Welsh Open Match Discussions

[rivercard]

Somewhat strangely I didn't find any topics about the Welsh Open qualifying, which started today. So here are the scores of Round 1:

Liang Wenbo 5
Dene O'Kane 0
Lee Spick 5
Patrick Einsle 1
Chris Melling 1
Jamie Jones 5
Andrew Higginson 5
Passakorn Suwannawat 3
Mark Joyce 5
Mohammed Shehab 3
Liu Song 5
Jeff Cundy 2
Chris Norbury 4
Sean Storey 5
Matthew Couch 2
Alex Borg 5
Paul Davison 4
Ben Woollaston 5
Tian Pengfei 2
Robert Stephen 5
Ian Preece 5
Peter Lines 0
Paul Wykes 3
Issara Kachaiwong 5
Lee Page 4
David Morris 5
Judd Trump 5
Mark Boyle 2
Alfie Burden 3
James Leadbetter 5
Roy Stolk 1
Dermot McGlinchey 5

Sorry about the slight tabulator problems..
More infos at: http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk...Welsh-Open.htm

[RaNeN]

Welsh Open Match Discussions

Discuss all about the matches. Qualifers to the finals!

[elvaago]

So who /is/ Dene O'Kane and why does he think he can win anything?

[mcmanusrules]

Judd Trump 5-2 Mark Boyle 77(64)-43, 24-110(110), 67(50)-10, 108(104)-0, 0-85(77), 107(103)-1, 90(90)-4

That is some very good scoring,
64,50,104,103,and 90 from Judd in 5 frames, that is exceptional.
Not only that, but the 2 frames that Boyle won, were with breaks of,
110, and 77.

On TV I haven't seen a better scoring match than that.

[mcmanusrules]

Elvaago,
Dene O'Kane is a pro from New Zealand, well known in the late 80's/early 90's, highest ranking of 17.
He qualified again for the tour this season, and has come over too see if he still has it, I think he does, but he isn't showing it ATM.
He did of course reach a major final in 1988 losing 9-8 to Mike Hallett, in Hong Kong.
Notable wins-
Cliff Thorburn 10-5, Doug Mountjoy 13-5 {1987 EWC)
Joe Johnson 5-2 {1988 British Open}
Stephen Hendry 5-2, Martin Clark 5-1 {1990 Classic}
James Wattana 5-2 {1997 International}

[elvaago]

Thank you!

[rivercard]

So who /is/ Dene O'Kane and why does he think he can win anything?

He *was* a reasonable player, but scoring 40 points in 5 frames is rather weak to say the least.

[rivercard]

One match in Round 2 is already finished. Unsurprisingly it's the match between Tony Drago and Jamie Jones:

Tony Drago v Jamie Jones 5-2

Good win for Tony.

[hegeland]

Well done Tony!

(58) 78-6
15-78 (50)
81-39
(41) 41-94 (94)
57-43 (43)
(52) 78-64
(71) 71-11

[chasmmi]

I see Mark Boyle hit a career best 100 break. It seems amazing that a top 96pro player can have such a low hihgest break.

What counts as a career break? is it only break made on the main tour then?

[Cyril]

So who /is/ Dene O'Kane and why does he think he can win anything?

Twice a Crucible quarter finalist.

[Cyril]

Keep going JP! Must be in decent form as Michie had beat Judd Trump, 5-2.

John Parrott MBE (Eng) 5-4 Jimmy Michie (Eng)
95(53)-8, 0-90(65), 46-67(54), 132(132)-0, 0-70(45), 58-9, 41-58, 58-39, 62-9.

[austrian_girl]

Personally, I'm very much looking forward to Cope v Ding. Two of the shooting stars finally meeting in a venue. I'm not completely sure but I don't think they've met before, have they? Anyway, should be a good one to see whether the future of snooker lies in China or England.

Hope they both hit a bit of form and provide us with an exciting match.

[Mitsuko]

3rd round results whenever that was: -
Round Three

Mark Davis 4-5 Liang Wenbo 1-124(108), 0-89(89), 119(100)-5, 80(45)-14, 1-69(69), 71(43)-11, 128(128)-0, 24-88(76), 0-94(94)

Marcus Campbell 4-5 Joe Delaney 64(64)-75, 59-57, 76(76)-11, 31-60, 22-60, 56(45)-29, 52-64, 60-44, 5-66

Michael Judge 5-2 Tony Drago 3-96(92), 79(57)-0, 63-1, 63(55)-32, 0-112(111), 67(66)-0, 58(53)-48

Drew Henry 0-5 Andrew Higginson 17-103(72), 57-58, 0-68, 1-88(50), 0-80(80)

Jamie Cope 5-0 Mike Dunn 81(40,41)-10, 70(49)-39, 114(44,64)-8, 131(131)-0, 68(48)-53(45)

Dominic Dale 4-5 Jamie Burnett 0-88(63), 70-56, 96(94)-4, 14-59, 0-134(89), 1-79(72), 72(54)-46, 77-30, 0-113(72)

Rod Lawler 5-3 Andrew Norman 5-75(48), 74-14, 65(55)-7, 62-28, 48-61, 65-72, 67(56)-29, 80-38

Adrian Gunnell 5-0 Alex Borg 92(56)-8, 79(67)-19, 64-57(56), 53-39, 84(61)-23

Ricky Walden 5-1 Stuart Pettman 107(107)-16, 143(139)-0, 110(110)-12, 70-49, 1-70(70), 83-38

Tom Ford 1-5 Ian Preece 26-73, 22-61, 61-6, 60(59)-73(39), 49-73, 14-57

Fergal O'Brien 2-5 Ben Woollaston 6-72, 43-84(49), 6-80(42), 83(43)-1, 96(96)-0, 0-87(87), 33-59

Jimmy White 4-5 Mark Allen 25-72(46), 106-16, 48-68(42), 0-70(70), 75(48)-0, 60(60)-69, 73(73)-0, 62-16, 4-64

Dave Harold 5-3 David Morris 8-81, 59-31, 1-69(40), 109(52)-8, 57-30, 85(62)-49, 64(59)-65, 63-31

John Parrott 5-4 Jimmy Michie 95(53)-8, 0-90(65), 46-67(54), 132(1320-0, 0-70(45), 58-9, 41-58, 58-39, 62-9

Barry Pinches - Dave Gilbert 34-65

Gerard Greene 5-3 Rory McLeod 35-65, 63(45)-51(50), 27-83(55), 68-34, 60-47, 15-84(57), 68(42)-42(37), 74(69)-2
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Liang Wenbo gets to play Bond, which he can do. If he does he will have won 4 games already
Ding & Cope will be a good match, although Ding always seems to get the hard matches
Parrott has a tricky match, but I think he might win
Andrew Higginson could also get through, he has played 3 qualifying matches so far, he plays Fu.

[The Statman]

That Pinches v. Gilbert match must be slow if they're only in their second frame!

Barry Pinches - Dave Gilbert 34-65