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Post by Paddy on Dec 18, 2008 14:40:04 GMT 1
Yep, probably.
Ali is from Essex.
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Post by Panda on Dec 19, 2008 13:22:02 GMT 1
Yesterday's results: Shaun Murphy 9-3 Stephen Lee John Higgins 7-9 Stephen Maguire
Semi-finals: Marco Fu v Ali Carter Shaun Murphy v Stephen Maguire
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Post by ligerdog7 on Dec 20, 2008 21:29:44 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Dec 20, 2008 23:25:53 GMT 1
Semi-final results: Marco Fu 9-7 Ali Carter Shaun Murphy 9-4 Stephen Maguire
Maguire's semi-final exit means Ronnie O'Sullivan's lead at the top of the rankings will be down to about 5500 points, with 3 ranking events left this season.
Shaun Murphy should be up to #3 following this tournament. Marco Fu could be in the top 5 if he wins tomorrow's final.
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Post by Elmer on Dec 21, 2008 17:43:27 GMT 1
Ronnie could be looking decidedly dodgy at the top of the rankings if he's not careful.
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Post by Panda on Dec 22, 2008 1:24:31 GMT 1
Shaun Murphy has beaten Marco Fu 10-9 to win the UK Championship.
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Post by -Big Dan- on Dec 22, 2008 1:40:21 GMT 1
Yep, well played Shaun. It's a bit of a shame that it was more or less decided on a fluke, but I guess that can happen.
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Post by Panda on Dec 22, 2008 1:58:14 GMT 1
Yep, well played Shaun. It's a bit of a shame that it was more or less decided on a fluke, but I guess that can happen. Bizarre finish but Murphy always looked the most likely winner in the final frame...
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Post by Panda on Dec 22, 2008 18:18:38 GMT 1
Updated provisional world rankings after the UK Championship:
(start of season rankings in brackets)
1(1) Ronnie O'Sullivan 45375 points 2(2) Stephen Maguire 39850 3(3) Shaun Murphy 34175 4(7) Ali Carter 31825 5(8) Ryan Day 31775 6(14) Marco Fu 7(12) Joe Perry 8(5) John Higgins 9(4) Mark Selby 10(16) Mark Allen 11(6) Stephen Hendry 12(22) Mark Williams 13(10) Neil Robertson 14(11) Ding Junhui 15(27) Barry Hawkins 16(9) Peter Ebdon 17(28) Dave Harold 18(21) Stuart Bingham 19(19) Jamie Cope 20(15) Mark King 21(35) Ricky Walden 22(17) Matthew Stevens 23(29) Steve Davis 24(40) Liang Wenbo 25(26) Stephen Lee 26(34) Michael Holt 27(41) Judd Trump 28(20) Joe Swail 29(32) Dominic Dale 30(24) Fergal O'Brien 31(23) Nigel Bond 32(36) Adrian Gunnell 33(33) Gerard Greene 34(30) Michael Judge 35(18) Ken Doherty 36(31) Anthony Hamilton 37(25) Ian McCulloch 38(37) Alan McManus 39(44) Rory McLeod 40(42) Marcus Campbell 41(13) Graeme Dott 42(47) Mike Dunn 43(46) Jimmy Michie 44(50) Barry Pinches 45(38) Andrew Higginson 46(62) Stuart Pettman 47(45) Jamie Burnett 48(43) David Gilbert 49(59) Mark Joyce 50(48) Tom Ford 51(58) Mark Davis 52(56) Andy Hicks 53(39) John Parrott 54(51) Robert Milkins 55(65) Jimmy White 56(63) Martin Gould 57(53) Liu Song 58(52) David Roe 59(64) David Morris 60(57) Paul Davies 61(71) Matt Selt 62(49) David Gray 63(55) Ian Preece 64(-) Peter Lines 65(61) Joe Delaney 66(-) Atthasit Mahitthi 67(-) Li Hang 68(-) Jin Long 69(60) Rod Lawler 70(54) Andrew Norman 71(-) Matthew Couch 72(68) Lee Spick 73(-) Simon Bedford 74(-) Vincent Muldoon 75(75) Rodney Goggins 76(-) Kuldesh Johal 76(-) Jamie Jones 78(-) Stephen Craigie 79(80) Liu Chuang 80(-) Daniel Wells 81(-) Paul Davison 81(-) Andy Lee 83(77) Supoj Saenla 84(-) James McBain 85(70) Scott Mackenzie 86(-) Robert Stephen 87(72) Patrick Wallace 88(-) Stefan Mazrocis 89(-) Andrew Pagett 90(-) David Grace 90(-) Aditya Mehta 92(-) Wayne Cooper 92(-) Lewis Roberts 94(-) Michael Georgiou 94(-) Chris McBreen 96(-) Declan Hughes
Calendar for the rest of the season: 11-18 Jan: The Masters (Wembley) (non-ranking) 16-22 Feb: Welsh Open (Newport) 30 Mar-5 Apr: China Open 18 Apr-4 May: World Championship (Sheffield)
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Post by Paddy on Dec 22, 2008 19:23:14 GMT 1
Poor Graeme Dott.
