shanghai masters 2008

[stjimmy18-1991]

i was just looking back at the draw for the shanghai masters 2008 over at global snooker, and i noticed that mark allen is in the round before the top 16 enter.

http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk...nghai-draw.htm

i thought that all of the top 16 enter at the same time? allen is the only member of the top 16 in that round, can anyone explain this?

[Monique]

Yes BUT ... Mark Allen is number 16 and the defending champion is Dom Dale who isn't in the top 16. That's why I suppose Dom is top seeded and Mark has been pushed down to last stage of qualifs.

[Haitch]

Hi, can someone please tell me what the 4 rounds of qualy are best of please?

Thanks

[Robert602]

They'll be best of 9

[crucible77]

When do the qualifiers for Shanghai start and are there going to be chinese wildcards for this tournament?

[Monique]

Qualifs start tomorrow and run until September 5th.

[Haitch]

The qualy starts tomorrow at Prestatyn finish on Friday.

So who are the names to look out for this week.

I think Judd Trump, Mark Allen, Jamie Cope and Rory McCleod will be the main shocks into the last 32. Perhaps Scott Mackenzie may do well as a real Outsider.

[Capelito]

There might be some interesting matches in the last round of the qualifiers. How about:
Jimmy White vs Ken Doherty
Liang Wenbo vs Mark Allen
Tom Ford vs Stephen Lee
Alan McManus vs Matthew Stevens

[Haitch]

This is how I see the final round looking like:

Steve Davis Steve Davis
Mark Davis

Dave Harold Dave Harold
Rod Lawler

Fergal O'Brien Fergal O'Brien
Marcus Campbell

Ian McCulloch Ian McCulloch
Ricky Walden

Joe Swail Judd Trump
Judd Trump

Ken Doherty Ken Doherty
Andrew Higginson

Anthony Hamilton Michael Holt
Michael Holt

Michael Judge Michael Judge
Andy Hicks

Barry Hawkins Barry Hawkins
David Gray

Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham
Joe Delaney

Mark Allen Mark Allen
Liang Wenbo

Stephen Lee Stephen Lee
Tom Ford

Mark Williams Mark Williams
Adrian Gunnell

Jamie Cope Jamie Cope
Rob Milkins

Matthew Stevens Alan McManus
Alan McManus

Nigel Bond Rory McLeod
Rory McLeod

[AntMac147]

I am tipping Stephen Craigie to have a good run in this event.

[Haitch]

I have Joe Delaney putting him out after he beats Stefan Mazrocis in the 1st round.

Scott Mackenzie is my outsider to keep an eye on.

[very.tee]

Hey, why does Simon Bedford have a Bye in the first round of the qualifiers?

[JanieWatkins]

Simon has a BYE because John Parrott hasn't entered the event due to clashing dates he'd already booked for charity commitments

Jimmy White moves into round two and that leaves the BYE in round one.

and of course Mark Allen gets pushed back to play a qualifying match because Dominic as defending champion is number one seed

[JanieWatkins]

the FULL draw is now up on GSC including the Last 32 which was missing before

http://globalsnookercentre.co.uk/fil.../2008-shanghai -draw.htm

[Rane]

A possible Carter - O´Sullivan clash in the quarter.
King - Selby last 16
Higgins - Maguire in the quarter
The winner of Carter - O´Sullivan against the winner of Maguire - Higgins.
And with Joe Perry, Mark Williams, Ryan Day, Jamie Cope and Ebdon in the bottom half as well, the quarter draw will probably look different.

It could be an great tournament.