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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…
For those new to the tour, the changes to the rankings this season have been a major positive, allowing them to move up the lists quicker than they might have done in the past. What though about those on the other side of the coin, those whose places they are taking? Click below for a few thoughts on how others have lost out as a result of the changes…
First things first, happy new year to all, hopefully it will be a good one for everyone reading. I’m not generally one for predictions but this seems like as good an opportunity as any to make a few that will no doubt make for some amusing reading later in the year!
With the qualifiers for the German Masters set to get underway on Tuesday, the draw will be determined by the revised seedings list following the UK Championship. Click below to see who the movers and shakers are this time around…
So here we are, day one of the World Open as the first five matches of the televised stages are played at the shiny new set in Glasgow. Click below for the order of play and updates from today, although more regular observations will be posted on my Twitter page…
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…
Pre-tournament I had backed the vast majority of the seeded players to progress but today both Mark Davis and Graeme Dott took the total number of qualifiers to move into the last 16 to four with victories over Ryan Day and Peter Ebdon respectively, the latter now losing his top 16 place as a result…
Day four already and today saw the world number one Ronnie O’Sullivan book his place in the last 16 while fellow title contenders Neil Robertson and Ding Junhui also put one foot in the second round. Click below from my Sheffield report…