Interview: Carmelita Yumito – the queen of Sinuca

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Carmelita Yumito
When we think of Brazil many of us will rather think of Samba or the Rio Carnival, than of snooker, but surprise!!! Snooker plays a big part in Brazilians` life, for here snooker has even developed a new way of being played – Sinuca.
Sinuca is Brazil’s way of saying “We love snooker!” and they truly do; so much, that they’ve invented a new way of playing snooker as their national tribute to this wonderful sport.


Today, I want to share with all of you the story of a genuine champion, a very passionate person and a very good Sinuca, but also snooker, player from Brazil. Her name is Carmelita Yumito and she’s my inspiration for today.


Born in 1970 in Tauá (the state city of Ceará, from North East of Brazil), Carmelita was raised in a modest family, being the youngest of nine brothers. Nowadays she is happily married, having a family of her own (two teenagers – Camila Toshie Yumito who’s 17 years old and Gabriel Kazuichi Yumito, who’s 16 years old) and although having a family is not an easy task, she still finds time for snooker and for winning one shiny trophy after another.


Always with a big smile on her face, Carmelita has find a way to balance her family life with her profession, that as we all know it’s a very demanding one. Tons of hours spent practicing new techniques and improving her skills, hundreds of kilometres on the road taking part in tournaments – that’s what’s going on when Carmelita is away from her beloved family.


1985 is a year that will stay forever in Carmelita’s heart for that was the year when everything started to fall into the right place and when she had her first encounter with Sinuca.


Remembering those moments with an enormous pleasure, Carmelita tells me: “In 1985 I moved to Guarulhos (the state city of São Paulo) and I got a job as a waitress at Hobby Time Snooker and Chopperia. It was love at first sight, that’s the moment when I felt in love with Sinuca!!! I started to take lessons about the rules and the techniques of the game and after a while a found myself taking part in un-official competitions.”


“To make everything clear, I just want to say that in Brazil “snooker” and “sinuca” have the same meaning, the thing that puts a difference being the fact that we say “English version” for snooker. This is actually a mix between adapting the official English version of snooker and the national version of the game.”


“My career started with me playing by the national rule of the game, because that was the rule allowed in the competitions, but it was not until 1997 when I’ve begun to play by the English rule at the first edition of the Santos Cup.”


So I guess the confusion about what’s Sinuca is history now thanks to Carmelita, but I was curious to know what version of the game was more popular in Brazil and why.

Sinuca, my love
“Sinuca is indeed more popular because it was created here and that’s why it is more known by the public and the players. On the other hand, the English version, although not very popular around here, has a great deal of admires in Brazil.”, said Carmelita who also stated that as far as she’s concerned: “I’m more pleased to play by the English version, because it’s much more technical and at the moment it is the official rule for the majority of the tournaments in Brazil.”


Snooker Loopy: I have a special section for each interview that I make; it is called “It’s bragging time!!!” and here you can share with our readers all your achievements as a Sinuca/Snooker player (titles, breaks, competitions that you’ve won, anything you would like people to know about you as a player) :-)


Carmelita Yumito: “In 1996 I took part at the first Paulista Ladies Championship of Sinuca and I won it. That was my first title as an official champion.
After that I’ve worked real hard to improve my skills and that has resumed in other winnings like: being a nine-time champion of the Paulista Championship (1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010), winning the PENTA National Circuit Cup of Brazil, two-time champion of both IPÊ Cup and Guarulhos Cup, champion of the Volkswagen Cup, winning the 13th Miami Snooker Summer Sinuca Championship (we were 32 participants and I was the only female player) and the most important title of my career: being a four-time winner of the TETRA Brazilian Championship (2002, 2004, 2099 and 2010).

Right now, I’m ranked on the first place in the Brazilian Paulista rankings.”


With this tremendous collection of titles one could think that Carmelita Yumito is excessively proud of her and thinks she is above everyone else, but you couldn’t be more wrong. Although she is very aware of her value as a snooker/sinuca player and takes every victory as a fully deserved one, she is a very modest person.
Actually I asked her if Igor Figueiredo is one of the best Brazilian players for snooker, she could be considered as the best Brazilian player of sinuca, and you know what she replayed?
“I think I’m not the right person to answer that question, so maybe you should ask Igor. However, considering the amount of titles that I’ve won over the years, I could say I am.”


Moving on to snooker in Brazil, we all know that Barry Hearn, the chairman of World Snooker has already set everything up for the first edition of the Brazilian Masters to take place this Autumn in São Paulo. As a visionary, Mr. Hearn saw the potential this country has as a snooker ramp and that’s one of the biggest chances that the very well trained snooker players will have to speculate in order to make their breakthrough.


Carmelita in action
Carmelita sees this as a very good opportunity both for the players and the sport itself. “The idea of having a competition as the Brazilian Masters is absolutely incredible and I’m very excited about it. Without any doubt it could mean a genuine chance for the Brazilian players to take part at international tournaments in the near future.”


And to end out trip to Brazil but also to get to know a bit more about Carmelita’s dreams and expectation let’s go on with the “fast questions”.


Snooker Loopy: I’m sure you have your own favourite sinuca/snooker players; maybe some of them have even inspired you to choose this path in life. Please tell me which players do you admire and you’d like to play against some day?


Carmelita Yumito: “It`s a sure thing that I admire many, many players. Igor Figueiredo is one of them, more since he is a very close friend of mine, but also I admire Steve Davis and Ronnie O`Sullivan. They are the ones that I would very much like to meet personally. Also, I hope to be able to play with Alisson Fisher and Janet Lee one day.”


Snooker Loopy: If you were to pick a moment in your career, the most important one, what would it be?


Carmelita Yumito: “I would definitely pick the last Brazilian Championship that was held in my hometown. Being there surrounded by my family and closest friends that have supported me throughout my career and were so proud to see me playing was just wonderful. I won my 2010 TETRA Brazilian Championship that time.”


Snooker Loopy: Do you have future plans regarding your career with Sinuca?


Carmelita Yumito: “I just want to keep on practicing and dedicate my time to improve my sinuca game, to take part in as many tournaments as possible, to find a sponsor that could hep me participate in international competitions and to share my experience and train other people who want to make it as a professional player. Actually I held classes already in one of the best Sinuca clubs from Sao Paulo. Who knows, maybe I’m coaching the future champion?!"


