Players Tour Championship Event 9 (2011) - Day 3

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Four players grabbed a Last 16 place for the 1st time
In life it is for the best to take one step at a time, so when you see yourself winning two consecutive matches in the PTC the only think you can think of is to win another one in order to qualify in the Last 16. For many players this has been proved to be a very hard task although we have already reached the 9th event of this season.

Still, four lucky players have broken the pattern and finally managed to grab a place along with the very best. Their names? Tom Ford, Mike Dunn, Aditya Mehta and Andy Hicks.

Tom Ford is not what you would call a "stranger to winning", the lad lifting last year's PTC 3 event trophy, but somehow he failed to regain that form and move pass the first three matches. Until now that is, because by using the same 4-1 scoreline against all his three opponents (David Grace, Rory McLeod and Fergal O'Brien), Tom secured himself a continuation of the run he's started.

After quite a long period of time when his health wasn't his best friend, Mike Dunn seems to be back. He began his journey by hammering Mark Williams 4-1, continued with a perfect victory of 4-0 over Jimmy Robertson, only to reconsider coming back to base (aka. using the 4-1 result) against Jamie Cope. Mission accomplished.

Judd Trump found his way into the Last 16 easily
A very nice surprise to see the Indian Aditya Mehta booking a place in the Last 16, as well as the Englishman Andy Hicks. Mehta's 4-3 against Mark Joyce, 4-1 in front of Matthew Selt and 4-2 with Luca Brecel have surely done the trick, while for Hicks victories of 4-0 over Andy Van Den Landeghem and the Pink Army's member Gerard Greene, while Mark Selby, the PTC 4 champion, received a 4-1 treatment, guaranteed him a comfy place.

No problem for Judd Trump to get a pass into the "Last 16 league" after winning 4-1 over Martin O'Donnell, 4-2 over Craig Steadman and 4-3 over "The Whirlwind" Jimmy White, the same happening for the current world champion, John Higgins, who beat Matthew Couch 4-2, crashed Ashley Wright 4-0 and hammered the legendary Ken Doherty 4-1.

Last but not least, the "Welsh Dragon" Matthew Stevens decided to thrill his fans and so he used a scoreline of 4-3 against Rene Hemelsoet and Marco Fu and a 4-2 against Mark Davis in order to secure himself a smooth "transition" into the next round, while Martin Gould beat Joe Swail 4-0, Paul Davison 4-2 and Dominic Dale by applying the same 4-2 scoreline to get the last spot left.

Below you can check Day 3 list of results:

9.30am
37 Nigel Bond 4-3 Robert Milkins Round 1
38 Fergal O'Brien 4-0 Ryan Causton Round 1
39 Rory McLeod 4-1 Ian McCulloch Round 1
40 Tom Ford 4-1 David Grace Round 1
41 Jimmy Robertson 4-1 Adrian Gunnell Round 1
44 Jamie Cope 4-1 Yannick Sablon Round 1
46 Ryan Day 2-4 Ashley Wright Round 1
48 Yu DeLu 1-4 David Hogan Round 1
56 Mark Davis 4-0 Les Dodd Round 1
60 Martin Gould 4-0 Joe Swail Round 1

11am
45 John Higgins 4-2 Matthew Couch Round 1
47 Ken Doherty 4-1 Allan Taylor Round 1
49 Mark Joyce 3-4 Aditya Mehta Round 1
50 Matthew Selt 4-2 Barry Pinches Round 1
52 Sam Craigie 4-0 Lucky Vatnani Round 1
53 Matthew Stevens 4-3 Rene Hemelsoet Round 1

11.30am
42 Mike Dunn 4-1 Mark Williams Round 1
51 Luca Brecel 4-2 Jamie O'Neill Round 1
54 Anthony McGill 1-4 Marco Fu Round 1
55 Dave Harold 2-4 Gary Wilson Round 1

