EPTC2 - Brugge, Belgium

[HunRon]

Thanks for the great pics.

[Mignon]

Great pics, Cuemaxx! Thanks for posting them!

[cuemaxx]

At least a few more people can see the games and no segregation between some tables. It must be a bit more relaxing to play in actually.

Thanks for posting the pics.

You're welcome!
There are 2 playing areas, one with a big tribune with 3 tables and an other area with a couple of small sitting places with 6 tables.

Stephen Hendry:

[mstone]

He got 1960, but he started 2008/9 very well and has 3675 coming off after this week as a result.

Thanks for the photos, nice to have a picture of the venue.

well if he has been doing alright for awile why is he still down at 66th .

[Matt_2745]

The World Open was one tournament, last season as a whole was dreadful for him, certainly not helped by missing the UK Championship to go on I'm a Celebrity. The back end of 08/09 wasn't too good either.

[Mignon]

A heartfelt Well done to Matthew Couch!

(Especially as I'm no big fan of Adrian Gunnell these days )

So, Last 16 line-up>>>

Shaun Murphy v Jimmy Robertson
Bjorn Haneveer v Alfie Burden
Martin Gould v Peter Ebdon
Ding Junhui v Mark Williams
Liang Wenbo v Tom Ford
Stuart Bingham v Fergal O’Brien
Matthew Couch v Daniel Wells
Ricky Walden v Mark Selby

[montoya10]

A heartfelt Well done to Matthew Couch!

(Especially as I'm no big fan of Adrian Gunnell these days )

I won't blame you after his performance and fed up look against Ding

[Mignon]

I won't blame you after his performance and fed up look against Ding

Plus having enlisted as a Lee Doyle supporter!

[Matt_2745]

Absolutely, great to see Matt win. He's into the 64 for the UK draw now too.

Have updated my projected seedings/provisional rankings page here to the end of today's play.

Only thing to be decided now is the last top 32 place, Ford needs to make the final to displace Dunn.

[montoya10]

How many years has it been since Ronnie, Mark and John were ranked in Top 5 together

[Matt_2745]

2004/5, before Williams started to slide. Incredible really.

[montoya10]

Thanks for the info, Matt

With Mark's return, it looks like they are still too good to give up those places for the time being.

[ddrIII]

Some good ties today:

Peter Ebdon vs Martin Gould (2nd meeting in 10 days)

Mark Williams vs Ding Junhui (3rd meeting in 10 days)

Liang Wenbo vs Tom Ford & Mark Selby vs Ricky Walden also mouth-watering.

[cue1]

Some good ties today:

Peter Ebdon vs Martin Gould (2nd meeting in 10 days)

Mark Williams vs Ding Junhui (3rd meeting in 10 days)

Liang Wenbo vs Tom Ford & Mark Selby vs Ricky Walden also mouth-watering.

They've been meeting quite a lot these past couple of seasons & it's usually very close (except when Ding beat Mark 6-1 in the SF of the Grand Prix last season):snooker:

[HunRon]

Head to head:

2006 China Open SF: Williams 6-2 Ding
2008 Malta Cup RR (group match): Ding 6-0 Williams
2009 Championship League, Group 2: Ding 2-2 Williams
2009 Championship League, Group 3: Williams 3-1 Ding
2009 Grand Prix SF: Ding 6-1 Williams
2010 Championship League, Group 7: Williams 3-2 Ding
2010 China Open F: Williams 10-6 Ding
2010 World Opem QF: Williams 3-2 Ding
2010 Premier League RR (group match): Williams 3-3 Ding