“At the moment I’m employed by Pompeia Snooker Bar to give lessons only for women, every Wednesday from 8:00-12:00pm just to encourage them and rise the number of female Sinuca players.”


Snooker Loopy: What advice would you give to a youngster that wants to start playing classical snooker or sinuca?


Carmelita Yumito: “My advice to any youngster is to show the spot that same dedication and respect that I’ve had for Sinuca and to keep going no matter what; to keep on fighting, because Sinuca is sport and sport is life.”


Coaching the girls
She couldn’t have said it any better: sport means life and her life is playing Sinuca. This is her dream and this is what she loves to do. As a female player in a sport that’s dominated by the males is not that easy, but still Carmelita carries on because she believes in herself and her ambition and talent are assets that can’t be bought.


For me, to talk with Carmelita was a lesson of life. Maybe she could start giving these types of lessons as well as Sinuca ones. :-)) My readers know that I always admire a player that never gives up, that keeps on improving his game that resists the temptation of going out with his friends and stays on the practicing table. That’s how a genuine player looks for me and Carmelita Yumita is one hell of a player :-)


I bet we shall hear a lot more about her in the future and before you go on saying that I’ve eulogized another player, just take a minute and consider what her achievements are and what a strong and determined person she is … and then, you’ll realise she deserves every world I wrote about her.
Here’s to my favourite Sinuca player, Carmelita Yumito – the queen of Sinuca! :-)

To find out more about Carmelita visit her personal blog, Twitter account and FaceBook page.

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Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers 2011 - Day 2

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Who dares to mess with Tian?
The second day of these very exiting Australian qualifiers didn't vary too much from the first day and that's because the Chinese players were at their best ... again. :-) Excepting the two Liu's of the competition (Chuang and Song) who lost their matches, but also Xiao Guodong, the rest of the remaining Chinese army has taken down one opponent after another.
The one that has shinned and can be easily named the star of the day is without doubt Tian Pengfei. The 23 year-old player hit three tons to win 5-1 over Scotland's Anthony McGill (104, 107 and 113). Totally amazing!


Sadly for the proud of Finland, Robin Hull wasn't so lucky and although he hit two marvelous century breaks (111, 100) he still found himself being defeated 5-2 by Jack Lisowski; this also being the case of Ian McCulloch, who succeeded to overcome Hull's highest break of these qualifiers (136) and replaced it with a gorgeous 141. However it wasn't enough: he lost 5-3 to Ben Woollaston. This is one of the reasons why I think that each snooker match is a genuine lesson of life - you can do all the right things and still lose. ;-)


Plenty of reason to smile, Jimmy ;-)
On a more positive note, our beloved Jimmy "The Whirlwind" White has had a pretty good start, winning 5-2 over the Scottish Paul Davison (hm ... a bit of 2011 World Open history repeating there), while his namesake, Jimmy Robertson performed the same scoreline over Andrew Pagett. White will face Rory McLeod in Round Three - this should be interesting ... man, I would kill to see this match :-)))
Another brilliant victory was cashed by Kurt Maflin, Norway's ambassador beating Peter Lines 5-3 to set a meeting with Michael Holt in the next round, but unfortunately this can't be said about James Wattana, the sensational Thai losing a very tight battle with Matt Couch 5-4.


Below you can find Day 2 list of results:


10am
19. Adrian Gunnell 5-4 Sam Baird
20. Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Andrew Pagett
21. Jimmy White 5-2 Paul Davison
22. Liu Chuang 3-5 Andrew Norman
23. Rod Lawler 5-3 David Morris
24. Joe Swail 1-5 Yu Delu


2.30pm
25. Jack Lisowski 5 - 2 Robin Hull
26. Peter Lines 3 - 5 Kurt Maflin
27. Liu Song 3 - 5 Sam Craigie
28. Anthony McGill 1 - 5 Tian Penfei


7pm
29. Ian McCulloch 3 - 5 Ben Woollaston
30. Andy Hicks 1 - 5 Scott MacKenzie
31. Alan McManus 1 - 5 Li Yan
32. Xiao Guodong 4 - 5 Liam Highfield
33. Alfie Burden 2 - 5 Dave Gilbert
34. Matt Couch 5 - 4 James Wattana


Day 3 schedule and matches:


10am
35. Matthew Selt v. Adrian Gunnell
36. Mark Joyce v. Jimmy Robertson
37. Rory McLeod v. Jimmy White
38. Jamie Burnett v. Andrew Norman
39. Mike Dunn v. Rod Lawler
40. Joe Jogia v. Yu Delu


2.30pm
41. Tom Ford v. Jack Lisowski
42. Michael Holt v. Kurt Maflin
43. Fergal O'Brien v. Sam Craigie
44. Anthony Hamilton w/d v. w/o Tian Pengfei


7pm
45. Jamie Jones v. Ben Woollaston
46. Tony Drago v. Scott MacKenzie
47. Nigel Bond v. Li Yan
48. Steve Davis v. Liam Highfield
49. Dave Harold v. David Gilbert
50. Barry Pinches v. Matt Couch
*all hours are UK time

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Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers 2011 - Day 1

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Li Yan takes victory
The qualifying rounds for the brand new Australian Goldfields Open are underway and yesterday marked the first day of the snooker battle of cues.


It can be easily said that the Chinese have made their country proud, as no more than three out of four players have qualified for the second round of this tour de force. While Cao Yupeng was strategically hammered by the mighty and very ambitious Kurt Maflin 5-1, Yu Delu succeeded to win the decider against Michael White, Tian Pengfei did the same thing in front of the powerful Indian Aditya Mehta and Li Yan found no problem in whitewashing the Polish player that has only started his run on the Main Tour, Kacper Filipiak 5-0.


On the other hand, Belgium's snooker ambassadors weren't so lucky, both Luca Brecel and Bjorn Haneever losing their first round of cue action; the youngster Luca being defeated 5-1 by another youngster, Sam Baird, while Bjorn lost 5-3 to the Pink Army member, Andrew Norman.


