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Post by wonderwall on Mar 11, 2008 10:48:43 GMT 1
Not a surprising defeat, but such a shame Jimmy White lost so heavily After every defeat in the big matches he always says he's playing well in practice, but just can't reproduce it in the matches. I guess thats why his ranking has fallen so much, but I've never understood why if he's practicing well he can't play well too. Id rather he quit than resort to playing at pontins
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2008 13:45:47 GMT 1
Apparently Jimmy cricked his neck during the journey up to Sheffield and he's blamed that for his performance yesterday... At least he'll get one more chance next year. The draw for the Crucible is taking place at www.888snooker.com right now. They've got a little Big Break style thing with John Higgins and Neil Robertson going on at the moment.
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2008 14:07:05 GMT 1
Draw for the 1st round of the World Championship: John Higgins v Matthew Stevens Ryan Day v Michael Judge Ding Junhui v Marco Fu Stephen Hendry v Mark Allen Ronnie O'Sullivan v Liu Chuang Mark Williams v Mark Davis Stephen Lee v Joe Swail Ken Doherty v Liang Wenbo Shaun Murphy v Dave Harold Ali Carter v Barry Hawkins Mark Selby v Mark King Peter Ebdon v Jamie Cope Neil Robertson v Nigel Bond Stephen Maguire v Anthony Hamilton Steve Davis v Stuart Bingham Graeme Dott v Joe Perry
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Post by wonderwall on Mar 11, 2008 14:11:31 GMT 1
Some interesting matches there standout matches for me
John Higgins v Matthew Stevens Stephen Maguire v Anthony Hamilton Stephen Lee v Joe Swail
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2008 14:18:00 GMT 1
Ding v Fu Hendry v Allen Ebdon v Cope
All potential upsets...
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Post by wonderwall on Mar 11, 2008 14:25:02 GMT 1
Robertson v bond a tricky match for Robertson
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2008 15:19:25 GMT 1
Robertson v bond a tricky match for Robertson Bond's capable of an upset (he beat Hendry a couple of years ago) but his best days are well and truly behind him... Liu Chuang could well be the lowest-ranked player to ever reach the Crucible (at least since the tour was limited to a certain number of players). He has no official ranking as this season is his first on the tour, and he's bottom of the provisional rankings, having failed to qualify for a tournament until now. Part of the reason he's bottom is that he received no ranking points for the Shanghai Masters as he hadn't received a UK visa in time for the qualifiers. He was given a wild card to the tournament itself but received no ranking points for it.
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Post by wonderwall on Mar 11, 2008 15:23:17 GMT 1
as Joe johnson and Terry Griffiths have proved though anyone can win the title they were both qualifiers in 1979 and 1986.
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2008 15:27:09 GMT 1
as Joe johnson and Terry Griffiths have proved though anyone can win the title they were both qualifiers in 1979 and 1986. Griffiths was a postman when he won it, I think. Johnson wasn't a qualifier when he won it, I think he was #15 or 16 in the world, but there was, of course, Shaun Murphy, a few years ago and Mark Selby reached the final as a qualifier last year.
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Post by wonderwall on Mar 11, 2008 15:29:08 GMT 1
as Joe johnson and Terry Griffiths have proved though anyone can win the title they were both qualifiers in 1979 and 1986. Griffiths was a postman when he won it, I think. Johnson wasn't a qualifier when he won it, I think he was #15 or 16 in the world, but there was, of course, Shaun Murphy, a few years ago and Mark Selby reached the final as a qualifier last year. Can you actually believe Joe Johnson won it he did nothing else did he .
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2008 15:33:37 GMT 1
Griffiths was a postman when he won it, I think. Johnson wasn't a qualifier when he won it, I think he was #15 or 16 in the world, but there was, of course, Shaun Murphy, a few years ago and Mark Selby reached the final as a qualifier last year. Can you actually believe Joe Johnson won it he did nothing else did he . He was something like 150/1 the year he won it. He did get to the final again the following year but I think he only ever won one other title. He did keep going longer than a lot of players from that era. He only retired about 5 years ago though he didn't appear at the Crucible after 1991.
