China Open 2010 - Qualifiers Discussions!

[very.tee]

yes, well done Tony He's got a real chance of beating Stephen Lee tomorrow who hasn't been in that good form as far as I can tell...

[cue1]

awwwww Jimmy! It's cos I wasn't there to support him!

for now, Come On Tony!!! :snooker:

Yeah, I was saddened too But at least Tony won his match

Hamy just wants to wear him down...
poor Tony

But it was worth it in the end

John higgins has won 15 matches in ranking events this season - Drago has now won 13 - more than any other player in ranking matches asidde from Higgins.

WOW!!! That is an interesting statistic But what else would you expect from the boss? It's really impressive:snooker: Come On Tony!!! One more match

[dannyd0g]

John higgins has won 15 matches in ranking events this season - Drago has now won 13 - more than any other player in ranking matches asidde from Higgins.

Didn't Matthew Selt get off to a fantastic start to the season too, not loosing a match in the first 3 qualifying events or something ?

[Mal]

Selt has won 13 as well, but of course they have played one tournament more than the top 16. Just shows how hard it is to get up the ladder with the way tournament work and the seeds getting the byes through the respective rounds. If you were to put some of the top 16 and I would say most of those 17 - 32 into the first QR, I would say that few would have done as consistently well this season based on form as Tony Drago or Matt Selt.

[Elaine]

Tony
btw I quite liked the way he played against Day at the WO imo he had good chance to beat Ryan then

[Mal]

Didn't Matthew Selt get off to a fantastic start to the season too, not loosing a match in the first 3 qualifying events or something ?

He got to the first two venues, but beat in last QR of UK (i think) and has won a match in each of last two tournaments, so yes, he has 13 as well. Drago could overtake him tomorrow and if he goes on to the venue and wins a match and Higgins got beat in 1st round, he could have joint most match wins of any player on tour and still would be just outside top 48. (needs to get to QF to get to top 48)

[rivercard]

It's really interesting to look at the cuefacts on GSC:

http://www.global-snooker.com/cuefac...stats-main.asp

Tony is 9th in the frames won %, 7th in the points for/frames averages, 5th in the points against/frames averages, he had the 12th most 50+ breaks, and is 21st in the 50+ brake rates list. Who would have thought that before the start of the season?

[ore]

noone can compete with spike at that.. adr tried at one point but he eventually gave up

oh good I didn't see those threads where he tried to compete then.. and.. that the other competing side did not need to compete back

i'm not that sure though there's much to be proud of if you have such a huge post count. that's more likelly to decrease posting quality, isn't it...

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so happy about Tony through!
now get to the telly stage, please!

[dannyd0g]

It's really interesting to look at the cuefacts on GSC:

http://www.global-snooker.com/cuefac...stats-main.asp

Tony is 9th in the frames won %, 7th in the points for/frames averages, 5th in the points against/frames averages, he had the 12th most 50+ breaks, and is 21st in the 50+ brake rates list. Who would have thought that before the start of the season?

He has exceeded many peoples expecations i think. Good on him for sure. Stephen Lee may be one player too much for him though, but i said the same about Gerrard Greene, so who knows.

I dont want to jump the gun but if Tony manages to do as well as this in the world qualifiers he might be getting close to pushing for a top 32 slot. That would have been unimaginable only a few months ago.

[missneworleans]

He got to the first two venues, but beat in last QR of UK (i think) and has won a match in each of last two tournaments, so yes, he has 13 as well. Drago could overtake him tomorrow and if he goes on to the venue and wins a match and Higgins got beat in 1st round, he could have joint most match wins of any player on tour and still would be just outside top 48. (needs to get to QF to get to top 48)

Might need a good WC but I know he can
Cmon Barry(omg they are still playing)

[Matt_2745]

He has exceeded many peoples expecations i think. Good on him for sure. Stephen Lee may be one player too much for him though, but i said the same about Gerrard Greene, so who knows.

I dont want to jump the gun but if Tony manages to do as well as this in the world qualifiers he might be getting close to pushing for a top 32 slot. That would have been unimaginable only a few months ago.

Not quite, he'd basically need to make the semis at the worlds to do that. Top 64 with a one-year ranking in the top 48 would be a brilliant result though.

[ore]

Not quite, he'd basically need to make the semis at the worlds to do that. Top 64 with a one-year ranking in the top 48 would be a brilliant result though.

Yay, so how many years does one need & how good does he need to do to reach top 16.

[very.tee]

FINALLY soneone's won the last match of the day!

Congrats to both for dragging it out so long!

[cue1]

FINALLY soneone's won the last match of the day!

Congrats to both for dragging it out so long!

You just made me open Global Snooker again to check who won it

Congrats, Mr. Gunnell

[Matt_2745]

Yay, so how many years does one need & how good does he need to do to reach top 16.

Personally I always think the minimum that a new tour player needs to move into the top 16 is three seasons, like Mark Allen.

That said though, who knows what the ranking/tour structure is going to be like in the future, maybe Hearn will make it easier for people to move up.