Robin Hull in action
The Finnish player that managed to earn himself a sport on the Main Tour by winning the first event of the recently ended Q School, is up for a wonderful start as he hammered a very dangerous opponent, Dechawat Poomjaeng 5-1 (he also hit the highest break so far, a great 136), while this season wild card James Wattana put an end to Daniel Wells' dream of going further in the competition with a 5-2 scoreline.
A very tight battle was given between the Thai Passakorn Suwannawat and the Derby's player David Gilbert, both of the players hitting a century break during the whole process (Passakorn 114, Gilbert 112). In the end the Englishman seemed to be better prepared for the victory and now, he'll face Alfie Burden in round two.


Here's the complete list of results:


10am
3. Sam Baird 5 - 1 Luca Brecel
4. Andrew Pagett 5 - 4 Adam Wicheard
5. Paul Davison 5 - 3 David Hogan
6. Bjorn Haneveer 3 - 5 Andrew Norman
7. Joe Meara 3 - 5 David Morris
8. Michael White 4 - 5 Yu Delu


2.30pm
9. Dechawat Poomjaeng 1 - 5 Robin Hull
10. Cao Yupeng 1 - 5 Kurt Malin
11. Sam Craigie 5 - 1 David Grace
12. Aditya Mehta 1 - 5 Tian Pengfei


7pm
13. Ben Woollaston 5 - 2 Adam Duffy
14. Scott MacKenzie 5 - 4 Stuart Carrington
15. Kacper Filipiak 0 - 5 Li Yan
16. Liam Highfield 5 - 4 Simon Bedford
17. Passakorn Suwannawat 4 - 5 David Gilbert
18. Daniel Wells 2 - 5 James Wattana


Today's schedule:


10am
19. Adrian Gunnell v. Sam Baird
20. Jimmy Robertson v. Andrew Pagett
21. Jimmy White v. Paul Davison
22. Liu Chuang v. Andrew Norman
23. Rod Lawler v. David Morris
24. Joe Swail v. Yu Delu


2.30pm
25. Jack Lisowski v. Robin Hull
26. Peter Lines v. Kurt Maflin
27. Liu Song v. Sam Craigie
28. Anthony McGill v. Tian Penfei


7pm
29. Ian McCulloch v. Ben Woolaston
30. Andy Hicks v. Scott MacKenzie
31. Alan McManus v. Li Yan
32. Xiao Guodong v. Liam Highfield
33. Alfie Burden v. Dave Gilbert
34. Matt Couch v. James Wattana
*please note that all hours are UK time

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Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers 2011 - start jumping!

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What are you doing there, mate?
Come on! We have to start training! Start jumping up and down like a crazy kangaroo! Come on, you can do it! Oooops, sorry that wasn't supposed to go this way. We aren't in Australia ... not yet at least. ;-)
However, we must train, and what a best way to do it than to start the qualifiers for this brand new ranking tournament from Down Under?!


Yep, today the qualifiers are underway as the snooker players are starting their battle of cues in Sheffield, the home of snooker. The World Snooker Academy has opened its doors once again and let in all those who are ready for the kill. Although the new event from Australia is a perfect occasion to travel more, it's also a pretty hard test of endurance: I mean, the hours you spend flying, the different timeline, the fact that you must be ready for action as soon as you arrive there ... those are pretty hard tasks.

So, for those who weren’t fortunate enough as to get a place into the TOP 16, the qualifiers is the perfect way to get some more practice and earn a sport into the 2011 Australia Goldfields Open. Pretty excitement times, don't you think?


We already have two wildcards that will take part at this amazing event, two brave snooker players from Australia, who by the way are also brothers (the brotherhood of snooker in action ;-) ). Steve Mifsud is a top amateur player that won the 2002 World Amateur Championship, while his brother James Mifsud won the City of Melbourne tournament.


However, I'll stop here with the info and let you "admire" Day 1 schedule and the first results. As you can see the rule at hand is “the best of 9” ;-)


10am
3. Sam Baird 5 - 1 Luca Brecel
4. Andrew Pagett 5 - 4 Adam Wicheard
5. Paul Davison 5 - 3 David Hogan
6. Bjorn Haneveer 3 - 5 Andrew Norman
7. Joe Meara 3 - 5 David Morris
8. Michael White 4 - 5 Yu Delu


2.30pm
9. Dechawat Poomjaeng v. Robin Hull
10. Cao Yupeng v. Kurt Malin
11. Sam Craigie v. David Grace
12. Aditya Mehta v. Tian Pengfei


7pm
13. Ben Woollaston v. Adam Duffy
14. Scott MacKenzie v. Stuart Carrington
15. Kacper Filipiak v. Li Yan
16. Liam Highfield v. Simon Bedford
17. Passakorn Suwannawat v. David Gilbert
18. Daniel Wells v. James Wattana
*please note that all hours are UK time


See you tonight for the story of the first day!!!

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Australian Goldfields Open (etapa de calificare) 2011 - toata lumea sare!

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Ce faci acolo prietene?
Haideti! Sus si jos! Sariti ca niste canguri! The house is on fire, the house is on fire! Aaaa, asta era din alt scenariu ... :-))
Oricum ar fi, pentru noul turneu de puncte din Australia va trebui sa ne antrenam, iar solutia salvatoare vine tocmai de la Sheffield unde academia World Snooker si-a deschis din nou portile pentru etapa de calificari australiene. 

Cei care nu au fost atat de harnici sau de norocosi cat sa se aleaga cu un loc in maretul TOP 16, sunt gata de actiune, pentru a-si castiga dreptul de a juca in editia inaugurala Australian Goldfields Open 2011!!!


Testul de foc pentru turneul de la capatul lumii nu va include doar faptul ca jucatorii vor trebui sa joace la adevaratul lor potential, ci si zborul extrem de lung pana in Australia, diferenta de fus orar, precum si faptul ca din momentul in care vor ateriza, nebunia asta frumoasa numita "joc de snooker" se va declansa!
Tocmai de aceea, putin antrenament inainte nu strica, mai ales ca miza este una valoroasa: un loc alaturi de cei mai buni jucatori ai planetei ... la capatul planetei ... :-))


Avem deja doua wild card-uri stabilite cunoscute sub denumirea de cod de "Fratii Midsud" Steve si James. Cei doi jucatori autralieni, desi amatori, au in palmeres titluri numeroase, printre cele mai importante numarandu-se Campionatul Mondial al Amatorilor, editia 2002 (Steve) si recentul turneu al orasului Melbourne (James).


