2010 Welsh Open - Round 1 Predictions

[Mr P]

This is the thread on which you should make your predictions on the first round of the 2010 Welsh Open. This is also Round XX of the Seasonlong Contest which will end with the World Final in May 2010.

Please note the Rules (http://www.thesnookerforum.com/predi...-for-4242.html) – particularly, note that it is in your interest to use THIS MESSAGE as basis of your post, rather than basing it on a previous predictor's post in the assumption that (s)he has correctly copied the draw.

The deadline for posting your predictions is the sceduled start of play, which is 1pm Monday 25th January. Any posts with a displayed time of 1:01p.m. or later on that day will be too late to be considered.

Here is the draw, matches are best of 9 frames, first to 5.

Neil Robertson v. Liu Song
Peter Ebdon v. Barry Hawkins
Allister Carter v. Mark Davis
Marco Fu v. Andrew Higginson
Ronnie O'Sullivan v. Stuart Bingham
Mark Allen v. Tom Ford
Mark King v. Marcus Campbell
Stephen Maguire v. Dominic Dale
Shaun Murphy v. Matthew Stevens OR
Shaun Murphy v. Barry Pinches
Stephen Hendry v. Dave Harold
Ryan Day v. Tony Drago
Mark Williams v. Fergal O'Brien
Ding Junhui v. Jamie Cope
Joe Perry v. Graeme Dott
Mark Selby v. Judd Trump
John Higgins v. Michael Judge

Finally, please predict the highest break:

[missneworleans]

5-1 Neil Robertson v Liu Song
5-3 Peter Ebdon v Barry Hawkins
3-5 Allister Carter v Mark Davis
5-2 Marco Fu v Andrew Higginson
5-0 Ronnie O’Sullivan v Stuart Bingham
5-3 Mark Allen v Tom Ford
5-4 Mark King v Marcus Campbell
5-3 Stephen Maguire v Dominic Dale
5-2 Shaun Murphy v Matthew Stevens OR
5-0 Shaun Murphy v Barry Pinches
5-2 Stephen Hendry v Dave Harold
4-5 Ryan Day v Tony Drago
5-1 Mark Williams v Fergal O'Brien
4-5 Ding Junhui v Jamie Cope
4-5 Joe Perry v Graeme Dott
5-3Mark Selby v Judd Trump
5-1 John Higgins v Michael Judge

HB:142

[Mr P]

Neil Robertson 5-2 Liu Song
Peter Ebdon 5-3 Barry Hawkins
Allister Carter 4-5 Mark Davis
Marco Fu 5-3 Andrew Higginson
Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-1 Stuart Bingham
Mark Allen 5-3 Tom Ford
Mark King 5-2 Marcus Campbell
Stephen Maguire 5-1 Dominic Dale
Shaun Murphy 5-1 Matthew Stevens OR
Shaun Murphy 5-0 Barry Pinches
Stephen Hendry 5-1 Dave Harold
Ryan Day 3-5 Tony Drago
Mark Williams 5-2 Fergal O'Brien
Ding Junhui 2-5 Jamie Cope
Joe Perry 3-5 Graeme Dott
Mark Selby 5-3 Judd Trump
John Higgins 5-2 Michael Judge

Highest Break: 139

[Odrl]

Will the Stevens-Pinches match not be included in this round?

[Looki]

5-2 Neil Robertson v Liu Song
3-5 Peter Ebdon v Barry Hawkins
2-5 Allister Carter v Mark Davis
3-5 Marco Fu v Andrew Higginson
3-5 Ronnie O’Sullivan v Stuart Bingham
5-1 Mark Allen v Tom Ford
1-5 Mark King v Marcus Campbell
5-4 Stephen Maguire v Dominic Dale
4-5 Shaun Murphy v Matthew Stevens OR
5-3 Shaun Murphy v Barry Pinches
5-2 Stephen Hendry v Dave Harold
5-2 Ryan Day v Tony Drago
5-3 Mark Williams v Fergal O'Brien
5-3 Ding Junhui v Jamie Cope
2-5 Joe Perry v Graeme Dott
3-5 Mark Selby v Judd Trump
5-4 John Higgins v Michael Judge

HB 132

[Mr P]

Will the Stevens-Pinches match not be included in this round?

No, as that is a Qualifying match.

[kokokol]

5-0 Neil Robertson v Liu Song
5-3 Peter Ebdon v Barry Hawkins
5-3 Allister Carter v Mark Davis
5-3 Marco Fu v Andrew Higginson
5-1 Ronnie O’Sullivan v Stuart Bingham
5-2 Mark Allen v Tom Ford
5-2 Mark King v Marcus Campbell
5-3 Stephen Maguire v Dominic Dale
5-1 Shaun Murphy v Matthew Stevens OR
5-1 Shaun Murphy v Barry Pinches
5-2 Stephen Hendry v Dave Harold
5-3 Ryan Day v Tony Drago
5-1 Mark Williams v Fergal O'Brien
5-3 Ding Junhui v Jamie Cope
3-5 Joe Perry v Graeme Dott
5-2 Mark Selby v Judd Trump
5-1 John Higgins v Michael Judge

HB:137

[spike]

You forgot to put down what you think the highest break will be Mr P..

[Odrl]

No, as that is a Qualifying match.

OK, fair enough. I just thought I'd check, because the matches that are held over usually count towards the first round proper. But I don't really care either way.

[Mr P]

You forgot to put down what you think the highest break will be Mr P..

Thought I would have forgotten something mate, this is my first time in starting these threads, I will soon get used to it though. Cheers.

[noel]

5-2 Neil Robertson v Liu Song
5-3 Peter Ebdon v Barry Hawkins
5-3 Allister Carter v Mark Davis
5-2 Marco Fu v Andrew Higginson
5-2 Ronnie O’Sullivan v Stuart Bingham
5-3 Mark Allen v Tom Ford
5-2 Mark King v Marcus Campbell
5-3 Stephen Maguire v Dominic Dale
5-3 Shaun Murphy v Matthew Stevens OR
5-2 Shaun Murphy v Barry Pinches
5-1 Stephen Hendry v Dave Harold
4-5 Ryan Day v Tony Drago
5-1 Mark Williams v Fergal O'Brien
5-3 Ding Junhui v Jamie Cope
3-5 Joe Perry v Graeme Dott
4-5 Mark Selby v Judd Trump
5-2 John Higgins v Michael Judge

HB:138

[Mr P]

I can't edit my posts, could you do it Spike? I'd like 139 please?

[missneworleans]

I can't edit my posts, could you do it Spike? I'd like 139 please?

No you cant do it cos its prediction contest
You can do it if you became a moderator though

[spike]

I can't edit my posts, could you do it Spike? I'd like 139 please?

Consider it done..

[Mr P]

Consider it done..

Cheers mate.

Missneworleans - I have asked Ferret about me becoming a moderator for this section as I am now co-running it, and I still await my reply.