German Masters 2011 (the qualifiers) - Who's going to Berlin
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| These shoes are made for walking to Berlin |
It was
hard, it was messy and exhausting but in the end it was all worth it. 16 lucky
players will join the ones that are privileged enough as to be in Top 16 next
February in Berlin
for the second edition of the German Masters (modern GM, that is).
The last
day saw a very thrilling match, actually the first on the list: Ken Doherty v.
Sam Craigie. Now, remember that I told you the young Sam had a wonderful run.
Well, he continued that run yesterday and he almost, almost won the battle with
the "Darling of Dublin".
Sam was
leading 4-0, when Ken decided to make a remarkable comeback and end the match
on a decider, decider that he proudly won. Now, that's how you play snooker:
with guts.
Jimmy White
met with another legend of the green baize, Peter Ebdon. As the lads before
them, they too ended they snooker dispute with a decider that Ebbo took fair
and square in order to book himself a trip to Berlin. His fans are thrilled,
there's no doubt about that.
Three
"pink clashes" were part of the qualifying rounds equation yesterday:
Joe Perry v. Robert Milkins, Barry Hawkins v. Andy Hicks and Mark Davis v.
Michael White.
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| Perry is flying to Germany next year |
If I recall
well, Perry did a pretty good job during the 2011 German Masters by reaching
the quarter-finals. Well, let’s just say that now he has a chance to go even
further, for his 5-3 victory over Robert Milkins sent him straight to Germany.
Hawkins is
also going to be there, as he won 5-4 over his pink colleague Andy Hicks, Mark
Davis not wasting any time and assuring himself to be packing his bags in
February after defeating Michael White 5-2. A bit of history repeated since Davis beat White 6-2 in
the last round of the UK Championship qualifiers.
China's
going to be represented by Yu Delu who won 5-3 over Jamie Cope, but also by Liu
Song who saw off the Irishman Fergal O'Brien 5-4, while Thailand's James
Wattana obtained a brilliant 5-1 victory over Stephen Hendry. Asia
is rocking!
The man of
the qualifiers, Mike Dunn is going to be seen at the venue also, as he beat
Mark King 5-3, Adrian Gunnell is showing his face and cue style as well after
hammering Marco Fu 5-1, while Scotland's Marcus Campbell secured his trip with
a 5-3 win over Peter Lines.
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| New face in town - Paul Davison |
PTC 5
champion Andrew Higginson ended the qualifying rounds covered in glory (aka. a
5-2 obtained in front of Jamie Jones), Ricky Walden hammered China's Liu Chuang
5-1 for a place next to the other players, while Paul Davison
not-such-a-familiar-face-in-tournaments fought with all his strength against
Dominic Dale and prevailed 5-4.
The winners
group was completed by Tom Ford's 5-0 victory over the "Sheriff of
Pottingham" Anthony Hamilton, but also by the Welshman Ryan Day who won a
very tough battle of cues, 5-4 with Anthony McGill.
Below you
can check the list of results:
10am
51 Ken
Doherty 5-4 Sam Craigie
52 Peter
Ebdon 5-4 Jimmy White
53 Marco Fu
1-5 Adrian
Gunnell
54 Jamie
Cope 3-5 Yu Delu
55 Joe
Perry 3-5 Robert Milkins
56 Andrew
Higginson 5-2 Jamie Jones
2.30pm
57 Mark
King 3-5 Mike Dunn
58 Marcus
Campbell 5-3 Peter Lines
59 Fergal
O'Brien 4-5 Liu Song
60 Stephen
Hendry 1-5 James Wattana
61 Ricky
Walden 5-1 Liu Chuang
7pm
62 Barry
Hawkins 5-4 Andy Hicks
63 Dominic
Dale 4-5 Paul Davison
64 Tom Ford
5-0 Anthony Hamilton
65 Ryan Day
5-4 Anthony McGill
66 Mark
Davis 5-2 Michael White
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