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Post by Panda on May 7, 2012 21:42:53 GMT 1
Well deserved title for Ronnie. He played the best snooker throughout the tournament.
I don't agree with those saying it's the best he's ever played at the Crucible. He was unplayable in 2004. However, his game seems more complete than it was. His safety play is now up there with the best.
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 7, 2012 22:00:39 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on May 7, 2012 22:12:21 GMT 1
With the increase in tournaments, there much less of a gap before the start of the season now.
Qualifying for the Wuxi Classic takes place at the start of June, with Australian Open qualifiers taking place the following week.
The Wuxi Classic starts on June 25th, and will probably be on Eurosport.
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Post by Elmer on May 7, 2012 22:17:01 GMT 1
Like you said before, being world champ he's the luxury of picking and choosing what he does next year. Bet he ends up winning a few more tournaments next year. He won 2 PTC's and 2 majors this year.
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Post by Panda on May 30, 2012 21:03:27 GMT 1
The following players have qualified for the Main Tour through Q School:
Martin O'Donnell Ian Burns Chen Zhe Sam Baird Daniel Wells Jamie O'Neill Paul Davison Sean O'Sullivan (no relation to Ronnie) Joel Walker Robbie Williams Rod Lawler Michael Wasley
Meanwhile, Joe Jogia has been suspended pending an investigation into unusual betting patterns ahead of his Shoot-Out match with Matthew Selt in January.
The new season gets underway next Tuesday with the Wuxi Classic qualifiers.
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Post by Elmer on May 31, 2012 9:25:44 GMT 1
I guess it will be time for a 2012/2013 thread soon.
It's still not obvious who's got all the tour places next year and also what the impact of Hendry retiring. Is he to be removed completely or is he keeping his ranking and all his points dwindle away !
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Post by Panda on May 31, 2012 12:13:47 GMT 1
I'll start a new thread next week when the qualifiers start.
I think Hendry will just be removed from the rankings, along with a few others have quit the tour.
It's worth mentioning those who dropped off at the end of the season, then regained their place through Q School will not keep the points they previously earned and there will be no starter points for newcomers to the Tour, due to them now receiving a 2-year card. With the Tour expanding to 128 players next season, it effectively means no-one will be relegated at the end of this season.
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Post by Elmer on May 31, 2012 12:58:25 GMT 1
Do you know anyone else within the 64 who has quit the tour ? I know a few outside have, or they've declined to try and re-qualify again !!
Joe Jogia is obviously suspended but he'll be kept in place pending the result of the investigation.
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Post by Panda on May 31, 2012 13:34:38 GMT 1
Do you know anyone else within the 64 who has quit the tour ? I know a few outside have, or they've declined to try and re-qualify again !! Joe Jogia is obviously suspended but he'll be kept in place pending the result of the investigation. I don't think there was anyone else in the 64. Liu Song would've got a place due to Hendry's retirement but he's quit as well. This was the ranking at the end of the season: (last season's rankings in brackets) 1(3) Mark Selby 2(9) Judd Trump 3(1) Mark Williams 4(8) Stephen Maguire 5(2) John Higgins 6(7) Shaun Murphy 7(5) Neil Robertson 8(18) Stephen Lee 9(11) Ronnie O'Sullivan 10(14) Matthew Stevens 11(4) Ding Junhui 12(12) Mark Allen 13(10) Graeme Dott 14(21) Martin Gould 15(20) Ricky Walden 16(17) Stuart Bingham 17(6) Ali Carter 18(25) Andrew Higginson 19(19) Mark Davis 20(13) Peter Ebdon 21(16) Stephen Hendry 22(22) Barry Hawkins 23(31) Dominic Dale 24(27) Joe Perry 25(24) Marcus Campbell 26(34) Tom Ford 27(15) Jamie Cope 28(23) Marco Fu 29(47) Jamie Jones 30(28) Ryan Day 31(26) Mark King 32(36) Anthony Hamilton 33(45) Michael Holt 34(37) Fergal O'Brien 35(29) Ken Doherty 36(33) Robert Milkins 37(30) Liang Wenbo 38(35) Rory McLeod 39(39) Jamie Burnett 40(52) Jack Lisowski 41(64) Xiao Guodong 42(32) Gerard Greene 43(69) Ben Woollaston 44(43) Matthew Selt 45(40) Nigel Bond 46(55) Jimmy White 47(49) Joe