Royal London Watches Grand Prix Second Round Discussion

[JiangYu]

Wednesday, 15 October – Round 2
2pm
Match 19 John Higgins v Stephen Hendry
Match 23 Ding Junhui v Michael Holt

7pm
Match 18 Adrian Gunnell v Steve Davis
Match 21 Judd Trump v Joe Perry

Thursday, 16 October – Round 2
1:30pm
Match 24 Marco Fu v Ronnie O'Sullivan
Match 17 Jamie Cope v Peter Ebdon

7pm
Match 20 Mark Selby v Ryan Day
Match 22 John Parrott v Ali Carter

Friday, 17 October

1:30pm & 7pm - Quarter Finals

Saturday, 18 October

1pm & 7:30pm - Semi Finals

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

Uni finishes for me at 1pm so I have an hour to get home, in time for the Higgin's match! I'll be willing Higgin's on.

[matoski]

Three good matches in prospect in this second round. Except Higgins-Hendry, i'm looking forward for Selby-Day and Fu-O'Sulivan as well. I hope they won't be transmiting Davis-Gunnel tonight because i have a feeling it will be a horrible match to watch.

[JiangYu]

Three good matches in prospect in this second round. Except Higgins-Hendry, i'm looking forward for Selby-Day and Fu-O'Sulivan as well. I hope they won't be transmiting Davis-Gunnel tonight because i have a feeling it will be a horrible match to watch.

Be glad it's not Ebdon and Harold - I think Harold is potentially slower than Ebdon, if not is. On the odds, I fancy Davis taking this one. As for Fu and O'Sullivan, I have no idea. I'm really looking forward to the Selby and Day match but I'd say that I think Selby will win by a small margin. Day is a really good player and a potential World Champion but he's been in the game for so long without winning a ranking. I think he earns best player in the Top 16 never to have won a ranking at the moment.

[darrus]

I for one would like to watch Davis Hope he does better against Gunnel than Murphy yesterday.

[Ellena]

Three good matches in prospect in this second round. Except Higgins-Hendry, i'm looking forward for Selby-Day and Fu-O'Sulivan as well. I hope they won't be transmiting Davis-Gunnel tonight because i have a feeling it will be a horrible match to watch.

I was a bit surprised last night to see Gunnel is also slow ..took about 2 min to think about a shot And he has a massive stature too like Gulliver. A Harold - Gunnel would of been a nerves cracking match..with both playing so slow.
Im looking forward to Higgo-Hendo too, been a while since i saw them two playing ag each other. RoS-Fu..for some reason never occurred to me Fu might be ROS draw, i expected a Ding or Hendo coming out of the hat for him. Should be an interesting match .

[João]

Nice mix of generations here: Davis, Parrott, Hendry ... Ding, Trump, Cope. Who will win in the end.

Just saw eurosport won't be covering Hendry - Higgins match from the start. Goddamn tennis always on the way.

[matoski]

Nice mix of generations here: Davis, Parrott, Hendry ... Ding, Trump, Cope. Who will win in the end.

Just saw eurosport won't be covering Hendry - Higgins match from the start. Goddamn tennis always on the way.

It will start at 15:45 CET, which is 14:45 in Portugal. Not bad time since i work till 16:00, plus half an hour lost in the trafic jam, plus visit the bank and the sport betting place, plus the supermarket........hmmmmm

[João]

Thank god Flavia Pennetta steam rolled Nadia Petrova and eurosport is showing Hendry's match from the start now!

[Scoyah]

Hendry playing bad looks like it's going to be 5-1

[darrus]

Everything is possible, but Higgins doesn't look much better.

[Scoyah]

So far he can't seem to capitalize on any of his chances! Hard to watch.

[João]

This has been a pain to watch.

[darrus]

Oh my. Seems they're trying to find out who can miss from easier position...

[Scoyah]

Hendry needs to wake up soon. His potting is way off today.

[tallguy]

2-1 to Higgins. Go Higgy