Totusi, lista de jucatori ce vor zbura catre minuntul taram al cangurilor zapaciti, nu este completa, tocmai de aceea haideti sa incepem jocurile de calificare!!!


Iata si programul Zilei 1, dar si primele rezultate:


Ora 12:00
3. Sam Baird 5 - 1 Luca Brecel
4. Andrew Pagett 5 - 4 Adam Wicheard
5. Paul Davison 5 - 3 David Hogan
6. Bjorn Haneveer 3 - 5 Andrew Norman
7. Joe Meara 3 - 5 David Morris
8. Michael White 4 - 5 Yu Delu


Ora 16:30
9. Dechawat Poomjaeng vs. Robin Hull
10. Cao Yupeng vs. Kurt Malin
11. Sam Craigie vs. David Grace
12. Aditya Mehta vs. Tian Pengfei


Ora 21:00
13. Ben Woollaston vs. Adam Duffy
14. Scott MacKenzie vs. Stuart Carrington
15. Kacper Filipiak vs. Li Yan
16. Liam Highfield vs. Simon Bedford
17. Passakorn Suwannawat vs. David Gilbert
18. Daniel Wells vs. James Wattana
*program actualizat pentru Romania


Ne auzim pe inserat pentru povestioare primei zile!!!

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New amendments to snooker rules

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Today, World Snooker has made official the new amendments for snooker and billiards. But since this blog is entirely and totally devoted to snooker, we shall cover only the ones that affect our beloved snooker sport.


Here you have a Word document that captures three essential chapters: the first one related to the classical snooker and what's new about it, the second one makes reference to the alternative ways of playing snooker (see the Shoot-Out event), while chapter three covers billiards entirely.


Below, you shall find a summary of "what's new in town" about snooker. Give it a glance and then comment if you think the new amendments are better or worse than the old ones. By the way, there's something about the "Miss Rule", you may want check on that, for I know many of you have been crying for years about it ;-)


SECTION 2:


5. Striker and Turn
The person about to play or in play is the striker and remains so until the final stroke, or foul, of his turn is complete and the referee is satisfied that he has finally left the table. If a non-striker comes to the table, out of turn, he shall be considered as the striker for any foul he may commit before leaving the table. When the referee is satisfied that the above conditions have been met, the incoming striker's turn begins. His turn and his right to play another stroke ends when:
(a) he fails to score from a stroke; or
(b) he commits a foul; or
(c) he requests the opponent to play again after his opponent has committed a foul.


6. Stroke
(a) A stroke is made when the striker strikes the cue-ball with the tip of the cue.
(b) A stroke is fair when no infringement of Rule is made.
(c) A stroke is not completed until:
(i) all balls have come to rest;
(ii) the striker has stood up, in readiness for a succeeding stroke, or leaving the table;
(iii) any equipment being used by the striker has been removed from a hazardous position; and
(iv) the referee has called any score relevant to the stroke.
(d) A stroke may be made directly or indirectly, thus:
(i) a stroke is direct when the cue-ball strikes an object ball without first striking a cushion;
(ii) a stroke is indirect when the cue-ball strikes one or more cushions before striking an object ball.
(e) Following the final stroke of the opponent's turn, if an incoming player plays a stroke/strikes the cue-ball before the balls have come to rest, he shall be penalised as if he were the striker, and his visit to the table shall end.


SECTION 3:


8. Touching Ball
(g) If a stationary object ball, not touching the cue-ball when examined by the referee, is later seen to be in contact with the cue-ball before a stroke has been made, the balls shall be repositioned by the referee to his satisfaction. This also applies to a touching ball which later, when examined by the referee is not touching, the balls shall be repositioned by the referee to his satisfaction.


13. Play Again
Once a player has requested an opponent to play again after a foul or requested the replacement of ball(s) after a Foul and a Miss, such request cannot be withdrawn. The offender, having been asked to play again, is entitled to:
(a) change his mind as to:
(i) which stroke he will play; and
(ii) which ball on he will attempt to hit;
(b) score points for any ball or balls he may pot.


14. Foul and a Miss
(b) If the striker, in making a stroke, fails to first hit a ball on when there is a clear path in a straight line from the cue-ball to any part of any ball that is or could be on, the referee shall call FOUL AND A MISS, unless:
(i) any player needed penalty points before, or as a result of, the stroke being played; (see (b) (ii)
(ii) before or after the stroke, the points available on the table are equal to the points difference excluding the value of the re-spotted black;
and the referee is satisfied that the miss was not intentional.


(d) After the cue-ball has been replaced under this Rule, and the striker fouls any ball, including the cue-ball while preparing to play a stroke, a miss will not be called if a stroke has not been played. In this case the appropriate penalty will be imposed; and the ball on shall be the same as prior to the last stroke made, namely:
(i) any Red, where Red was the ball on;
(ii) the colour on, where all Reds were off the table; or
(iii) a colour of the striker's choice, where the ball on was a colour after a Red had been potted;
and
(iv) the next player may elect to play the stroke himself or ask the offender to play again from the position left; or
(v) the next player may ask the referee to replace all balls moved to their original position and have the offender play again from there; and
(vi) if the above situation arises during a sequence of miss calls, any warning concerning the possible awarding of the frame to his opponent shall remain in effect.
(e) All other misses will be called at the discretion of the referee, unless, before or after the stroke, the points available on the table are equal to the points difference excluding the value of the re-spotted black.

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PTC Event One 2011 - Ronnie rocks victoriously

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Ronnie O'Sullivan wins 2011 PTC 1
After two days of qualifications and three more of intense cue action, the time has come to pick ourselves a champion. The name of the man that made it happen is Ronnie O'Sullivan, the three-time world champion and "not in such a great form" last season player. Breaking through the ice, the man from Essex succeeded in taking down all his opponents, one by one, in order to win the Players Tour Championship Event One.


Last year, he came very near to win himself one of the six PTC events, but he sadly lost in the final against Barry Pinches. However, this time things were different, so different that the Rocket performed a whitewash on poor Joe Perry, who really had a marvelous run during this event. All things considered and as O'Sullivan said "Everyone was rusty.", one must never underestimate his talent and his ambition. He had a perfect run and proves he is still up for the champion job.