Jogia 48(48) Dave Harold 49(38) Mike Dunn 50(59) Anthony McGill 51(44) Steve Davis 52(51) Alan McManus 53(50) Peter Lines 54(66) Michael White 55(53) Jimmy Robertson 56(60) Liu Chuang 57(76) David Gilbert 58(-) Yu Delu 59(42) Mark Joyce 60(57) Alfie Burden 61(61) Andy Hicks 62(-) Adam Duffy 63(67) James Wattana 64(41) Barry Pinches 65(46) Tony Drago 66(68) Liam Highfield 67(62) Liu Song 68(-) Li Yan 69(54) Joe Swail 70(56) Adrian Gunnell 71(-) Cao Yupeng 72(63) Ian McCulloch 73(78) David Morris 74(85) Kurt Maflin 75(58) Rod Lawler 76(-) Sam Craigie 77(-) Passakorn Suwannawat 78(-) Andrew Norman 79(-) Sam Baird 80(-) David Grace 81(-) Tian Pengfei 82(-) Luca Brecel 83(-) Aditya Mehta 84(71) Andrew Pagett 85(88) Adam Wicheard 86(73) Paul Davison 87(-) Dechawat Poomjaeng 88(70) Matthew Couch 89(79) Simon Bedford 90(-) Scott MacKenzie 91(-) Daniel Wells 92(-) Stuart Carrington 93(-) David Hogan 94(-) Robin Hull 95(65) Bjorn Haneveer 96(-) Lucky Vatnani 97(-) Kacper Filipiak 98(80) Igor Figueiredo 99(-) Joe Meara
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Post by Panda on May 31, 2012 14:07:51 GMT 1
According to the current list on World Snooker, the other players on the Main Tour in addition to the top 64 and the 12 Q School qualifiers are:
From PTC Order of Merit: Li Yan Passakorn Suwannawat Simon Bedford Dechawat Poomjaeng Craig Steadman Kurt Maflin David Grace Liam Highfield
ISBF champion: Hossein Vafaei Ayouri
ISBF U21 champion: Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Asian champion: Aditya Mehta
Asian U21 champion: Zhang Anda
European champion: TBD
European U21 champion: Michael Leslie
Nominations: China 1 - Tian Pengfei China 2 - Cao Yupeng Thailand - Thepchaiya Un-Nooh India - Pankaj Advani Europe 1 - Tony Drago Europe 2 - Luca Brecel Americas - Floyd Ziegler Oceania - Ben Judge Africa - Mohamed Khairy
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 31, 2012 20:00:22 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on May 31, 2012 20:04:52 GMT 1
has ever been world number 1 been ranked higher ronnie be now What do you mean, Simon?
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 31, 2012 20:24:33 GMT 1
has ever been world number 1 been ranked higher ronnie be now What do you mean, Simon? well i meean ronnye won last thing on tv world uk champion ship ever calld ie hes best but best rannked number 9/10 has any1 in snooker ever been 1 but rannkings been 14 world rankings ie u be best snooker player england but rannked number 14 world snooker rannkings ronniyes rannked 9 snooker thing but won last thing tv now i getting ;D big ligers koollllllll moo yoooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Post by Elmer on May 31, 2012 20:30:54 GMT 1
I think Shaun Murphy was still outside the 16 after he won the world champs. I cold be wrong though !!
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 31, 2012 20:54:37 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on May 31, 2012 21:00:28 GMT 1
I get it now.
Yes, Shaun Murphy was only ranked about 24 after winning the world title, though he still qualified automatically for all tournaments at the expense of Ian McCulloch, who was #16 at the time.
Not sure what Joe Johnson's ranking was after winning the world title.
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 31, 2012 21:34:54 GMT 1
I get it now. Yes, Shaun Murphy was only ranked about 24 after winning the world title, though he still qualified automatically for all tournaments at the expense of Ian McCulloch, who was #16 at the time. Not sure what Joe Johnson's ranking was after winning the world title. wow cheers dude koolll shaun kooll gueesing Joe Johnson's not alive if hes who thinking isz wufyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy eoreeeeeeee hooo moooooooooooooooooo wuzupppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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Post by Panda on May 31, 2012 21:55:39 GMT 1
Joe Johnson is still alive. He's a commentator on Eurosport now.
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Post by Elmer on May 31, 2012 22:09:31 GMT 1
This is Joe Johnsons ranking run from 1983 onwards
1983 23 1984 19 1985 16 1986 8 1987 5 1988 11 1989 11 1990 17 1991 26 1992 23 1993 26 1994 37 1995 56 1996 47 1997 52 1998 55 1999 59
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Post by Panda on May 31, 2012 23:00:41 GMT 1
So the world title win bumped him just above #9...
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