China Open 2010 - Qualifiers Discussions!

[ja.]

..start today, don't they?

Discuss.

[Odrl]

I'd like to see a couple of the Chinese players make it to the venue. I think there's about seven, and three or four more players from Asia. But most of them start in the very early rounds.

[April madness]

I got playing schedule for today!

Tuesday 2 February 2010

10am

Match 1 – Atthasit Mahitthi v Michael White
Match 2 – Christopher Norbury v Zhang Anda
Match 3 – Ben Woollaston v Andrew Norman
Match 4 – Matthew Selt v Mark Boyle
Match 5 – Noppadol Sangnil v Mei Xi wen
Match 6 – Daniel Wells v Joe Jogia
Match 7 – Patrick Wallace v Brendan O’Donoghue
Match 8 – Lee Spick v Ian Preece

4pm

Match 9 – Xia Guo dong v Jordan Brown
Match 10 – Simon Bedford v James Wattana
Match 11 - Lee Page v Tony Drago
Match 12 - Stephen Rowlings v Jimmy Robertson
Match 13 – Li Hang v David Gray
Match 14 – Bjorn Haneveer v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Match 15 – Matthew Couch v David Hogan
Match 16 – Craig Steadman v Sam Baird

Live scoring: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~rh389/TSF/...rnament=0910CO

And, it seems, 110sport.tv have discontinued match streaming.

[April madness]

I'd like to see a couple of the Chinese players make it to the venue. I think there's about seven, and three or four more players from Asia. But most of them start in the very early rounds.

I am wondering if they will play qualification or rather go to wildcard round? On the other hand, that way they lose their ranking points, so probably best choice to play in UK and try to get through.

[Odrl]

I am wondering if they will play qualification or rather go to wildcard round? On the other hand, that way they lose their ranking points, so probably best choice to play in UK and try to get through.

Yes, I think they all played in the Shanghai Masters qualifiers, except those who had visa problems. There is not much chance of them getting through, but it can't be helped at the moment. There is not enough of them to justify moving it to China...

Maybe when there's a couple more in the 17-32 or 33-48 group, their matches could be held over. But there are still some potentially strong wildcards this year, like Tian Pengfei and Yu Delu.

[April madness]

Yes, I think they all played in the Shanghai Masters qualifiers, except those who had visa problems. There is not much chance of them getting through, but it can't be helped at the moment. There is not enough of them to justify moving it to China...

Maybe when there's a couple more in the 17-32 or 33-48 group, their matches could be held over. But there are still some potentially strong wildcards this year, like Tian Pengfei and Yu Delu.

I think Liang's qualifying match could be moved to Beijing. Not sure about others, but we'll see. Come on Tony, do another wonder!

[superaussie]

i thought mark boyle had resigned why is the selty match saying selty is on a break of 35 and counting in frame 1

[superaussie]

boyle 5 points ahead in frame 2 he must have withdrawn his resignation

[April madness]

boyle 5 points ahead in frame 2 he must have withdrawn his resignation

yes, just to annoy you and Selty

j/k

[steedee]

cant believe i missed this... ruined my predict the qualifiers comp.

[superaussie]

selty 1-1 boyle

[The Boss]

Good luck to Tony Drago this afternoon. The table is going to feel the pain again

[dannyd0g]

Good luck to Tony Drago this afternoon. The table is going to feel the pain again

You never know what you are going to get with Mr Drago - I think he might either thrash his opponent 5-0 in about 30 minutes flat, or not find his form at all and struggle to string more than a few pots together.

But I hope its the former, and wish him the best of luck too.

[Mr Snooker]

yes indeed boss i will be cheering for Tony all the way to the TV stages again. how fast was that 40 break against Ryan Day I belive it was just under a mimute who does he play so fast

[The Boss]

You never know what you are going to get with Mr Drago - I think he might either thrash his opponent 5-0 in about 30 minutes flat, or not find his form at all and struggle to string more than a few pots together.

But I hope its the former, and wish him the best of luck too.

I haven't heard of his opponent. But with Drago, you know the opponent never beats him - the table does with the help of the opponent. That explains why he pots a few and often breaks down. An exchange of dominance between him and the table. But for the sake of the scoreboard, the opponent must pot a few. The opponent works for the table, which is Drago's real opponent