To reach the final, he defeated Martin Gould, Stuart Bingham and Joe Jogia 4-2, before ending on a perfect victory with Joe Perry. During the final, he provoked a rain of beautiful breaks, numbers like 60, 105 and 117 being the little stars of the moment.
After the victory, he declared for World Snooker that he is pleased with his game, still seeing his psychiatrist and still giving himself a shot with each tournament that he plays in. Seems to be he is in a better mood than last season and that's going to make a huge difference when he goes out there for a match. That maximum break intent he made in the match against Joe Jogia, although stopped by a stubborn yellow at just 120, makes it clear that Ronnie is prepared for a new season and if he really sets his mind to it, he can move mountains.


Joe Perry, 2011PTC Event One runner-up
Still, the PTC Event One is not just about the champion, so please bare with me a few moments, to see who else has shined during this first tournament.
Joe Perry, is one! Yes, sir! We all know he didn’t have the best last season, but he seems pretty much determined to change that and stop winning his glory back. He passed over the powerful James Wattana 4-0, over Jamie Jones 4-1 and Graeme Dott 4-2, to set that final with O'Sullivan.
Also, one must never disregard players like Graeme Dott or Joe Jogia, who played their part in a brilliant way, showing that while the top favorites haven't entered in the "zone", they want to recover all the time they lost not being in a great form. And they did it!


For me, this PTC was a statement that the youngsters are ready for the kill and the players that didn't shine too much last season are back. Of course that we must always keep in mind the fact that for the next tournament the rustiness of certain players may vanish into air, and that's going to the real test of strength for those who rocked during this first PTC, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. For now, they made a spectacular job and hopefully their performance will continue all season.


My sincere congratulations for Ronnie O'Sullivan for returning to that beautiful form we all know he is capable of, but also to all the players that kept their heads still and their mind focused on the game these last five days. Snooker is proud of its boys! :-)

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PTC 1 (2011) - Ronnie O'Sullivan triumfa la Sheffield

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Ronnie O'Sullivan, campion PTC 1 (2011)
Dupa doua zile de calificari si alte trei de meciuri intense de snooker, a sosit timpul sa ne alegem un campion. Si pentru ca pe Ronnie O'Sullivan nu l-am mai ales de ceva vreme .... glumeeeeeam! :-)) "Racheta" si-a facut lectiile ca la carte si a reusit pe propriile sale "motoare" sa se lanseze exact spre victorie. Si inca ce victorie! Un 4-0 curat obtinut in fata lui Joe Perry.


Anul trecut O'Sullivan a mai fost favorit la castigarea unuia dintre cele sase PTC-uri, insa a pierdut finala in fata lui Barry Pinches. Acum insa, lucrurile au stat extrem de diferit, jucatorul din Essex fiind cum nu se poate mai hotarit sa demonstreze ca este gata de noul sezon si ca inca mai este apt pentru job-ul de campion.
Intreaga sa cursa pentru acest PTC a fost una aproape perfecta cu nici mai mult, nici mai putin de opt break-uri de peste 100 de puncte! Poate suna a ceva obisnuit pentru Ronnie, insa la forma si dezinteresul pe care le-a etalat in ultima vreme, credeti-ma ca este ceva extraodinar.


Ieri, a trecut cu 4-2 de Martin Gould, Stuart Bingham si Joe Jogia, pentru a-si stabili victorioasa intalnire cu Joe Perry. Dupa meci, a declarat pentru World Snooker ca este multumit de jocul sau, ca inca mai face terapie cu Steve Peters (psihiatru) si ca isi mai ofera un an-doi sa intre in forma de joc ce l-a facut celebru si a revolutionat snooker-ul. 
Cu tentativa de a atinge break-ul maxim in semifinala jucata impotriva lui Jogia (stopata insa la 120 de o galbioara neinspirata), O'Sullivan se arata intr-o forma cu mult mai buna decat ce a lasat sa se intrevada sezonul trecut. Speram ca victoria recent obitnuta in Sheffield sa ii mai anime respectul de sine si sa continue sa ne delecteze pe mai departe cu o evolutie demna de "WOW!".

Campionul insa nu reprezinta intreaga competitie, asa ca haideti sa vedem cine a mai stralucit in cadrul primul PTC din acest nou sezon.

In primul rand trebuie sa il mentionez pe finalist, Joe Perry. Dupa cum bine stiti, Perry nu a avut un sezon prea glorios si lasand la o parte German Masters-ul unde a mai miscat putin, in rest l-am vazut eliminat inca de prin primele etape ale competitiilor. Totusi a reusit sa se ridice de jos, sa se scuture de praf si sa porneasca increzator la drum. Cu un 4-0 obtinut in fata lui James Wattana in optimi, un 4-1 in fata lui Jamie Jones in sferturi si un 4-2 in fata lui Graeme Dott in semifinala, "Gentleman-ul" snooker-ului parte determinat sa recupereze un sezon trecut nu prea stralucit.


Joe Perry, finalist PTC 1 (2011)
Pe de alta parte, nume ca Graeme Dott sau Joe Jogia, nu pot fi nici ele eliminate din randul celor care au uimit audienta. E drept, asa cum si O'Sullivan a declarat "toti jucatotii au fost cam ruginiti", insa unii pare-se ca au fost mai ruginiti decat altii. :-))

Oricum ar fi, este destul de clar ca acest prim eveniment PTC a reprezentat o rampa de lansare pentru tinerii jucatori amatorii, dar si un imbold pentru increderea celor care nu s-au descurcat prea bine in 2010/2011. Ramane totusi de vazut, ce se va intampla cand "rugina" se va evapora, iar "greii" vor reveni pe "piata". ;-)


In final, "Snooker, my love" doreste sa il felicite pe Ronnie O'Sullivan pentru revenirea in forta pe care a pus-o in aplicare seara trecuta si sa ii ureze la cat mai multe victorii de acest fel. La fel de sincere felicitari si celorlalti jucatori ce au rezistat maratonului de cinci zile. Snooker-ul este mandru de baietii sai! ;-)

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PTC Event One 2011 - Day 4

18:56:00 Ramona Dragomir 0 Comments

The unstoppable Wattana
Yesterday the madness continued as more Top 16 residents (and beyond) were kicked out of the PTC Event One. Kicked out is practically a bit too strong, they just lost their matches ... well, to be more precise, they lost their FIRST match. This happened for Mark Williams, who lost 4-3 to Li Yan, as well as for Stephen Hendry who was defeated by Kyren Wilson. The legendary "Nugget", Steve Davis saw himself being hammered 4-1 by James Wattana, Ryan Day was eliminated by Simon Bedford, 4-3 and as for the "Magician" Murphy, he lost 4-3 to Nick Jennings.


