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The Snooker Thread

CartyDurham

CartyDurham

International Captain
China Grand Prix

semi final between O’Sullivan and Kyren Wilson over 11 frames on Saturday 23 Aug at 7am uk time

the other semi goal is between Trump and Wells same time tomorrow
 
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LangleyburyCCPlayer

LangleyburyCCPlayer

State Vice-Captain
Judgment Day (or should that be Judgment Days!) starts tomorrow with the final round of qualifiers for the Crucible. The Aussies on here will be pleased to know that Neil Robertson will be back after shockingly failing to qualify last year, but the 2 Indians and 2 Pakistanis who played in the qualifiers (and the one British Bangladeshi) were all knocked out in the early rounds of qualifying
 
LangleyburyCCPlayer

LangleyburyCCPlayer

State Vice-Captain
Possibly the story of Judgment Day is the World Championship return of former UK Championship winner Zhao Xintong having been banned since the 2023 event due to his involvement in the big match-fixing scandal
 
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LangleyburyCCPlayer

LangleyburyCCPlayer

State Vice-Captain
Draw tomorrow morning, here is the lineup:
Seeds:
1 (champion) Kyren Wilson
2 Judd Trump
3 John Higgins
4 Mark Selby
5 Ronnie O’Sullivan
6 Mark Williams
7 Luca Brecel
8 Mark Allen
9 Neil Robertson
10 Ding Junhui
11 Barry Hawkins
12 Zhang Anda
13 Si Jiahui
14 Xiao Guodong
15 Shaun Murphy
16 Jak Jones
 
LangleyburyCCPlayer

LangleyburyCCPlayer

State Vice-Captain
Final qualifying round results:
Daniel Wells 10-9 Gary Wilson—an upset considering Wilson was one spot outside being seeded
Zhou Yuelong 10-5 Yuan Sijun—fairly routine for Zhou who makes a welcome return having lost in the final round of qualifying for the past 4 years
Zak Surety 10-3 Ricky Walden—cracking result for Surety who will make his Crucible debut
Hossein Vafaei 10-4 Wang Yuchen
Ben Woollaston 10-4 Ross Muir—Woollaston making his first Crucible appearance since 2013, joining his wife who will be officiating there!
Zhao Xintong 10-8 Elliot Slessor—cracking game, say what you like about Zhao (FWIW, his offense was the least serious of all the players caught up in the scandal), even after an enforced layoff he’s serious player, Slessor would have beaten anyone else in the qualifying draw
Ryan Day 10-5 Sunny Akani—another fairly routine win
Chris Wakelin 10-2 Martin O’Donnell—seriously good performance, Wakelin is one to avoid for the seeds for sure
Fan Zhengyi 10-4 Michael Holt
Joe O’Connor 10-7 Jackson Page—not to be for the double maximum man
Pang Junxu 10-6 Jamie Jones
Wu Yize 10-9 Matt Stevens—far from easy for Yize! Nervy final frame in which both players had chances
David Gilbert 10-9 Aaron Hill—heartbreak for Hill who led all the way only to be pipped at the post
Lei Peifan 10-9 Gao Yang—another heartbreak for amateur Yang who had chances at 9-8 and 9-9 to qualify
Matthew Selt 10-9 Jimmy Robertson—another nervy game, bit of needle which seems to follow Selt around!
Ali Carter 10-5 He Guoqiang
 
LangleyburyCCPlayer

LangleyburyCCPlayer

State Vice-Captain
Draw for the main event starting tomorrow:
Kyren Wilson v Lei Peifan

Jak Jones v Zhao Xintong

Neil Robertson v Chris Wakelin

Mark Allen v Fan Zhengyi

Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ali Carter

Zhang Anda v Pang Junxu

Si Jiahui v David Gilbert

Mark Selby v Ben Woollaston

John Higgins v Joe O'Connor

Xiao Guodong v Matthew Selt

Barry Hawkins v Hossein Vafaei

Mark Williams v Wu Yize

Luca Brecel v Ryan Day

Ding Junhui v Zak Surety

Shaun Murphy v Daniel Wells

Judd Trump v Zhou Yuelong
 
CartyDurham

CartyDurham

International Captain
Top half I’ve gone for Kyren, Selby. Bottom half Higgins and Trump

I did look at Robertson but he’s under real pressure from Chris Wakelin

Mark Allen could be a dark horse in the top half same with Barry Hawkins in the bottom

not convinced Ronnie will beat Ali Carter in his first round

@Bungo Bill. Are you going this year to the Crucible ?
 
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Ali TT

International Captain
Could this be the year a Chinese player finally wins? They've loaded up the draw and already 2/2 through to the second round.
 
LangleyburyCCPlayer

LangleyburyCCPlayer

State Vice-Captain
Another cracking day, Mark Williams old mans the young gun Wu Yize, Hossein Vafaei beats Barry Hawkins in a decider having not led all game, and Neil Robertson almost came back from 7-2 down against Chris Wakelin but ended up losing 10-8, an extremely risky thin cut ended up being his last shot of the tournament as his poor Crucible record post 2010 continues
 
LangleyburyCCPlayer

LangleyburyCCPlayer

State Vice-Captain
Vafaei caused a bit of a stir by giving a loud roar during the final frame before he had it sewn up, he ended up winning, but he’d have looked a right plonker if he hadn’t!
 
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