Final qualifying round for World Championship starts tomorrow

zack01

Tomorrow sees the start of the final qualifying round for the World Championships.
Over the weekend expect some twists and turns,some final frame deciders, a lot of heartache and a lot of relief as 32 players chase the 16 spots on offer for the Cruicble.

The draw is as follows:

Mark Davis v Rory McLeod
Joe Perry v Liu Song
Liang Wenbo v Jamie Burnett
Mark King v Mike Dunn
Dominic Dale v Michael Holt
Martin Gould v Robert Milkins
Ryan Day v Liu Chuang
Judd Trump v Dave Gilbert
Matthew Stevens v Fergal O’Brien
Marcus Campbell v Matt Selt
Barry Hawkins v Anthony Hamilton
Stephen Lee v Steve Davis
Gerard Greene v Dave Harold
Stuart Bingham v Alan McManus
Andrew Higginson v Andrew Pagett
Ken Doherty v Jimmy Robertson

All matches are again the best of 19 frames played over two sessions.

If the three Chinese players qualify, they will join Ding Junhui and Marco Fu and make it a total of five Chinese players in the first round proper!

zack01

Incredible finish to Stevens v O'Brien, 9-9 Fergal 58 ahead with 59 points on the table, Stevens clears to the black, two safety shots each and Stevens pots the black to win.
Fergal must be sick, he had a long red to go 59 ahead with 51 on the table, and missed it by a mile.
Unlucky for Fergal, bur Stevens lost 10-9 at this same stage last year so all credit to him.

Great weekend of snooker so far, Ken back on at 7pm. 6-3 up on Jimmy Robertson and playing well.

oneillMan999

Poor Fergal, what a way to lose!!

Ken is having a meltdown, from 6-3 up to 6-9 behind :eek:

califano

Yeah hes been at the wrong end of a shellacking but at least it looks like its because of Robertsons inspired play in large part.

zack01

Never known Ken to lose a lead like that, Robertson didnt really play anything special, just mistake after mistake by Ken allowed him in, even in the last frame Ken had a great chance to go 9-7 but again let Robertson in for the red he needed.

This will really hurt Ken, has to pick himself up for the China Open in two weeks now, and there i was in another thread bigging him up for a great finish to the season!

Going to have a bit of Dave Harold's match now, a few pints after and home tomorrow.

giant_midget

here's the results from the weekend..

Saturday March 12

10am
Mark Davis 2 - 7 Rory McLeod
Joe Perry 4 - 4 Liu Song

Liang Wenbo 5 - 4 Jamie Burnett
Mark King 6 - 3 Mike Dunn
Dominic Dale 3 - 6 Michael Holt
Martin Gould 5 - 4 Robert Milkins

2.30pm
Ryan Day 6 - 3 Liu Chuang
Judd Trump 6 - 3 David Gilbert
Matthew Stevens 5 - 4 Fergal O'Brien
Marcus Campbell 6 - 3 Matthew Selt




7pm
Mark Davis 5- 10 Rory McLeod*
Joe Perry 10 - 6 Liu Song*
Liang Wenbo 7- 10 Jamie Burnett*
Mark King 10- 5 Mike Dunn*
Dominic Dale 10 - 6 Michael Holt*
Martin Gould 10- 6 Robert Milkins*


Sunday March 13

10am
Barry Hawkins 5 - 4 Anthony Hamilton
Stephen Lee 8 - 1 Steve Davis
Gerard Greene 5 - 3 Dave Harold
Stuart Bingham 8 - 1 Alan McManus
Andrew Higginson 5 - 4 Andrew Pagett
Ken Doherty 6 - 3 Jimmy Robertson


2.30pm
Ryan Day 10 - 7 Liu Chuang*
Judd Trump 10 - 4 David Gilbert*
Matthew Stevens 10 - 9 Fergal O'Brien*
Marcus Campbell 10 - 6 Matthew Selt*


7pm
Barry Hawkins 10- 5 Anthony Hamilton*
Stephen Lee10- 2 Steve Davis*
Gerard Greene 9 - 10 Dave Harold*
Stuart Bingham 10 - 2 Alan McManus*
Andrew Higginson 6 - 10 Andrew Pagett*
Ken Doherty 6 - 10 Jimmy Robertson*


* denotes final session of match
Matches A to K are best of nine frames
All other matches are best of 19 frames
Please note that there is no play on Friday March 11 as the arena tables will be recovered.

Arthur Daley

Steve Davis fairly went out with a whimper 10-2 following last year's run to the quarter finals.

Is this the first year Steve won't be at the Crucible? Since 1979 probably.

Pity for Ken. He would have had the best walk on routine at the Crucible too with the 'Irish Rover'.

giant_midget

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Steve Davis fairly went out with a whimper 10-2 following last year's run to the quarter finals.

Is this the first year Steve won't be at the Crucible? Since 1979 probably.

Pity for Ken. He would have had the best walk on routine at the Crucible too with the 'Irish Rover'.

He's definately missed out before but i cant remember what year, maybe 2003? Im sure Zack knows :pac:

zack01

As far as i can remember this will be the third time he has'nt qualified, think the others were 2001 and 2002, you can forgive him though as he had qualified for the cruicble over five different decades! A record i think will never be matched.

Mind you he still has his lucrative work as a pundit with the BBC for the Championships as has the other beaten qualifier Ken Doherty.