Although they rocked around the snooker table during the qualifiers, Ben Harrison and Allan Taylor were also stopped from advancing into the competition, Ben being totally whitewashed by Mark Joyce, while Allen lost the decider against Joe Swail.


However, moving on to the group that made it all the way to the Last 16 round, I must firstly mention James Wattana, the Thai who started his day by winning 4-1 over Steve Davis, continued with a tight 4-3 over Liu Yan and hammered Mike Dunn at the end of the day, but also Joe Perry, who really seems to be kicking, defeating Sanderson Lam 4-0, Mark Joyce 4-2 and Tom Ford 4-3.


The Irish Fergal O'Brien had an amazing run after passing with a 4-2 lead over Darren Bond and Simon Bedford and with a 4-1 scoreline over Joe Swail, Jamie Jones proved he means serious business after winning 4-0 over Shane Castle and 4-2 over his last two opponents, Cao Yupeng and Peter Lines, while Liam Highfield followed the pattern of 4-2 against Chen Zhe and Andrew Paggett, only to end his runs with a 4-0 scoreline in the match he played with Scott MacKenzie.


Graeme Dott is in great form
The Chinese Xiao Guodong seems to be in great form, after he crashed James Murdoch 4-0, hammered Adam Wicheard 4-1 and ended on a very tight 4-3 with Kurt Maflin. It must be said that Kurt had a pretty amazing run, as he won both of his matches and succeeded in coming back from a 2-0 lead in his last snooker encounter with Xiao; unfortunately he lost that last battle, but he is definitely to be considered for the next PTC event.


I saved the best for last, because it was really nice to see these two players making their way through the crowded Sheffield’s arena directly into the Last 16. Grame Dott, the Scotsman that didn’t have a pretty good last season, succeeded to obtain a clear victory of 4-0 over Sam Baird, continued with a 4-2 scoreline over Dominic Dale and ended his run with a marvelous and very impressive 4-0 over the one and only Stephen Lee.
The same can be said about our favorite "singer", Robbie Williams. He put an end to Peter Ebdon`s run with a 4-2 result, defeated a very well prepared Nick Jennings by the same scoreline, only to end in full glory the night and beat Ali Carter using the same strategy result. Brilliant performance!


Below you can check yesterday’s list of results:


9am
79. Mark Williams 3 - 4 Li Yan
80. Steve Davis 1 - 4 James Wattana
81. Mike Dunn 4 - 0 Mitchell Travis
82. Stephen Hendry 3 - 4 Kyren Wilson
83. Ken Doherty 4 - 0 Kishan Hirani
84. Tom Ford 4 - 0 Andrew Norman
85. Mark Joyce 4 - 0 Ben Harrison
86. Joe Perry 4 - 0 Sanderson Lam


Not before 11am
87. Alfie Burden 3 - 4 Cao Yupeng
88. Jamie Jones 4 - 0 Shane Castle
89. Peter Lines 4 - 2 Ian Burns
90. Anthony Hamilton 0 - 4 Luca Brecel
91. Joe Swail 4 - 3 Allan Taylor
92. Fergal O'Brien 4-2 Darren Bond
93. Robert Milkins 4 - 2 Stuart Carrington
94. Ryan Day 3-4 Simon Bedford


Not before 1pm
95. Xiao Guodong 4-0 James Murdoch
96. Tony Drago 3-4 Adam Wicheard
97. Michael White 4-1 David Grace
98. Rory Mcleod 2-4 Kurt Maflin
99. Liam Highfield 4-2 Che Zhe
100. Andrew Pagett 4-3 Shaun Wilkes
101. Mark King 4-0 David Hogan
102. Rod Lawler 3-4 Scott Mackenzie


Not before 3pm
103. Andrew Higginson 4-3 Michael Wasley
104. Stephen Lee 4-1 John Sutton
105. Graeme Dott 4-0 Sam Baird
106. Dominic Dale 4-1 Gareth Green
107. Peter Ebdon 2-4 Robbie Williams
108. Shaun Murphy 3-4 Nick Jennings
109. Allister Carter 4-1 Yu Delu
110. Matthew Stevens 4-0 Andy Lee


Not before 5pm
143. Li Yan 3-4 James Wattana
144. Mike Dunn 4-2 Kyren Wilson
145. Ken Doherty 1-4 Tom Ford
146. Mark Joyce 2-4 Joe Perry
147. Cao Yupeng 2-4 Jamie Jones
148. Peter Lines 4-3 Luca Brecel
149. Joe Swail 1-4 Fergal O'Brien
150. Rob Milkins 3-4 Simon Bedford


Not before 7pm
151. Xiao Gudong 4-1 Adam Wicheard
152. Michael White 2-4 Kurt Maflin
153. Liam Highfield 4-2 Andrew Pagett
154. Mark King 1-4 Scott MacKenzie
155. Andrew Higginson 1-4 Stephen Lee
156. Graeme Dott 4 - 2 Dominic Dale
157. Robbie Williams 4 - 2 Nick Jennings
158. Ali Carter 4 - 0 Matthew Stevens


Not before 9pm
175. James Wattana 4 -1 Mike Dunn
176. Tom Ford 3 - 4 Joe Perry
177. Jamie Jones 4 - 2 Peter Lines
178. Fergal O'Brien 4 - 2 Simon Bedford
179. Xiao Guodong 4 - 3 Kurt Maflin
180. Liam Highfield 4 - 0 Scott MacKenzie
181. Stephen Lee 0 - 4 Graeme Dott
182. Robbie Williams 4-2 Ali Carter


Today’s schedule:


