Having defeated both David Gray and Marco Fu at the same tournament 12 months ago, Tian Pengfei was the wildcard that all of the players wanted to avoid and with a 5-4 victory over the in-form Mark Davis today he has shown exactly why…
Tag: James Wattana
China Open 2010: Wildcards Revised
Following on from my previous post announcing the wildcards for the upcoming China Open, I have recently been informed by reader ddrIII that there have been a couple of late changes to the schedule…
World Championship Qualifiers 2010: Reflections
With the dust now settling on the 2010 Betfred.com World Championship qualifiers, it is time to take a look back at what for me were the most notable talking points to come out of the event…
World Championship Qualifiers 2010: Steady Selt keeps Crucible bid on track
A little belated unfortunately but here is the story of my day at the World Championship qualifiers on the opening Sunday…
Race to stay on tour 2010: All you need to know
Following the completion of the China Open qualifiers this week there is just one more tournament to play this season for the vast majority of those players battling for their main tour places. With those World Championship qualifiers just weeks away I have attempted to summarise as best I can who looks safe, who looks doomed and who are the players right in there with a chance of survival. Click below for all the information…
UK Championship Qualifiers 2009: Order of Play and Preview
It has felt like a long wait since Neil Robertson won the last ranking event back in October but tomorrow (Monday), sees the start of the UK Championship qualifiers as 79 of the 96 main tour players will be in action over the next eight days.
Continue reading this article for my preview and the Order of Play for the qualifiers…
Wattana to take up main tour place
Just to add to my previous post, according to Janie Watkins from Global Snooker it sounds like James Wattana will indeed take up his place on the main tour following victory the Asian Championship yesterday. You can read what she has had to say here on the comments section of an article on Snooker Scene Blog. I hope that it is true because it will be good to see him back on the tour again, even if he is not quite the player that he once was…
Wattana wins Asian Championship
Congratulations to James Wattana (or Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm) who has today captured the Asian Championship title for the third time in his career and in the process become eligible for a return to the main tour should he choose to accept it…