Welsh Open match discussion

[toupihiggins]

John wins his match after an "infarct" eight frame...John didn't look very well today...physically speaking ...but still he managed to made the highest break of this tournament so far.except from the 125 and 86 breaks from Higgins...it was a poor match.
Nevertheless...great job John

Meanwhile there were some surprises McManus/Dale 5-2 , Judge/Dott 5-4 and i would say that Robertson/Cope 5-1 was also quite unexpected...i thought it will be a real close one

All in all....a pretty good day of snooker

[issha]

higgo did the job at the end but if he produce a similar cueaction with Ding and gives him chances like today...

wondering how will Ding react after the match with Murphy...the end was not looking well..

[MysteryG]

Ah yeah, Higgins definitely won't beat or even come close to Ding if he continues the crappy form he's had for a while, including this match. But at least he gets a chance this time and the positive side is that's he's played quite a few matches in a row now without a long break in between (thanks to reaching the SF of the Malta Cup), so he might find a bit of form and rythm as he plays yet another match thursday. But yeah, it will have to be a lot better. More frames like the 5th and 7th ones.

[The Boss]

I'm gutted that King got knocked out. I really thought it would be his tournament.

There's still China i suppose, plus the much anticipated WC qualifier with Jimmy White.

[vao]

WEDNESDAY'S ORDER OF PLAY

10 Feb 2008 13:43:00

Below is the schedule for Day 3 of the Welsh Open at the Newport Centre.

Wednesday 12 February

1pm

Ronnie O’Sullivan v Judd Trump. Ref: Jan Verhaas

Ken Doherty v Alan McManus. Ref: Brendan Moore

Stephen Lee v Andrew Higginson. Ref: Colin Humphries

Not before 2.30pm

Stephen Hendry v Michael Holt. Ref: Michaela Tabb

Ding Junhui v Marcus Campbell. Ref: Peter Williamson

Ali Carter v Tian Pengfei. Ref: Eirian Williams

Not before 7pm

Mark Williams v Marco Fu. Ref: Jan Verhaas

Shaun Murphy v Ian McCulloch. Ref: Brendan Moore

Peter Ebdon v Joe Perry. Ref: Colin Humphries

which match will be televised?

[elvaago]

Very glad to see Steve Davis go through. Also pretty happy to see Stevens perform as well as expected. There's a good chance he won't make it to the top 16 now with many players below him progressing.

Dott gone, Maguire out, pretty surprising there.

Davis is up against O'Sullivan next most likely. Can we expect a major surprise there or will Ronnie trounce Steve?

[Ekphantos]

Davis is up against O'Sullivan next most likely. Can we expect a major surprise there or will Ronnie trounce Steve?

As much as I hope for an upset, I'd rather expect a whitewash.
The match against King seems to have been a rather scrappy affair without any big breaks and both players had their chances, as far as I can judge from "watching" part of it on the live ticker. Against O'Sullivan: no chance

Oh, poor Mark King, he got beaten TWICE, according to the BBC
There were mixed fortunes for the home hopes as Welshman Ryan Day beat Mark King 5-2

[PaulTheSoave]

Morning!

Did Stevens lose then, 4-5?
on GSC it says 4-2 and the bbc 4-5.

[April madness]

which match will be televised?

I believe the first match in each of 3 sessions (and they will have tv cameras on the second match table as well so there might be some action shown from those matches if the first ones are over quickly) - so it's Ronnie, Hendry and Williams that we will see on TVs.

[Semih_Sayginer]

Morning!

Did Stevens lose then, 4-5?
on GSC it says 4-2 and the bbc 4-5.

Stevens lost 5-4

[PaulTheSoave]

okay, thanks.

The score and reports I read were a bit contradictory.

[Ekphantos]

It's a pity that Ken Doherty and Ronnie O'Sullivan play at the same time

[elvaago]

Yes, Stevens lost to the #72 of the world.

[missneworleans]

Again Stevens loses to player a lot worse than him! What's the matter with Matthew?
Also shocking lose for Maguire. Now it would be hard for him to battle for top of ranking's

[matoski]

Lee-Higginson would be a cracker today. Lee struggling to stay in the top 16(maybe even top 32), and Higginson battling his deserved spot at the top 32.If Higginson wins today, then he has a pretty good chance to reach at least in the quarterfinals, considering that Michael Judge awaits the winner of that match in the last 16.
O'Sulivan has a difficult opponent. Youngsters such as Jud Trump show no respect to "the stars of the game" these days.