From 10am
191. James Wattana 0 - 4 Joe Perry
192. Jamie Jones 4 - 3 Fergal O'Brien
193. Xiao Guodong 4 - 2 Liam Highfield
194. Graeme Dott 4 - 0 Robbie Williams
195. Stephen Maguire 3 - 4 Stuart Bingham
196. Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 - 2 Martin Gould
197. Joe Jogia 4 - 3 David Gilbert
198. Eden Sharav 0 - 4 Marcus Campbell


Not before 1pm
Quarter-finals
199. Joe Perry 4-1 Jamie Jones
200. Xiao Guodong 3-4 Graeme Dott
201. Stuart Bingham 2-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
202. Joe Jogia 4-1 Marcus Campbell


Not before 4pm
Semi-finals
203. Joe Perry v. Graeme Dott
204. Ronnie O'Sullivan v. Joe Jogia


Not before 7pm
Final
205. Winner Of Match 203 v Winner Of Match 204

See you tonight for an article dedicated to the new PTC Event One champion. ;-)

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PTC Event One 2011 - Day 3

18:33:00 Ramona Dragomir 0 Comments

Three Scots - three dreams
As you all know yesterday was the first day that marked the entrance of the professionals into Sheffield’s snooker arena, but what do you know? Not every one of them has produced fireworks at the end of their battles of cues.


That’s the case of the current world champion, John Higgins but also Judd Trump’s (the 2011World Championship runner-up), both of them being eliminated from the very first round. Higgins lost in front of the Thai Dechawat Poomjaeng by a tight 4-3, while Trump saw himself being hammered by David Gilbert 4-1. Quite a shock, huh? Well, that’s the high standard speaking, as well as the "I've haven't entered the zone yet" mood ... at least, that’s what I think.


Moving on to the eight players that made it though the final stages of this first PTC event, I have to say that Scotland can be proud, as Stephen Maguire, Marcus Campbell and Eden Sharav are among those who cached one victory after another.


The Rocket is in great form
Maguire started his day with a very tense battle, but he succeeded to finally beat Matthew Day 4-3, only to see him putting in the corner both Jack Lisowski and the mighty Mark Selby with a 4-2 scoreline. He means business! ;-)
Campbell’s first match was given against a fellow-countryman, Paul Davison whom he beat 4-3, the last two being half Scottish, half Thai as he won 4-1 over Passakorn Suwannawat and 4-2 over Dechawat Poomjaeng.
As for the youngster Eden Sharav, he started by whitewashing the one and only Liang Wenbo, continued with a decisive 4-1 against Adam Duffy and finally concluded his perfect day with a 4-2 over Gary Wilson. You better watch out for this boy!


A very nice surprise was offered by the mighty Rocket Ronnie O`Sullivan, the three-time world champion earning a spot in the Last 16, after he defeated Mike Hallet 4-2, hammered Andy Hicks 4-1 and crashed Belgium’s star Bjorn Haneveer 4-0 (a "tiny" break of 132 was part of the equation here :-P).


Not a very good day for White and Holt
Martin Gould seems to be having a ball, as he eliminated Jamie Barrett 4-2 and ended on a decider with Matthew Selt and Nigel Bond 4-3, this suggesting he is ready for the kill. But that could also be said about Stuart Bingham, the Englishman winning 4-0 over Andrew Milliard and Jamie Burnett and 4-3 over Mark Davis, while Joe Jogia put his foot on the ground, taking control with a 4-0 lead over Daniel Wells, 4-1 over the Chinese Liu Chuang and a 4-2 over Michael Holt.


Yesterday was a loooong night for snooker, but it is said that at night one takes the wisest decisions (ok, ok, so maybe it’s a superstition). However, for David Gilbert the night meant he is guaranteed a place into the Last 16, as he succeeded to win 4-1 over Juddy Trump, 4-2 over Jamie Cope and 4-1 over the legendary Jimmy White.
And since we are on "the Whirlwind" subject, I must add that Jimmy was pretty unlucky, as he defeated David Morris 4-3, succeeded to do the same in the match against Alan McManus (after being lead 3-1), but sadly couldn’t repeat the performance a third time. That is also the case of Michael Holt, who hit no more than three century breaks (103, 106 and 117) in his fist match against David Gray, whom he beat 4-1, won 4-2 over Matthew Couch, only to see himself lose the final battle in front a more powerful Joe Jogia.


Here are the results:


From 9am
111. Mark Selby 4-1 Zhang Anda
112. Gerard Greene 4-3 Aditya Mehta
113. Stephen Maguire 4-3 Matthew Day
114. Jack Lisowski 4-1 Ian Glover
115. Mark Davis 4-2 James Mcgouran
116. Barry Hawkins 4-1 Tian Pengfei
117. Stuart Bingham 4-0 Andrew Milliard
118. Jamie Burnett 4-2 Robin Hull


Not before 11am
119. Adrian Gunnell 2-4 Craig Steadman
120. Bjorn Haneveer 4-1 Joe Meara
121. Ronnie O'sullivan 4-2 Mike Hallett
122. Andy Hicks 4-2 Sean O'Sullivan
123. Matthew Selt 4-2 Stephen Craigie
124. Martin Gould 4-2 Jamie Barrett
125. Dave Harold 1-4 Sam Craigie
126. Nigel Bond 4-2 Ben Woollaston


Not before 1pm
127. Matthew Couch 4-0 Lucky Vatnani
128. Michael Holt 4-1 David Gray
129. Joe Jogia 4-0 Daniel Wells
130. Liu Chuang 4 - 0 Jack Culligan
131. Jamie Cope 4-0 Les Dodd
132. Judd Trump 1-4 David Brown Gilbert
133. Alan Mcmanus 4 - 1 Kacper Filipiak
134. Jimmy White 4 - 3 David Morris


Not before 3pm
135. Anthony McGill 3 - 4 Gary Wilson
136. Barry Pinches 4 - 1 Christopher Norbury
137. Liu Song 0 - 4 Adam Duffy
138. Liang Wenbo 0 - 4 Eden Sharav
139. Marcus Campbell 4 - 3 Paul Davison
140. Jimmy Robertson 3 -4 Passakorn Suwannawat
141. Ricky Walden 2 - 4 Justin Astley
142. John Higgins 3 - 4 Dechawat Poomjaeng


