China Open 2009 - qualifying discussion

[JiangYu]

Come on, Stevens!

Yeah - Ebdon's divorce may well have been the reason for his recent dip in form but he'll be back and we can see the real Ebdon we know - the one that won the UK Championship. I fancy him next year to take the crown to a ranking event - maybe even World =S? I don't know - I hope he maintains a Top 16 place next season though: he badly needs it otherwise he'll be another Dott. Ebdon, considering his achievements, is too good a player to drop out!

[JiangYu]

Yes! Matthew Stevens is through with a 5-4 defeat of Rod Lawler! That was a close one!

[rivercard]

Yes! Matthew Stevens is through with a 5-4 defeat of Rod Lawler! That was a close one!

Yes, Stevens and Lee are both through in the end.

[wildhoney28]

On Worldsnooker is Stevens 4-Lawler 5.....
They are wrong again?
Don't think so.....

[JiangYu]

More proof that BBC Snooker Website is crap. They can't even get their scores right! Argh!frwwin

It was showing 5-4 to Matthew Stevens!

[crush]

On Worldsnooker is Stevens 4-Lawler 5.....
They are wrong again?
Don't think so.....

worldsnooker shows Rod come through
Matthew Stevens 4 - 5 Rod Lawler

[rivercard]

worldsnooker shows Rod come through
Matthew Stevens 4 - 5 Rod Lawler

Hmm, with GSC not working it's not easy to get the correct results. I couldn't even find the results on the WSA site when I last looked, but they are up now. It's a shame Lawler won, I would have prefered Stevens.

[mushka]

It really looks like Rod Lawler won.

Doherty Dealt Blow By Top Trump
WSA

Journeyman Rod Lawler booked his place in Beijing with a solid performance in defeating Welshman Matthew Stevens 5 – 4, while Stephen Lee ended the dream for Jin Long, beating the Chinaman 5 – 3.

[very.tee]

Shame for Matthew, it seemed he was coming back to form

Barry Hawkins and Jamie Cope not doing well either:

Barry's down 3-0, Jamie 3-1...

John Parrot's up 3-1 though!

[dannyd0g]

John Parrot's up 3-1 though!

Good !The ol' scouser needs to qualify for something this season !

[littleminx147]

Good !The ol' scouser needs to qualify for something this season !

he is 4-1 up now!!!!!!

[Goldspark]

Oh dear, some pretty uninspiring players are getting through.

[littleminx147]

4-2 now Bingham has got one back..can he get anymore??

[rivercard]

Oh dear, some pretty uninspiring players are getting through.

Have to agree though..

[mushka]

On a side note. Looking at the link in my previous post, I have always thought that the term "journeyman" is slightly libellous (for the lack of proper terminology). I have got the feeling after reading some posts from the snooker community.
I find it therefore quite surprising that the WSA uses the term in their official article about a match. Was I wrong in assuming the meaning behind the word?

I need to have these English snooker terms sorted out for me.