Defending champion Mark Selby is out of the China Open to world number 92 Craig Steadman in the first round. It means that Ronnie O'Sullivan will be World No.1 going into the World Championships.

 

 

A look at the provisional Crucible rankings updated daily:

 

http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?templ...amp;season=2018

 

 

 

 

Marco Fu just lost in the final match of the day. You know he is down to 36 in the rankings now, after his eye issues. Just shows how you can drop when out through injury.

Barry Hawkins, John Higgins, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui, Mark Williams are all out in the second round of the China Open.

Welsh snooker player Jamie Jones has lost an appeal against a 12-month ban for failing to report corruption.

 

In positive news, Stuart Bingham made the 151st 147 against Peter Ebdon in the China Open.

 

And here it is:

 

@1113449676295016449

 

 

Neil Robertson has now won 17 frames in a row in the China Open after beating Sam Cragie 6-0. He'll play Luca Brecel in the semi-final.

 

 

Go Jack Lisowski!

 

If he could win, it could be a breakthough like when his mate Judd Trump won the same competition in 2011...

Neil Robertson wins his 16th ranking title which takes him 1 ahead of Mark Selby.

 

Jack Lisowski is getting closer all the time and surely it's only a matter of time before he breaks his duck.

 

Finished 11-4 to Neil.

I saw the 141 break earlier in the match, very clinical. Apparently there was an easy red missed by Lisowski earlier which could have put Robertson off his stride according to the commentary I heard.

2019 World Snooker Championship Qualifiers

(Last 144; Best of 19)

 

 

1 Ryan Day v Oliver Lines

2 Tian Pengfei v Soheil Vahedi

3 Matthew Stevens v Thor Chuan Leong

4 Chris Wakelin v Fan Zhengyi

5 Gary Wilson v Sanderson Lam

6 Dominic Dale v Chris Totten

7 Liang Wenbo v Basem Eltahhan

8 Rory McLeod v David Grace (a)

9 Robbie Williams v Sam Baird

10 Marco Fu v Luo Honghao

11 Sam Craigie v Rhys Clark

12 Tom Ford v Ross Muir

13 Akani Songsermsawad v Chen Zifan

14 Robert Milkins v Luke Simmonds (a)

15 Duane Jones v Kishan Hirani

16 Anthony McGill v Ashley Hugill

17 Graeme Dott v Hamza Akbar

18 Xu Si v Sean O'Sullivan

19 Stuart Carrington v Pang Junxu (a)

20 Kurt Maflin v Mitchell Mann (a)

21 Li Hang v Niu Zhuang

22 Ian Burns v Farakh Ajaib (a)

23 Ben Woollaston v Elliot Slessor

24 Mike Dunn v Nigel Bond

25 Daniel Wells v Jamie Clarke

26 Hossein Vafaei v Zhang Anda

27 Gerard Greene v Aaron Hill (a)

28 Martin Gould v Mostafa Dorgham (a)

29 Michael Georgiou v Lee Walker

30 Peter Ebdon v Harvey Chandler

31 Mei Xiwen v Florian Nüßle (a)

32 Yan Bingtao v Lukas Kleckers

33 Allister Carter v Paul S Davison

34 Jimmy White v Ross Bulman (a)

35 Michael White v Andy Hicks (a)

36 Yuan Sijun v John Astley

37 Ricky Walden v Alfie Burden

38 Eden Sharav v David Lilley (a)

39 Zhou Yuelong v Robin Hull

40 Liam Highfield v Hammad Miah

41 Fergal O'Brien v Jackson Page (a)

42 Mark Davis v Rod Lawler

43 Alexander Ursenbacher v Jordan Brown

44 Lü Haotian v Ashley Carty

45 Mark Joyce v Billy Joe Castle

46 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Jonathan Bagley (a)

47 Joe O'Connor v Joe Swail

48 Jimmy Robertson v Chen Feilong

49 Xiao Guodong v Jak Jones

50 Peter Lines v Zhang Jiankang

51 Michael Holt v Brandon Sargeant (a)

52 Andrew Higginson v James Cahill (a)

53 Mark King v Igor Figueiredo (a)

54 Lu Ning v Allan Taylor

55 Scott Donaldson v Craig Steadman

56 Ken Doherty v Andy Lee

57 Anthony Hamilton v James Wattana

58 Matthew Selt v Dylan Emery (a)

59 Zhao Xintong v Adam Lilley (a)

60 Noppon Saengkham v Adam Stefanow

61 Alan McManus v Ng On Yee (af)

62 Martin O'Donnell v Adam Duffy (a)

63 Zhang Yong v Reanne Evans (af)

64 Joe Perry v Simon Lichtenberg

2019 World Snooker Championship Qualifiers

(Last 144; Best of 19)

8 Rory McLeod v David Grace (a)

9 Robbie Williams v Sam Baird

10 Marco Fu v Luo Honghao

11 Sam Craigie v Rhys Clark

61 Alan McManus v Ng On Yee (af)

62 Martin O'Donnell v Adam Duffy (a)

63 Zhang Yong v Reanne Evans (af)

64 Joe Perry v Simon Lichtenberg

This name just stood out. :rofl:

 

On a serious note, what does (a) and (af) mean?

 

Hi Flatcap, regarding (a) means an amateur player and (af) is amateur female.

Michael Georgiou 5-4 Lee Walker

Peter Ebdon 6-3 Harvey Chandler

Mei Xiwen 8-1 Florian Nüßle (a)

Yan Bingtao 6-3 Lukas Kleckers

Mark Joyce 7-1 Billy Joe Castle

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8-1 Jonathan Bagley (a)

Joe O'Connor 7-1 Joe Swail

Jimmy Robertson 9-0 Chen Feilong

 

Hi Flatcap, regarding (a) means an amateur player and (af) is amateur female.

Thanks Mack. I have just been looking up some of the names on the list, quite enlightening.

A look at the tour survival list

 

https://www.wpbsa.com/world-championship-20...-survival-blog/

Players set to be relegated from the tour currently:

 

Peter Lines

Rory McLeod

Joe Swail

Robin Hull

Li Yuan

Biily Joe Castle

Chris Totten

Chen Zifan

Ashley Hugill

Lukas Kleckers

Sanderson Lam

Basem Eltahhan

Marco Fu is beaten 10-7 in the first round qualifying.

I would love to see Jimmy White qualify for the Crucible for one last time - the crowd would go absolutely *NUTS* for him! :cheer:

Ali Carter 10-1 Paul Davison

Michael White 10-4 Andy Hicks

Jimmy White 10-5 Ross Bulman (a)

Mark King 10-4 Igor Figueiredo (a)

Lu Haotian 10-5 Ashley Carty

Ian Burns 10-7 Farakh Ajaib (a)

Li Hang 10-5 Niu Zhuang

Ben Woollaston 10-7 Elliot Slessor

John Astley 10-8 Yuan Sijun

Xu Si 10-2 Sean O'Sullivan

Wenbo 6-5 Grace

Wells 5-5 Vafaei

Greene 5-7 Gould

Georgiou 4-6 Ebdon

Mei Xiwen 6-5 Yan Bingtao

Joyce 4-7 Un-Nooh

O"Connor 6-4 J Robertson

Guodong 4-6 Judge

Holt 4-6 Cahill

Hamilton 4-6 Selt