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Post by Elmer on Feb 17, 2012 10:40:55 GMT 1
He said he'd leave it alone in terms of the match length. I'm not sure why he's wanting to do it this way. Perhaps,give more chance for the underdog to come through !!
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Post by Panda on Feb 17, 2012 15:57:33 GMT 1
Sort of.
I think he feels the top 16 have too much protection in terms of getting an automatic spot in the last 32 of each tournament. That's why he changed the ranking system so they have to keep working throughout the season to keep their place.
He said the other day that if the top 16 can't win two best-of-19 matches against lower-ranked players (bearing in mind the first round would be against players from outside the top 64), then they don't deserve a place in the World Championship.
I do think it's only a matter of time before the World Championship moves from the Crucible, possibly to China.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Feb 17, 2012 21:09:01 GMT 1
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Post by Elmer on Feb 17, 2012 21:26:41 GMT 1
I'm not so sure. I think the rest of snooker will be unrecognisable in a few years but think that the world championships will remain sacred !!
It would be like running the Grand National in Happy Valley Hong Kong.
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Post by Panda on Feb 17, 2012 21:41:40 GMT 1
who on bout Posted by Elmer on Today at 9:40am He said he'd leave it alone in terms of the match length. I'm not sure why he's wanting to do it this way. Perhaps,give more chance for the underdog to come through !! Posted by misterhamster on Today at 2:57pm Sort of. I think he feels the top 16 have too much protection in terms of getting an automatic spot in the last 32 of each tournament. That's why he changed the ranking system so they have to keep working throughout the season to keep their place. He sai :Dd the other day that if the top 16 can't win two best-of-19 matches against lower-ranked players (bearing in mind the first round would be against players from outside the top 64), then they don't deserve a place in the World Championship. I do think it's only a matter of time before the World Championship moves from the Crucible, possibly to China Barry Hearn, the chairman of World Snooker. Ronnie's semi-final will be tomorrow night.
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Post by Panda on Feb 17, 2012 21:46:46 GMT 1
I'm not so sure. I think the rest of snooker will be unrecognisable in a few years but think that the world championships will remain sacred !! It would be like running the Grand National in Happy Valley Hong Kong. If Hearn thinks there's money to be made by moving it, he'll do it. I wouldn't want to see the Championship move. It's great at the Crucible and the atmosphere probably couldn't be beaten anywhere else in the world but if Hearn believes he could fill a bigger arena for every session of the Championship (probably not possible in the UK) there's every chance it could move.
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Post by suedehead on Feb 18, 2012 12:19:04 GMT 1
Would a World Championship in China get the same television revenue? The BBC wouldn't want to pay much for a tournament played overnight so unless Chinese broadcasters made up the difference a move could lose money.
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Post by Elmer on Feb 18, 2012 12:22:04 GMT 1
Personally I wouldn't have thought so. I don't believe the Chinese economy is this bottomless pit of cash that people percieve it to be.
Plus with a 7-8 hour time difference then, like you say, why would British Broadcasters pay good money for it and UK based sponsors too !!!
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Post by Panda on Feb 18, 2012 18:44:08 GMT 1
Would a World Championship in China get the same television revenue? The BBC wouldn't want to pay much for a tournament played overnight so unless Chinese broadcasters made up the difference a move could lose money. Not in this country, but in China, it probably would. Snooker gets huge viewing figures (especially when Ding is playing) in China, even though much of the action takes place in the early hours of the morning. If the World Championship took place in China, in prime time, viewing figures there would go through the roof. Chinese sponsors would be queuing up to sponsor the tournament if it was held there.
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Post by Panda on Feb 20, 2012 15:54:16 GMT 1
Welsh Open results:
Quarter-finals: Ding Junhui 5-4 Stephen Lee Shaun Murphy 5-4 Mark Allen Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-3 Judd Trump Stephen Maguire 3-5 Mark Selby
Semi-finals: Ding Junhui 6-2 Shaun Murphy Ronnie O'Sullivan 2-6 Mark Selby
Final: Ding Junhui 9-6 Mark Selby
Welcome return to form for Ding and just at the right time ahead of two tournaments in China, followed by the Crucible. He hasn't had a great season and needs some good results to avoid being in danger of slipping at the start of next season.
