With the qualifiers for the inaugural Bahrain Championship taking place next week, it is time to have a quick look at the recently released draw and explain the four first round byes that have been given…
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Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008: Tournament Prix-view
Ok well let us hope that the action on the table is better than my puns as just six days after the final in Shanghai, the third ranking event of the season begins this Saturday…
Rankingswatch: Shanghai Update
Following the Roewe Shanghai Masters final last night, World Snooker have issued the latest provisional rankings and it is time to have a quick look at the big movers this week.
Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008: Qualifying quotes round-up
Here are a selection of quotes from the players following the Grand Prix qualifiers this week:
Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008: Last 32 Draw News
With the final qualifying matches decided, the random draw for the last 32 has just been made by Stephen Maguire in Glasgow. The highlights are a mouthwatering tie between world number 2 Stephen Maguire and the talented Jamie Cope as well as a re-run of the Crucible quarter-final between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Liang Wenbo. Click below to see the full draw:
Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 Qualifiers: Day Four (Morning)
Day four at Prestatyn as the final qualifying round before the final stages in Glasgow gets underway and already we are seeing some surprising scorelines coming through. Click below to read what has happened so far in the morning session:
Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 Qualifiers: Day Three (Morning)
Day three at Prestatyn and the competition is hotting up for the 16 places in the main draw in Glasgow. Click below to read what has happened so far in the morning session:
Belgian Open 2008: Last 16 confirmed
Day two of the Belgian Open is complete and here are the scores from the first of the knockout matches to be played today as stated here:
Last 48:
John Parrott MBE 3-0 Stein De Sterck
Danny Lathouwers 2-3 Dave Harold
Kevin Van Hove 1-3 Speltincx Mario Geudens
Johan D’Hondt 3-1 Nick Vanhee
Alain Vandersteen 3-1 Guy Hendrickx
Yannick Poulain 1-3 Ricky Walden
Tom Ford 3-1 Luca Brecel
Julius Grauls 3-1 Anthony Van Loocke
Stefan Mazrocis 3-0 Gregory Kopec
Steve Lemmens 3-0 Jurgen Van Roy
Andrew Higginson 1-3 Jamie Cope
Chris Henry 0-3 Michael Holt
Lasse Münstermann 3-1 Jurgen Van den Bossche
Yvan Van Velthoven 0-3 Gerard Greene
Dominic Dale 3-0 Tino De Witte
Kasra Khavaran 3-0 Marc Dierens
Last 32:
Mark Selby 3-0 John Parrott MBE
Barry Hawkins 1-3 Dave Harold
Mark Davis 3-0 Mario Geudens
Mark King 3-1 Johan D’Hondt
Neil Robertson 3-0 Alain Vandersteen
Bjorn Haneveer 0-3 Ricky Walden
Jimmy Michie 0-3 Tom Ford
Ryan Day 3-2 Julius Grauls
Stephen Maguire 3-0 Stefan Mazrocis
Matthew Stevens 3-0 Steve Lemmens
Ken Doherty 2-3 Jamie Cope
Joe Perry 3-0 Michael Holt
Graeme Dott 3-0 Lasse Münstermann
Stuart Bingham 2-3 Gerard Greene
Mark J Williams MBE 3-1 Dominic Dale
Shaun Murphy 3-2 Kasra Khavaran
With all of the local amateur players unfortunately now out of the tournament, this at least leaves a mouthwatering line-up in the last 16 tomorrow morning. With the lowest ranked player still in the tournament being the in-form world number 58 Mark Davis, the final day should be the best yet.
Last 16 lineup:
Mark Selby v Dave Harold
Mark Davis v Mark King
Neil Robertson v Ricky Walden
Stephen Maguire v Matthew Stevens
Jamie Cope v Joe Perry
Graeme Dott v Gerard Greene
Mark J Williams MBE v Shaun Murphy
As a side issue, the highest break of the tournament remains the 142 made by Australia’s Neil Robertson on day one.