Matchroom.Live English Open Last 64 !!!

Monday 12th ~ Sunday 18th of October at The Marshal Arena, Milton Keynes

Peter Lines tested positive for Covid-19 and had to withdraw, and his son Oliver too because of course he was in contact with his father, therefore Anthony McGill get a bye into the Last 32.

Defending champion Mark Selby in action, as well as the likes of Mark Allen, Barry Hawkins, Neil Robertson, WN1 Judd Trump, Stuart Bingham, Kyren Wilson, John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Luca Brecel and current world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.

All Last 64 matches completed today, so who shall move into the 3rd round?

DRAW

Selected Last 64 Matches
Mark Selby v Chang Bingyu
Martin O'Donnell v Liang Wenbo
Joe Perry v Hossein Vafaei
David Liley v Shaun Murphy
Mark Allen v Robbie Williams
Kurt Maflin v Jordan Brown
Yan Bingtao v Steven Hallworth
Lei Peifan v Barry Hawkins
Mark Davis v Zhao Xintong
Mark Joyce v Neil Robertson
Judd Trump v Yuan Sijun
Gary Wilson v Ricky Walden
Ben Woollaston v Styart Bingham
Gao Yang v Kyren Wilson
John Higgins v Connor Benzey
Jimmy Robertson v Lou Honghao
Ding Junhui v Luca Brecel
Ben Hancorn v Thepchayia Un-Nooh
Jak Jones v Jack Lisowski
Ryan Day v Ronnie O'Sullivan


ORDER OF PLAY

Ding v Luca and Ronnie v Day the highlight matches of the round.

Ding plays in the morning, Ronnie's match at 7pm.

Andre147 wrote:Ding v Luca and Ronnie v Day the highlight matches of the round.

Ding plays in the morning, Ronnie's match at 7pm.

Will it be Ryan's...evening...?

Wildey wrote:

Andre147 wrote:Ding v Luca and Ronnie v Day the highlight matches of the round.

Ding plays in the morning, Ronnie's match at 7pm.

Really strange decision putting Ding v Luca in the morning and Lilley v Murphy at 9pm

The 10am matches are at 5pm here in China (until the clocks change, when the time difference will be 8 hours instead of 7). 10am-4pm is the best time for fans in China to watch weekday matches. Most of us are in bed for the UK evening session.

chengdufan wrote:

Wildey wrote:

Andre147 wrote:Ding v Luca and Ronnie v Day the highlight matches of the round.

Ding plays in the morning, Ronnie's match at 7pm.

Really strange decision putting Ding v Luca in the morning and Lilley v Murphy at 9pm

The 10am matches are at 5pm here in China (until the clocks change, when the time difference will be 8 hours instead of 7). 10am-4pm is the best time for fans in China to watch weekday matches. Most of us are in bed for the UK evening session.

I'm waiting for the 'so is SnookerFan' jokes.

So Johns playing the Fraser basher tonight.


COME ONN JOHN!,put that young gun Benzo in his place!.

tricky opponents for Ronnie and Ding, playing Day / Brecel in the 2nd round of a bo7 tournament.

TheRocket wrote:tricky opponents for Ronnie and Ding, playing Day / Brecel in the 2nd round of a bo7 tournament.

Yes, best of 7s are a lottery, anything can happen.

Selbo seems to have a very easy draw, so he might go deep.

Ding takes the first frame against Brecel with a fluent break

Ding looking sharp thus far.

A solid 88 break to go 2 nil up on Brecel.

A quickfire 80 break puts Ding 2-0 up. Looking good this morning.

Is his putting his chalk on the cushion between every shot a way of keeping a rhythm or playing in a relaxed manner as if he was in a club?

Other matches:

Farakh Ajaib 1-0 Zhou Yuelong
Yan Bingtao 1-0 Steven Hallworth
Martin O'Donnell 1-0 Liang Wenbo
David Grace 0-1 Andy Hicks
Jamie Clarke 2-0 Liam Highfield

Prop wrote:

SteveJJ wrote:A quickfire 80 break puts Ding 2-0 up. Looking good this morning.

Is his putting his chalk on the cushion between every shot a way of keeping a rhythm or playing in a relaxed manner as if he was in a club?

Lack of waistcoat is my guess.

He's the only one I've seen do it regularly this week. Maybe his trouser pockets aren't up to much.

Brecel in 33 ahead with 5 reds left. Should win frame but as I type that he misses a long red

Meanwhile at the battle at the snorefest Rory McLeod leading Joe O'Connor 1-0

Both 31 second AST

In other matches:

Yan Bingtao 1-1 Steven Hallworth
Farakh Ajaib 2 - 0 Zhou Yuelong
Martin O'Donnell 1-1 Liang Wenbo
Andrew Higginson 0-1 Sunny Akani
Joe O'Connor 0-1 Rory McLeod

The_Abbott wrote:Meanwhile at the battle at the snorefest Rory McLeod leading Joe O'Connor 1-0

Both 31 second AST

Rory dragging Joe down to his speed. Joe is 26 secs for the season so far. Probably knocked him out of his normal rhythm.

I hope Hallworth does well. Only seen him once in action at the Shoot-out. Top bloke.

What happened to the GTOAT?

Dan-cat wrote:What happened to the GTOAT?

he won his first round match and will play judd trump in the second round this afternoon.

Latest:

Yan Bingtao 1 - 2 Steven Hallworth
David Grace 0 - 2 Andy Hicks
Andrew Higginson 0 - 2 Sunny Akani
Jamie Clarke 2-1 Liam Highfield
Joe O'Connor 1 - 1 Rory McLeod - and Joe down to 28 secs a shot