12.30pm
43 Allister Carter 4-0 Jonathan Fulcher Round 1
57 Li Yan 1-4 Peter Bullen Round 1
58 Dominic Dale 4-2 Rod Lawler Round 1
59 Jamie Burnett v Paul Davison w/o Round 1
 
1pm
33 Judd Trump 4-1 Martin O'Donnell Round 1
34 Craig Steadman 4-2 Mark Vincent Round 1
35 Jimmy White 4-2 Bjorn Haneveer Round 1
36 Sam Baird 4-2 Jurgen Van Den Bossche Round 1

2pm
61 Andy Hicks 4-0 Andy van Landeghem Round 1
62 Tony Drago 3-4 Gerard Greene Round 1
63 Xiao Guodong 4-1 Sam Harvey Round 1
64 Mark Selby 4-1 Liam Monk Round 1

3.30pm
81 Judd Trump 4-2 Craig Steadman Round 2
82 Jimmy White 4-2 Sam Baird Round 2
83 Nigel Bond 3-4 Fergal O'Brien Round 2
84 Rory McLeod 1-4 Tom Ford Round 2
85 Jimmy Robertson 0-4 Mike Dunn Round 2
86 Ali Carter 3-4 Jamie Cope Round 2
87 John Higgins 4-0 Ashley Wright Round 2
88 Ken Doherty 4-0 David Hogan Round 2
89 Aditya Mehta 4-1 Matthew Selt Round 2
91 Matthew Stevens 4-3 Marco Fu Round 2

5pm
90 Luca Brecel 4-1 Sam Craigie Round 2
92 Gary Wilson 2-4 Mark Davis Round 2
93 Peter Bullen 2-4 Dominic Dale Round 2
94 Paul Davison 2-4 Martin Gould Round 2
95 Andy Hicks 4-0 Gerard Greene Round 2
96 Xiao Guodong 2-4 Mark Selby Round 2

7.30pm
105 Judd Trump 4-3 Jimmy White Round 3
106 Fergal O'Brien 1-4 Tom Ford Round 3
107 Mike Dunn 4-1 Jamie Cope Round 3
108 John Higgins 4-1 Ken Doherty Round 3
109 Aditya Mehta 4-2 Luca Brecel Round 3
110 Matthew Stevens 4-2 Mark Davis Round 3
111 Dominic Dale 2-4 Martin Gould Round 3
112 Andy Hicks 4-1 Mark Selby Round 3

Sunday is the last day of the competition so by the end of it we shall find out our new champion. Or will the name ring a bell as in he-has-already-a-PTC-title? We shall just have to wait and see.
Below you can check the match schedule:

Last 16: 10am
113 Ronnie O'Sullivan v. Stephen Lee
114 Neil Robertson v. Michael White
115 David Morris v. Jack Lisowski
116 Graeme Dott v. Alan McManus
117 Judd Trump v. Tom Ford
118 Mike Dunn v. John Higgins
119 Aditya Mehta v. Matthew Stevens
120 Martin Gould v. Andy Hicks

Quarter-finals: 1pm
121 WINNER OF MATCH 113 v. WINNER OF MATCH 114
122 WINNER OF MATCH 115 v. WINNER OF MATCH 116
123 WINNER OF MATCH 117 v. WINNER OF MATCH 118
124 WINNER OF MATCH 119 v. WINNER OF MATCH 120

Semi-finals: 4pm
125 WINNER OF MATCH 121 v. WINNER OF MATCH 122
126 WINNER OF MATCH 123 v. WINNER OF MATCH 124

Final : 8pm
127 WINNER OF MATCH 125 v. WINNER OF MATCH 126
 *all hours are Belgium time

TV coverage:
09:00 - 11:00 British EuroSport 2
11:15 - 12:00 British EuroSport
12:00 - 13:00 British EuroSport
13:00 - 14:00 British EuroSport 2
15:00 - 17:00 British EuroSport 2
17:30 - 19:00 British EuroSport
19:00 - 21:00 British EuroSport

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