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Post by wonderwall on Mar 11, 2008 15:36:33 GMT 1
Can you actually believe Joe Johnson won it he did nothing else did he . He was something like 150/1 the year he won it. He did get to the final again the following year but I think he only ever won other title. He did keep going longer than a lot of players from that era. He only retired about 5 years ago. I remember r him playing very well in the 1986 final .I was trying to think of other players who have go to the final but never won a tournament ? Doug mountjoy sprung to mind but i think he won the Uk championship in 1988 or 1989.
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2008 15:40:34 GMT 1
He was something like 150/1 the year he won it. He did get to the final again the following year but I think he only ever won other title. He did keep going longer than a lot of players from that era. He only retired about 5 years ago. I remember r him playing very well in the 1986 final .I was trying to think of other players who have go to the final but never won a tournament ? Doug mountjoy sprung to mind but i think he won the Uk championship in 1988 or 1989. Yeah, Mountjoy had a bit of a renaissance in the late 80s. I think Perrie Mans is the only finalist not to win a ranking title (he did win the Masters) since Mark Selby won the Welsh Open.
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Post by wonderwall on Mar 11, 2008 15:42:50 GMT 1
Who would you pick as a good outider this year mr h then. Id say someone like Ryan day could do well.
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2008 15:49:47 GMT 1
Who would you pick as a good outider this year mr h then. Id say someone like Ryan day could do well. Day could win it in the future but I don't think it'll be this year. Ken Doherty seems to be coming into form at the right time and should at least get to the quarter-finals. If he can catch Ronnie on a bad day there, he could go all the way. Of the unseeded players, Jamie Cope and Stuart Bingham would be my ones to watch. Cope's already been in 2 ranking finals and can move into the top 16 with a good showing at the Crucible. Bingham has underachieved over the years but beat Hendry on his Crucible debut and missed the final pink when on for a 147 during his last Crucible appearance. He also managed to qualify for the Masters two years in a row. Marco Fu is one of this season's form players but has a tough draw, as does Mark Allen, who is a possible champion of the future.
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Post by Panda on Mar 15, 2008 10:47:44 GMT 1
Anthony Hamilton and Shaun Murphy have won groups 3 and 4 of the Championship League. Both men beat Ali Carter in the group finals. They join Ryan Day and Ken Doherty in the final group, where the winner will earn a place in the Premier League.
Joe Swail, Michael Holt, Stuart Bingham and Jamie Cope have been eliminated.
Neil Robertson (who initially turned down an invite), Dominic Dale and Stephen Lee will join the event for Group 5, along with Ali Carter, Mark King, Mark Allen and Joe Perry.
Mark Selby will be joining the event at a later date after withdrawing from Group 4 due to prior commitments. Jimmy White will also be involved, meaning he has lost his automatic place in the Premier League.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Mar 21, 2008 23:14:21 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Mar 22, 2008 10:13:57 GMT 1
The China Open starts on Monday.
Here is the draw...
Wild card round: Barry Pinches v Anda Zhang Fergal O'Brien v Cao Xinlong Marcus Campbell v Ah Bulajiang Mike Dunn v Yang Qingtian Dave Harold v Jin Long Mark Allen v Liu Hang Marco Fu v Li Yuan Ricky Walden v Yu Delu
1st round: Graeme Dott v Pinches/Zhang Stephen Lee v Nigel Bond Stephen Maguire v O'Brien/Xinlong Stephen Hendry v Barry Hawkins Peter Ebdon v Jamie Cope Mark Williams v Campbell/Bulajiang Ryan Day v Matthew Stevens Ken Doherty v Dunn/Qingtian Shaun Murphy v Harold/Long Ding Junhui v Joe Perry Ali Carter v Stuart Bingham Neil Robertson v Allen/Hang Ronnie O'Sullivan v Fu/Yuan Mark Selby v Walden/Delu Steve Davis v Mark King John Higgins v Joe Swail
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Post by ligerdog7 on Mar 23, 2008 4:25:49 GMT 1
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Post by ligerdog7 on Mar 24, 2008 2:41:29 GMT 1
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