Also, I read about Murphy this morning, how he split with his wife and gives his time towards charity over snooker practise. As he went at the beginning of the week to the local children's hospice when he should have been practising. Obv this good faith in him has made him gain the bit of concentration he needed. Poor guy, hope he does well in Sheffield in Spring.
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Post by Elmer on Dec 22, 2008 23:32:42 GMT 1
Graeme Dott needed a sparkling season as he had a shocker last year and he would have been losing the points gained for winning the world championship.
Can't believe how Ken Doherty has slipped. He was always such a consistent performer.
My hat off to Steve Davis. Having an excellent season and still fighting away in the top 32.
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Post by Panda on Dec 22, 2008 23:59:37 GMT 1
It's a shame about the luck Dott's had this season with his injury. After his terrible season last season, he was starting to show some form. Hopefully he can still turn things around and finish in the top 32 at the end of the season.
It's amazing to think he went to the Crucible in 2007 as provisional world #1 as he'd had a great year after winning the title. The Crucible curse struck in the first round and it all went downhill from there.
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Post by Tom on Dec 23, 2008 19:14:41 GMT 1
Yep, well played Shaun. It's a bit of a shame that it was more or less decided on a fluke, but I guess that can happen. Bizarre finish but Murphy always looked the most likely winner in the final frame... I stayed up till midnight switching off fairly early in that final frame when Murphy was i think about 20 points ahead, missed the fluke that everyone's talked about. Have liked Fu since he broke through about 10 years or so ago, but did fear the worst when they said he'd lost recently in final frame deciders. Hopefully he can rectify that soon, is he at his highest ever ranking (provisionally) atm? Poor Graeme Dott. Also, I read about Murphy this morning, how he split with his wife and gives his time towards charity over snooker practise. As he went at the beginning of the week to the local children's hospice when he should have been practising. Obv this good faith in him has made him gain the bit of concentration he needed. Poor guy, hope he does well in Sheffield in Spring. Didn't realise any of that, though i did wonder why he was in such wretched form going into the tournament. Sad news about the split about his wife, remember they met on the net didn't they? Its interesting, Ronnie has split from his girlfriend and mentioned on that Inside Sport interview recently that it was snooker that had pushed them apart.
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Post by Panda on Dec 23, 2008 20:04:36 GMT 1
Have liked Fu since he broke through about 10 years or so ago, but did fear the worst when they said he'd lost recently in final frame deciders. Hopefully he can rectify that soon, is he at his highest ever ranking (provisionally) atm? Yes, I'm pretty sure he's never been higher than 6 at any point.
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Post by Panda on Dec 23, 2008 20:08:31 GMT 1
Didn't realise any of that, though i did wonder why he was in such wretched form going into the tournament. Sad news about the split about his wife, remember they met on the net didn't they? Its interesting, Ronnie has split from his girlfriend and mentioned on that Inside Sport interview recently that it was snooker that had pushed them apart. For different reasons, I can imagine Ronnie and Murphy both being difficult people to live with. Ronnie for obvious reasons but you do wonder with Murphy. I remember the stories about Murphy and his father after he'd won the World Championship about how they'd had a falling out and hadn't spoken for several years and Murphy's attitude was along the lines of "I don't need to apologise for anything. If he wants to speak to me, he knows where I am."
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 3, 2009 20:13:46 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jan 3, 2009 20:38:18 GMT 1
The Masters starts next weekend.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 3, 2009 20:57:02 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jan 3, 2009 22:04:22 GMT 1
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