World Championship Qualifying

[coomsey76]

It's great to see Gilbert has qualified as well..... Looking forward to the draw tomorrow!!

[gazza147]

Yeah Great Few Days for the Welsh.... Good Friend of Mine Jamie Jones from Neath beat Ricky Walden 10-2, Dom Dale Won 10-3, Ryan Day came back and Won 10-8.

C'mon the Welsh Dragons were Over Due The World Championship Trophy again!!.....lol


Gaz

[LittleMissAlexa]

It's great to see Gilbert has qualified as well..... Looking forward to the draw tomorrow!!

Gilbert has the ability of a top sixteen player shame he doesnt have the applcation

[Hal]

I am really happy Luca came throught, he is the young player I am impressed the most about .... He looks like a guy having some "class" in himself already ....

I am looking so forward to WC, expecting some great staff there

[ongkia]

I am really happy Luca came throught, he is the young player I am impressed the most about .... He looks like a guy having some "class" in himself already ....

I am looking so forward to WC, expecting some great staff there

I agree with you totally. I was watching his match with Mark King, live online, ended at almost 1am my local time here. I'm especially impressed at how he handled his emotions in frame 17. If he had lost that frame, the tally would have been 9 frames each and the final outcome would probably be different again!

He is a real deal alright and for a chap that's so young, his has some awesome mental toughness in him, apart from the other obvious talent! Looking forward to seeing him play again in the main draw

[Faidenk]

I might have posted this before but I watch all the action live on www.hahasport.com. Up to now just 2 televised tables.

[Iwanttowatchsnooker]

I don't like speculating but I wonder how much Barry Hearn or any other "corrupt" World Snooker insider paid Mark King to lose that match to Brecel..... That was simply the worst I have ever seen Mark King play, it was if he gave countless opportunities for Brecel to win the match.........

[LittleMissAlexa]

this could get ferret and statman in a lot of trouble you may find this deleted when they see it

[Guy3103]

Sometime prople have to think a little bit before saying what they think out loud... Brecel had to beat four experienced players to qualify and he did well. These players are human beings and if King didnt play that well it might be because he just seemed to have a bad day...

[PatBlock]

I don't like speculating but I wonder how much Barry Hearn or any other "corrupt" World Snooker insider paid Mark King to lose that match to Brecel..... That was simply the worst I have ever seen Mark King play, it was if he gave countless opportunities for Brecel to win the match.........

For someone who doesn't like speculating, you certainly pushed the boat out a bit there didn't you.
Another verse of "The Betting-Slip Blues" perhaps?

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[pottr]

King looked absolutely devistated to lose!

When Luca played the drop safety to leave Mark cueing over the Brown, he tapped the table in respect but you could see the panic behind his eyes... He wanted to win so badly.

King acted like a gentleman in defeat and wished Brecel the best, top man.

[bobby1979]

Brecel 100-1 to win it. hmmmmmm
His safety looks a bit mad at times, but hell does he slap them in! He will find it very difficult against a Selby or a Robertson however...

[nrage]

He has Maguire in round 1 it appears .. I would say he has a decent chance there perhaps.

[CueInAction]

Full draw is below

Mark Allen v Cao Yupeng
Neil Robertson v Ken Doherty
Stuart Bingham v Stephen Hendry
Mark Selby v Barry Hawkins
Shaun Murphy v Jamie Jones
Steven Maguire v Luca Brecel
Judd Trump v Dominic Dale
Graham Dott Joe Perry
Ding Junhui v Ryan Day
Martin Gould v David Gilbert
Mark Williams v Liu Chang
Stephen Lee v Andrew Higginson
Ronnie O Sullivan v Peter Ebdon
Matthew Stevens v Marco Fu
Ali Carter v Mark Davis
John Higgins v Liang Wenbo

[cebs]

I just had a feeling that Ronnie would draw Ebdon, I should have put a bet on that happening...

I saw the 100-1 odds on Luca last night and thought about putting a tenner on , maybe he'll get through a round or two and play Higgins in the Quarters but I can't really see him beating him but you never know.

Does Ronnie have a twitter account btw? I love to hear his reaction.