Nice to see Selby reach a final though by all accounts he wasn't anywhere near his best (though he did have a break of 145 last night) and still seems to be feeling the pressure of being world #1.
Another good week for Ronnie - couldn't quite make it two wins in a row but he's starting to look very dangerous ahead of the World Championship.
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Post by Panda on Feb 20, 2012 17:39:44 GMT 1
Breaking news: Ronnie has pulled out of the World Open.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Feb 20, 2012 19:54:53 GMT 1
Breaking news: Ronnie has pulled out of the World Open. werd wonders vhy ;D Another good week for Ronnie - couldn't quite make it two wins in a row but he's starting to look very dangerous ahead of the World Championship tru dat dude is world open next snooker thang darnn skippyy vurffyyyyy uppppppppppppppppppppp ;D
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Post by Elmer on Feb 20, 2012 21:55:11 GMT 1
Breaking news: Ronnie has pulled out of the World Open. He absolutely detests travelling. He really needs to pull out the stops on the UK events otherwise he will drop down !!
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Post by Panda on Feb 20, 2012 23:42:19 GMT 1
Calendar for the rest of the season:
Feb 21-24: China Open qualifiers
Feb 27-Mar 4: WORLD OPEN (Haikou)
Mar 14-18: PTC FINALS (Galway)
Mar 26-Apr 1: CHINA OPEN (Beijing)
Apr 4-15: World Championship qualifiers
Apr 21-May 7: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Sheffield)
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Post by Elmer on Feb 21, 2012 0:21:42 GMT 1
There's been some interesting fluctuations for the next provisional rankings due to peoples end of 2010 season drop offs.
Ali Carter is now provisional 19 and needs to win a few first round matches. Hendry down to provisional 26. Steve Davis down to provisional 52 mainly due to a shocking season last year !!
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Post by Elmer on Feb 22, 2012 17:34:46 GMT 1
The China Open qualifiers are on the go in Sheffield at the moment. They carry a fairly hefty weight in points. Only the Worlds and UK carry more points so for some of the guys in the top 64 or 48 its a good chance to win 3 or 4 matches and move up quite considerably.
Final qualifiers will appear after Friday !
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Post by Panda on Feb 23, 2012 15:43:37 GMT 1
Ali Carter has pulled out of the World Open for medical reasons and his snooker career is increasingly in doubt.
Some interesting results from the China Open qualfiers so far. Jimmy White is through to the final qualifying round after beating Liam Highfield, increasing his chances of being in the top 48 at the end of the season.
David Grace and Sam Craigie are both through to the final qualifying round, having started in the opening round. India's Aditya Mehta can join them if he beats Alan McManus today. Luca Brecel narrowly missed out, losing 5-3 to Anthony Hamilton, having beaten Andrew Pagett and Andy Hicks.
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Post by Elmer on Feb 23, 2012 21:58:12 GMT 1
I think Ali Carter is resigned to finishing, the poor bloke. I reckon he'll take his seeded spot in the World Championships and then announce his retirement !!
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Post by Panda on Feb 23, 2012 22:44:33 GMT 1
The qualifying draw for the World Championship has been released.
