Shanghai Masters 2009 - Qualifyers and WC round discussions

[Rane]

Especially at the WC if i remember rightly..

You could say he lost twice to Murphy. First in the semifinal, and then by Murphy getting his place in the seedings, because he was ruling WC.

[Rane]

good luck selty against steve davis tomorrow

He´ll need it against the most experienced player on the tour. I´m a little mixed up about this, on one side it´s good to see the younger players coming throug, but on the other side it would be fun to see Steve Davis getting back into top 16 once again, even though I don´t think he has the standard to be there ahny longer.

[JanieWatkins]

Ian Mcculloch losing 1-5 is such a bitter blow. He is a player I always thought would break into the top 16 and stay there but then I thought Stevens would too and Williams. I wonder how much his injury played a part?

Ian just isn't unlucky enough is he.

First of all he has to have an operation to have his appendix removed. While in hospital the nurses gave him ear plugs so he could get some sleep, to drown out the rantings of a rather eccentric patient in the next bed!

Now he's had to have an op on his shoulder. Basically he's worn it out playing snooker and they scraped some bone etc. so he had virtually no practice coming into this event.

[Alex0paul]

You could say he lost twice to Murphy. First in the semifinal, and then by Murphy getting his place in the seedings, because he was ruling WC.

He lost to Stevens not Murphy.

On Robertson, he has had a kind draw but obviously has done well to get this far. Hopefully this is as far as he gets though.

[RocketRoy1983]

Ive been following Martin Gould and reccommended my friend Danny to him as he is due to join the PIOS next year. Martin is playing out of his skin and could well push the top 32.

[JanieWatkins]

Ive been following Martin Gould and reccommended my friend Danny to him as he is due to join the PIOS next year. Martin is playing out of his skin and could well push the top 32.

We'll loook forward to welcoming Danny to the PIOS...

[RocketRoy1983]

Look out for him...he is dangerous.

Danny Claxton.

[spike]

Martin Gould played well to beat Peter Lines 5-0 but i think he will find it tougher against Gerard Greene today but still expect him to win quite comfortably.

I bumped into Gerard last week who happens to play at my local club, and he was telling me that he's generally happy with his game and expects to do well. Time will tell.

[Looki]

Damn, Robert602's multi live scorer isn't updated for today's matches.. Shame, it's a great application.

[wildJONESEYE]

Judd Trump is down 2-1 to marcus campbell and campbell at the table on a break of 24....

this is a important season for trump and players like campbell he should be putting away consistantly at this stage in his carear...

[Mal]

Judd Trump is down 2-1 to marcus campbell and campbell at the table on a break of 24....

this is a important season for trump and players like campbell he should be putting away consistantly at this stage in his carear...

3-1 now. In my opinion Trump hasn't done enough in his professional career to justify his potential. He may still come back and win this match, but on the whole, his ranking event form over the last few years (one semi final) is good but does not give any evidence yet that he will be a future multi world champion. He'll certainly be a future winner of ranking events and top 8 player in my opinion, but consistency and all round game is something that isn't there yet.
He still has time on his side.

For Cope, he is still young and I think he is an excellent player on form - but he is now of an age where he should be entering the prime stage of his career so he NEEDS this to be his breakthrough otherwise it may never come. Doing well so far today.

[wildJONESEYE]

as ive said before as yet ive not seen anything from him to justify his potential i was hoping he would kick off this season well with a victory over campbell someone he has to beat otherwise how is he going to win tournaments if campbell proving difficult ?

Match 49 – Mark King 2-2 Stuart Pettman
Match 50 – Judd Trump 1-3 Marcus Campbell
Match 52 – Dave Harold 0-3 Andrew Higginson
Match 53 – Michael Holt 2-2 Jamie Burnett
Match 54 – Jamie Cope 3-0 Anthony Hamilton
Match 55 – Fergal O’Brien 1-2 Ken Doherty
Match 56 - Barry Hawkins 2-1 Simon Bedford

[spike]

Let's not write off Judd in this match completlely yet...many a player has come back from 3-1 down but in saying that i was expecting a better start from him.

Hopefully he can and will..

[Mal]

looks like 4-1 down...Perhaps one of those games where the older experienced player uses it to take Trump out of his flow.

[wildJONESEYE]

looks like 4-1 down...Perhaps one of those games where the older experienced player uses it to take Trump out of his flow.

thats the problam the young players have they are 1 dimensional and hasent got a second string to theire bow...

people say standards are higher these days down the rankings with brilliant young players Marcus Campbell being a pro since 1991 and he is making so called better players look like nothing.