2016 World Qualifying

The final round of World Championship Qualifying matches are well underway with the winners booking themselves a place at The Crucible.

Already through is Ding Junhui and Alan 'Angles' McManus is on the brink of sealing a win to take him back to the home of snooker. More news to follow....

CaledonianCraig wrote:The final round of World Championship Qualifying matches are well underway with the winners booking themselves a place at The Crucible.

Already through is Ding Junhui and Alan 'Angles' McManus is on the brink of sealing a win to take him back to the home of tennis. More news to follow....

Good to see a thread on this and glad Ding made it through - he's a class player and shouldn't be languishing at 17 in the World, which is the reason he has had to go through qualifying

You might want to edit the bit in bold!

Angles is through. State of play in all matches can be checked here

http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13869/world-championship-qualifiers

VTR wrote:

CaledonianCraig wrote:The final round of World Championship Qualifying matches are well underway with the winners booking themselves a place at The Crucible.

Already through is Ding Junhui and Alan 'Angles' McManus is on the brink of sealing a win to take him back to the home of tennis. More news to follow....

Good to see a thread on this and glad Ding made it through - he's a class player and shouldn't be languishing at 17 in the World, which is the reason he has had to go through qualifying

You might want to edit the bit in bold!

I am on it.

Former World Champions Peter Ebdon (leading Ian Burns 7-2) and Graeme Dott (leading Mike Dunn 5-4) will be hoping to complete wins later today.

A few years back a lot was being made of Jack Lisowski as a star of the future. Well he is toiling in his final qualifying match against David Gilbert - he trails 8-5.

CaledonianCraig wrote:A few years back a lot was being made of Jack Lisowski as a star of the future. Well he is toiling in his final qualifying match against David Gilbert - he trails 8-5.

He hasn't kicked on to be a consistent top player, nor have any of the young players who were touted for big things a few years ago (Michael White, Luca Brecel etc). Judd Trump has done fairly well but on the biggest stage still only has that one final 5 years ago now

VTR wrote:

CaledonianCraig wrote:A few years back a lot was being made of Jack Lisowski as a star of the future. Well he is toiling in his final qualifying match against David Gilbert - he trails 8-5.

He hasn't kicked on to be a consistent top player, nor have any of the young players who were touted for big things a few years ago (Michael White, Luca Brecel etc). Judd Trump has done fairly well but on the biggest stage still only has that one final 5 years ago now

And Lisowski has only reached The Crucible once in five previous attempts. Lisowski pulls a frame back to trail 8-6.

Anthony McGill leads 8-6 against the nearly man of maximums Thepchaiya Un-Nooh who has missed the final black twice in maximum attempts in the last few days. McGill impressed at The Crucible last year.

McGill was a breath of fresh air last year.

Lisowski mounting a fightback and looks good to make it 8-8.

Ouch. Lisowski lets Gilbert back in to pinch the frame. Gilbert leads 9-7 as does McGill.

David Gilbert beats Jack Lisowski 10-7.

Robert Milkins also through beating Kurt Maflin 10-7. Anthony McGill wins by the same scoreline.

Veteran Anthony Hamilton has missed out on a return to The Crucible as he loses 10-7 against Robbie Williams.

CaledonianCraig wrote:Veteran Anthony Hamilton has missed out on a return to The Crucible as he loses 10-7 against Robbie Williams.

Good - even back when he was a top 16 player "Swampy" would duly roll over and lose to anyone better than him on paper. He's had his day and he wasn't particularly good

VTR wrote:

CaledonianCraig wrote:Veteran Anthony Hamilton has missed out on a return to The Crucible as he loses 10-7 against Robbie Williams.

Good - even back when he was a top 16 player "Swampy" would duly roll over and lose to anyone better than him on paper. He's had his day and he wasn't particularly good

Apologies for building your hopes up. The match isn't quite done yet. Hamilton came from a mile back (and on verge of snookers required) to pinch the frame on the black and trails 9-8. Mitchell Mann is on a break in the deciding frame against Dechawat Poomjaeng and if he wins he will make his debut at The Crucible.

CaledonianCraig wrote:

VTR wrote:

CaledonianCraig wrote:Veteran Anthony Hamilton has missed out on a return to The Crucible as he loses 10-7 against Robbie Williams.

Good - even back when he was a top 16 player "Swampy" would duly roll over and lose to anyone better than him on paper. He's had his day and he wasn't particularly good

Apologies for building your hopes up. The match isn't quite done yet. Hamilton came from a mile back (and on verge of snookers required) to pinch the frame on the black and trails 9-8. Mitchell Mann is on a break in the deciding frame against Dechawat Poomjaeng and if he wins he will make his debut at The Crucible.

Well I'm not too bothered either way I suppose, especially as I dread the BBC coverage should Robbie Williams make it through! I would though put my house on Hamilton losing in the first round by 10-3 after making a couple of nice breaks

Hamilton now level at 9-9 and on a break.

Robbie Williams edges it winning a close final frame.

Peter Ebdon completes a comfortable 10-2 win over Ian Burns to return to The Crucible.

Crucible veterans Mark King, Dominic Dale and Matthew Stevens all on the verge of defeat.

The 2006 World Champion Graeme Dott seals a place at The Crucible beating Mike Dunn 10-7.

The Captain of the Ship Ali Carter is also through to The Crucible as is Zhang Anda

Kyren Wilson beats Matthew Stevens 10-6 and heads to Sheffield.

Liang Wenbo beats fellow countryman Xiao Guodong 10-6 to reach the final stages at The Crucible.

So I make it the draw is the top 16:

Selby, Bingham, Murphy, Robertson, Trump, O'Sullivan, Allen, Higgins, Walden, Perry, Hawkins, Gould, Williams, Fu, White (Michael not Jimmy), Maguire

vs any of the following:

Ding, Ebdon, R Williams, Dott, Milkins, Holt, McManus, Day, Wilson, McGill, Baird, Gilbert, Mann, Zhang Anda, Carter, Wenbo

Ones to avoid there are Ding and Carter. And probably Ebdon as he's just horrible to play against (and watch)

And the draw is out:-

Stuart Bingham v Ali Carter

Stephen Maguire v Alan McManus

Ricky Walden v Robbie Williams

John Higgins v Ryan Day

Judd Trump v Liang Wenbo

Martin Gould v Ding Junhui

Mark Williams v Graeme Dott

Neil Robertson v Michael Holt

Shaun Murphy v Anthony McGill

Marco Fu v Peter Ebdon

Barry Hawkins v Zhang Anda

Ronnie O'Sullivan v David Gilbert

Mark Allen v Mitchell Mann

Joe Perry v Kyren Wilson

Michael White v Sam Baird

Mark Selby v Robert Milkins

Some tough draws in there!

A decent enough draw. Gouldie / John Wayne looks intriguing. Likewise Williams / Dott & Murphy / McGill.
Perry / Wilson & Maguire / McManus are the clear stinkers.
Incidentally, Rob Walker ( complete with cheesy grin ) is as annoying as ever and I had to double-check but, yes, Virgo has hit 70.