Following on from my post the other day during which I confirmed the entry list for this season’s Q School, World Snooker have now published the full drawsheet for event one…
Tag: Kurt Maflin
China Open 2011: Lee Edges Thriller, Seeds Tumble
What a day of snooker in Beijing as the tournament exploded into life today with a classic involving Mark Williams and Stephen Lee, while Stephen Maguire, Graeme Dott and Mark Allen were all upset… Read More
China Open 2011: Robertson and Hendry through, Doherty Out
Day one from Beijing has now been completed and amongst the winners was Scotland’s Stephen Hendry who secured what could be a vital win in terms of his top 16 ranking at the end of the season against the in-form Matthew Stevens…
My Week at the Worlds: The Highlights
With the PTC Finals now upon us the recent World Championship qualifiers are already fading into the distance as this unusually hectic snooker moves on already, but I could not let the tournament pass without a self-indulgent post to list a few of my highlights and give a shout out to a few people…
World Championship Qualifiers 2011: Picture Perfect I
So that’s the first round completed in Sheffield and to give you a picture (no pun intended), of how matters have progressed, here are the very best of my photos so far from the 2011 World Championship qualifiers…
World Championship Qualifiers 2011: Round One Wrap
So that is round one is over and what a finish we had, a sensational match between Xiao Guodong and Kurt Maflin which saw four straight century breaks this evening. Usually I would prepare a detailed frame by frame report but as those of you following me on Twitter will have noticed, I have been posting frame by frame updates on there so hopefully they will give you the gist of how the matches unfolded.
Instead I offer a few thoughts on the action so far and who could be worth a watch in the coming rounds…
I have also updated the provisional rankings (they are right this time), and the drawsheet…
World Championship 2011: Qualifying Preview Part IV
Click here for the full qualifying draw…
With the qualifiers drawing ever closer, in fact the preliminary matches actually begin tomorrow at the Academy, I turn to the final part of my World Championship qualifying preview and shock horror, I am actually going to tip an upset this time…
China Open Qualifiers 2011: Day Four Latest
Click to view the latest projected seedings…
The final qualifying round for the 2011 China Open takes place today and already with just one result in we have had an upset as Kurt Maflin has completed an extraordinary week by qualifying for the venue stage with a 5-1 win against Mark King. Click below for updates throughout the day…