Here in headline form are the main stories from the last two days.
- Our world champion Mark Selby,was a surprise loser,going down 6-4 to Irelands David Morris.Selby perhaps could be forgiven for been a little off his game here having so recently becoming a father for the first time,but credit to Morris who produced two 70 plus breaks to put it to bed from 4-4.
- Defending Champion Neil Robertson had to dig deep into his reserves to fight his way past the young rising star Kyren Wilson,coming from 5-4 down to eventually win 6-5
- Ronnie O'Sullivan felt sufficient improvement in his ankle to allow him continue in the tournament and although he was not at his best by any means,he still beat Peter Lines 6-3.If things continue to improve for him during the week he will still be the man they all have to beat here this week.
- Ding Junhui broke the hearts of the Jimmy White supporters,beating the Whirlwind 6-2 in a match that was much closer than that scoreline suggests,indeed Ding only potted 8 more ball than Jimmy in the entire match
- The comeback of the season award could well be going to Nigel Bond after the 49 year old produced an unbelievable performance to fight back from 5-0 to beat Barry Hawkins 6-5.
- Judd Trump & Mark Allen both put in impressive performances to beat Luca Brecel & Aditya Mehta 6-0 & 6-1 respectively
- Mark Williams was in equally devastating form as he eased to a 6-0 win over Jimmy Robertson.
- His old adversary John Higgins also recorded a much needed confidence boosting 6-4 win over Jamie Cope.
- Shaun Murphy is also through with a 6-3 win over Robin Hull
- And he is joined in round 3 by fellow former world champions Peter Ebdon (who beat Kurt Maflin 6-1) Graeme Dott (6-3 Anthony Hamilton) & Ken Doherty (6-4 Michael White)
No comments:
Post a Comment