STAGE 1 Round 1: A. John Parrott v Patrick Wallace B. Joe Delaney v Stephen Rowlings C. Philip Minchin v Barry Stark D. Ali Bassiri v David Singh E. Jamie O'Neill v David Gray F. Les Dodd v Justin Astley
Round 2: G. winner A v winner B H. winner C v winner D I. Stephen Ormerod v winner E J. Del Smith v winner F
STAGE 2 Round 1: 1. Igor Figueiredo v winner I
Round 2: 2. Tian Pengfei v Adam Wicheard 3. Joe Swail v Daniel Wells 4. Liam Highfield v Matthew Couch 5. Andrew Pagett v Aditya Mehtha 6. Li Yan v Paul Davison 7. Yu Delu v winner G 8. Kurt Maflin v Cao Yupeng 9. Andrew Norman v Figueiredo/winner 9 10. Ian McCulloch v Luca Brecel 11. Sam Craigie v winner J 12. David Gilbert v Stuart Carrington 13. Rod Lawler v Dechawat Poomjaeng 14. David Morris v Kacper Filipiak 15. Passakorn Suwannawat v winner H 16. Sam Baird v David Grace 17. Adam Duffy v Lucky Vatnani
Round 3 18. Anthony McGill v 2 19. Ben Woollaston v 3 20. Andy Hicks v 4 21. Xiao Guodong v 5 22. James Wattana v 6 23. Michael White v 7 24. Dave Harold v 8 25. Liu Song v 9 26. Barry Pinches v 10 27. Tony Drago v 11 28. Jimmy Robertson v 12 29. Liu Chuang v 13 30. Mark Joyce v 14 31. Peter Lines v 15 32. Alfie Burden v 16 33. Adrian Gunnell v 17
Round 4 34. Anthony Hamilton v 18 35. Steve Davis v 19 36. Jamie Jones v 20 37. Robert Milkins v 21 38. Gerard Greene v 22 39. Matthew Selt v 23 40. Nigel Bond v 24 41. Joe Jogia v 25 42. Michael Holt v 26 43. Liang Wenbo v 27 44. Mike Dunn v 28 45. Jimmy White v 29 46. Alan McManus v 30 47. Rory McLeod v 31 48. Jack Lisowski v 32 49. Jamie Burnett v 33
Round 5 Ken Doherty v 34 Dominic Dale v 35 Ricky Walden v 36 Mark Davis v 37 Ryan Day v 38 Stephen Hendry v 39 Tom Ford v 40 Marco Fu v 41 Mark King v 42 Marcus Campbell v 43 Fergal O'Brien v 44 Jamie Cope v 45 Barry Hawkins v 46 Andrew Higginson v 47 Peter Ebdon v 48 Joe Perry v 49
Qualifying takes place April 5-15.
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Post by Panda on Feb 25, 2012 21:45:41 GMT 1
The following players qualified for the China Open, starting on March 26: Jimmy White Joe Perry Tom Ford Mark King Barry Hawkins Ricky Walden Marcus Campbell Fergal O'Brien Michael Holt Ben Woollaston Dominic Dale Jamie Jones Jamie Cope Stephen Hendry Peter Ebdon Rory McLeod
Steve Davis lost to McLeod in the final round. David Grace, Sam Craigie and Yu Delu all won three matches but fell at the final hurdle.
Meanwhile, the provisional calendar for next season has been released:
Jun 25-Jul 1: Wuxi Classic Jul 2-7: 6 Red World Championship Jul 9-15: Australian Open Sep 17-23: Shanghai Masters Sep 23-29: China team event (tbc) Oct 28-Nov 4: International Championship Dec 1-9: UK Championship Jan 13-20: The Masters Jan 25-27: Shoot-Out Jan 30-Feb 3: German Masters Feb 11-17: Welsh Open Feb 25-Mar 3: World Open Mar 12-17: PTC Finals Mar 25-31: China Open Apr 20-May 6: World Championship
Dates have been set aside for possible invitation events in September and October and a possible ranking event in March.
With the Wuxi Classic upgraded to ranking status and the addition of the International Championship, that makes five ranking events in China next season, compared to three (plus the Masters) in the UK. If the extra ranking event goes ahead in March (again, probably in China) that would bring the total for the season to 11 (not including PTCs).
Finally, a new format has been revealed for the Premier League and it's closer to that used before this season's big changes. The 10 players will be split into two groups of five with the top two in each group going through to the knockout stages. The field will again be made up of this season's ranking event winners (apart from the Welsh Open), plus the winner of the ongoing Championship League. That means the line-up so far is: Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby and Stuart Bingham.
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