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…
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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 II
Click here for the full qualifying draw…
Following on from yesterday’s opening instalment, here is part two of my World Championship qualifying preview in which I consider the likes of Jimmy White, Ryan Day, Martin Gould and others…
2010/11 Roll Call
While the professional season has now been completed, the race for tour places for 2010/11 rages on and this week has seen another eight names confirmed via the PIOS route. Click below to see who has already been confirmed for next season and where the remaining names will come from…
Davison and Chuang book main tour returns
Congratulations to both Liu Chuang and Paul S Davison who by winning the Asian U-21 Championship and PIOS Event 7 tournaments this week have ensured that they will both make an immediate return to the main tour next season having lost their place at the end of 2008/9.
You can see the full results from the two events over at Global here and here. Apologies for the lack of detailed reports, unfortunately time is short with the World Championship imminent.
China Open 2010: Terrific Tian Upsets Davis
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…
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…
Fight For the 96: 2010/11
With just 96 places available, main tour nominations are like gold dust for the many amateur players in the game and already the race for 2010/11 is beginning to hot up. For those of you not so familiar with how those places can be won, here is an explanation…