Players Tour Championship Event 7 (2011) - Day 3+4

I sincerely apologise for the lack of updates regarding this lovely snooker event. I have nothing to say in my defence, other than: I really experienced some hectic days. But thank God everything is solved and now I can focus on what I love: snooker ;-)

So, what happened for the last couple of days in Gloucester? Below you can read all about it.

The colour pink and the fact that the players don't have to wear a waist coat and a bow-tie seems to be on O'Sullivan's liking. Many of us know he is not a big fan of the snooker uniform and he hasn't lost any occasion to show how much he disagrees with wearing it.
However, returning to the PTC 7, O'Sullivan's performance was one of his best. He crashed Jordan Winbourne and Aditya Mehta 4-0, while the last match saw him taking down Martin Gould by 4-1. His Last 16 spot was now a reality.

The stunning Kyren Wilson

It was a very nice surprise to see Stephen Maguire and Mark King back in business, Maguire hammering Liam Monk 4-1, beating Barry Hawkins 4-2 and applying a 4-1 scoreline on David Morris, while King started his day with a comfortable 4-2 in front of Ian McCulloch, continued with a tight 4-3 against Patrick Wallace and ended it covered in glory by whitewashing Ryan Day 4-0.

Still, probably one of Day's three biggest revelations was the Pink Army's soldier Kyren Wilson. The amateur player managed to win all his three matches in order to get a place in the next round. Ben Wollaston was going to be his first victim, the PTC 3 champion being beat 4-1, then it came that terrific 4-0 against Tian Pengfei, only to see the 19-year-old player from Northamptonshire winning 4-1 over Michael Holt. Brilliant performance!

The PTC 5 champion, Andrew Higgins was also among those who qualified for the next PTC 7 stage as he beat Marco Fu and Tony Drago 4-1 and scored a 4-2 against "The Sherriff of Pottingham" Anthony Hamilton.
Still, for the PTC 6 champion, Neil Robertson things didn't go too bring as he lost his very first match, being put in the corner with a 4-1 by Hamilton himself. Too bad not everyone has Patrick Swayze with his famous “No one puts Baby in the corner!" :-))

Higginson once again in the Last 16

The On Q Promotions Pink Army had a very prolific day because besides Kyren writing history right there on the green baize, Michael White and Joe Perry were also playing great. White won 4-2 over Martin O'Donnell and Andrew Pagett only to see him taking on one of his comrades, Gerard Greene for the last match of the day. With a 4-0 scoreline, Michael secured himself a well-deserved place into the next round.

As for Joe Perry things went pretty good too. It's true, he had to take on Adam Wicheard in his first match and I bet it was hard to play against another pink soldier, but he did it with grace and finally won it with a 4-1 result. The evening brought him in front of Joe Delaney who received the same 4-1 treatment, while the last match saw a intense cue battle between him and Stephen Hendry. In the end Perry was the last man standing, with 4-3.

Last but not least, Liu Chuang did a pretty goo job too, the little Chinese player beating Marcus Campbell and Stuart Bingham 4-3, while the definitive match saw a 4-0 result being recorded against Rory McLeod.

Below you can check Day 3 list of results:

The Smurf books a place for the next round

Surprise, surprise for not even one of the two players (Stevens and Murphy) reached the Last 16 round during this year's series of PTCs. Not until now, that is.
For the "Welsh Dragon" the dream became a reality after beating Cao Yupeng, Mark Joyce and Ben Harrison, all by 4-2, while for the "Magician" Murphy getting a spot for the next round was realized by winning 4-2 over Kurt Maflin, 4-0 over Alfie Burden and  finally 4-1 over Nigel Bond.

It was a good day for the world champions too, for both Ali Carter and Graeme Dott managed to qualify for the next stage of the PTC 7.
While Carter used a 4-0 against Andrew Norman, a 4-2 against Adam Duffy and hard fought 4-3 in front of PTC 2 champion Judd Trump, Dotty recorded scorelines like: 4-1 by playing Justin Astley, 4-3 by taking on Mark Allen and another 4-3 in front of the legend Steve Davis.

Jimmy Robertson

As I said it before, the Pink Army rocked the show and two courageous soldiers found their ways into the Last 16. I'm talking of course about Jamie Jones and Jimmy Robertson.
Jamie defeated Ian Burns and Ricky Walden 4-1 before taking down one of his pink comrades, Mark Davis 4-3, while Jimmy started his day with a great 4-1 in front of Paul Davison, then defeated his name-sake, Jimmy White by 4-1 only to have the same fate and end his day by facing another pink soldier, this time Andy Hicks, whom he beat 4-2.

Again, the last to close the day is a Chinese, this time the privilege going to Li Yan whose results of 4-1 with Brian Morgan, 4-0 in front of Adrian Gunnell and another 4-1 by playing the mighty strategist Dave Harold brought him the last of the remaining spots from the Last 16 round.

Below you can check Day 4 list of results: