.


Suzy Jardine - Glasgow