Royal London Watches Grand Prix First Round Discussion

[JiangYu]

Saturday, 11 October - Round 1
12:00 (Noon)

John Higgins v Anthony Hamilton
Joe Perry v Barry Hawkins


Sunday, 12 October - Round 1
1pm

Stephen Hendry v Dave Gilbert
Neil Robertson v Steve Davis


NB 3pm
Marco Fu v Jimmy Michie
Mark Allen v Michael Holt


7pm
Graeme Dott v Judd Trump
Ryan Day v Ricky Walden


Monday, 13 October - Round 1
1:30pm
Stephen Maguire v Jamie Cope
Ding Junhui v Jamie Burnett


7pm
Mark Selby v Andrew Higginson
Peter Ebdon v Simon Bedford


Tuesday, 14 October - Round 1
1:30pm
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Liang Wenbo
Allister Carter v Dave Harold


7pm
Shaun Murphy v Adrian Gunnell
Mark King v John Parrott

Wednesday, 15 October – Round 2
2pm
Match 17*: Random Draw v Random Draw
Match 18*: Random Draw v Random Draw

7pm
Match 19* Random Draw v Random Draw
Match 20* Random Draw v Random Draw

Thursday, 16 October – Round 2
1:30pm
Match 21* Random Draw v Random Draw
Match 22* Random Draw v Random Draw

7pm
Match 23* Random Draw v Random Draw
Match 24* Random Draw v Random Draw

Friday, 17 October

1:30pm & 7pm - Quarter Finals

Saturday, 18 October

1pm & 7:30pm - Semi Finals

Sunday, 19 October
2:30pm and 8pm - Final

Matches on Sunday 12 October are played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play will start at the allocated time each day with a 15 minute interval between matches. The 3rd and 4th match will not start before 3.00 pm. The evening session will not start before the time indicated on the format.

The draw for Round 1 will be made on completion of the qualifiers on 26 September 2008. The draw from Round 2 up to and including the Semi Final will be made on a random basis.

*Match numbers are for demonstration purposes only.

The order of play and table numbers for all matches up to the semi-finals will be determined once the draw for that round is made and published by the Tournament Director.

All matches up to and including the Quarter Finals will be best of 9 frames, Semi Finals will be best of 11 frames and the Final will be best of 17 frames (7/10)..

Can't wait for tomorrow! I'm hoping Hawkin's will beat Perry and that we get to see a shock defeat of Higgins. It's been a while since Hamilton has progressed to the last 16 of any tournament.

[JiangYu]

Alright - I'm watching it now. Perry is in with the first chance but he's come on the wrong side of the black so he's playing safe.

[darrus]

Where are you watching it? On BBC?

[JiangYu]

Yeah - BBC Interactive on BBC 2. Hawkin's just missed a red and Perry is in again in what promises a good chance to establish an early lead. Perry looks set to take the first frame with a 58 point lead (and he's still going strong).

He's cueing very well and Hawkin's has yet to pot a ball.

K - Perry has frame in the bag but Hawkin's is still carrying on. Hawkin's is going well atm with a nice nudge on the pack of 2 reds to bring them into play. When will he lay the snooker?

EDIT: He's missed the pink, which he needs and so he concedes the fram to Perry.

1-0 to Perry

2-0 to Perry

[spike]

John Higgins looks to be hitting the ball very sweetly and goes 2-0 in front of Anthony Hamilton.

[jaguarf1]

i just hate bbc because they don't allow me to watch snooker just because i'm outside the uk. whats the point?
sitting like the dog on the hayrick. the dog don't eat hay, but is not going to give it to someone else. that's why the snooker dies.

[JiangYu]

3-0 to Higgins and
3-0 to Perry

Are we about to witness 2 whitewashes [again], like the Premier League?

[In-off]

The BBC really do need some younger commentators

It's like Jurassic Park!

[toupihiggins]

what's wrong with John he never played so good in the first round of a tournament so far

gooo Higgins

[dannyd0g]

The BBC really do need some younger commentators

It's like Jurassic Park!

LOL, who have they got on ?

[In-off]

I like Clive Everton because he has authority but Virgo must be at least 90 and Thorne and Taylor give the impression they don't know who half of the players are

Neal Foulds and someone like Ken Doherty should be used IMO

[spike]

4-0 to John Higgins now. He looks very composed and relaxed out there.

[spike]

I would rather them replace Willie Thorne and have Neil Foulds doing commentary more than what he is at present

[João]

Is Anthony Hamilton gay? (Just curious)

[spike]

I'm sure that's been discussed before but cant remember where. I would say NO to that but could be wrong.