Not before 5pm
159. Mark Selby 4 - 0 Gerard Greene
160. Stephen Maguire 4 - 1 Jack Lisowski
161. Mark Davis 4 - 1 Barry Hawkins
162. Stuart Bingham 4 - 0 Jamie Burnett
163. Craig Steadman 1 - 4 Bjorn Haneveer
164. Ronnie O'sullivan 4 - 1 Andy Hicks
165. Matthew Selt 3 - 4 Martin Gould
166. Sam Craigie 1 - 4 Nigel Bond


Not before 7pm
167. Matthew Couch 2 - 4 Michael Holt
168. Joe Jogia 4 - 1 Liu Chuang
169. Jamie Cope 2 - 4 David Brown Gilbert
170. Alan Mcmanus 3 - 4 Jimmy White
171. Gary Wilson 4 - 3 Barry Pinches
172. Adam Duffy 1 - 4 Eden Sharav
173. Marcus Campbell 4 - 1 Passakorn Suwannawat
174. Justin Astley 3 - 4 Dechawat Poomjaeng


Not before 9pm
183. Mark Selby 2-4 Stephen Maguire
184. Mark Davis 3 - 4 Stuart Bingham
185. Bjorn Haneveer 0 - 4 Ronnie O'sullivan
186. Martin Gould 4 - 3 Nigel Bond
187. Michael Holt 2 - 4 Joe Jogia
188. David Brown Gilbert 4 - 1 Jimmy White
189. Gary Wilson 2 - 4 Eden Sharav
190. Marcus Campbell 4 - 2 Dechawat Poomjaeng


At the end of today we shall have the final draw for the Last 16, so best of luck to the lads and ... let’s play snoooooooooooker!!!


From 9am
79. Mark Williams v. Li Yan
80. Steve Davis v. James Wattana
81. Mike Dunn v. Mitchell Travis
82. Stephen Hendry v. Kyren Wilson
83. Ken Doherty v. Kishan Hirani
84. Tom Ford v. Andrew Norman
85. Mark Joyce v. Ben Harrison
86. Joe Perry v. Sanderson Lam


Not before 11am
87. Alfie Burden v. Cao Yupeng
88. Jamie Jones v. Shane Castle
89. Peter Lines v. Ian Burns
90. Anthony Hamilton v. Luca Brecel
91. Joe Swail v. Allan Taylor
92. Fergal O'Brien v. Darren Bond
93. Robert Milkins v. Stuart Carrington
94. Ryan Day v. Simon Bedford


Not before 1pm
95. Xiao Guodong v. James Murdoch
96. Tony Drago v. Adam Wicheard
97. Michael White v. David Grace
98. Rory Mcleod v. Kurt Maflin
99. Liam Highfield v. Chen Zhe
100. Andrew Pagett v. Shaun Wilkes
101. Mark King v. David Hogan
102. Rod Lawler v. Scott Mackenzie


Not before 3pm
103. Andrew Higginson v. Michael Wasley
104. Stephen Lee v. John Sutton
105. Graeme Dott v. Sam Baird
106. Dominic Dale v. Gareth Green
107. Peter Ebdon v. Robbie Williams
108. Shaun Murphy v. Nick Jennings
109. Allister Carter v. Yu Delu
110. Matthew Stevens v. Andy Lee


Not before 5pm
143. Winner Of Match 79  v. Winner Of Match 80
144. Winner Of Match 81  v. Winner Of Match 82
145. Winner Of Match 83  v. Winner Of Match 84
146. Winner Of Match 85  v. Winner Of Match 86
147. Winner Of Match 87  v. Winner Of Match 88
148. Winner Of Match 89  v. Winner Of Match 90
149. Winner Of Match 91  v. Winner Of Match 92
150. Winner Of Match 93  v. Winner Of Match 94


Not before 7pm
151. Winner Of Match 95  v. Winner Of Match 96
152. Winner Of Match 97  v. Winner Of Match 98
153. Winner Of Match 99  v. Winner Of Match 100
154. Winner Of Match 101  v. Winner Of Match 102
155. Winner Of Match 103  v. Winner Of Match 104
156. Winner Of Match 105  v. Winner Of Match 106
157. Winner Of Match 107  v. Winner Of Match 108
158. Winner Of Match 109  v. Winner Of Match 110


Not before 9pm
175. Winner Of Match 143  v. Winner Of Match 144
176. Winner Of Match 145  v. Winner Of Match 146
177. Winner Of Match 147  v. Winner Of Match 148
178. Winner Of Match 149  v. Winner Of Match 150
179. Winner Of Match 151  v. Winner Of Match 152
180. Winner Of Match 153  v. Winner Of Match 154
181. Winner Of Match 155  v. Winner Of Match 156
182. Winner Of Match 157  v. Winner Of Match 158
*all hours are UK time

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PTC 1 (2011) - Ziua 3

18:31:00 Ramona Dragomir 0 Comments

Cei trei crai scotieni
Dupa cum bine stiti, ieri a fost prima zi in care jucatorii profesionisti si-au facut aparitia in arena din Sheffield. Dar ce sa vezi? Nu toti si-au incheiat evolutia acoperiti de laurii victoriei, una dintre cele mai mari surprize ale zilei, fiind eliminarea lui John Higgins (actualul campion mondial) si cea a lui Judd Trump (finalistul din acest an al Campionatului Mondial) inca din prima runda.

Practic, in timp ce John Higgins se vedea infrant la mustata de catre thailandezul Dechawat Poomjaeng cu 4-3, Juddy Trump era bine pus la punct de catre David Gilbert cu scorul de 4-1. In traducere libera, standard de joc ridicat si putina neacomodare dupa un sezon extrem de agitat.


"Racheta" s-a lansat fara probleme
Printre cei 8 jucatori ce au reusit sa se califice pentru optimile de finala de miercuri, avem trei "crai" scotieni: Stephen Maguire, Marcus Campbell si Eden Sharav.
Desi Maguire si-a inceput ziua obtinand o victorie chinuita de 4-3 in fata lui Matthew Day, s-a redresat destul de repede, pentru a obtine un 4-2 in fata lui Jack Lisowski si a lui Mark Selby. Colegul sau, Campbell a avut ca meci de debut o intrevedere cu co-nationalul Paul Davison, pe care insa l-a invins cu 4-3, ziua scotianului continuand cu batalii thailandeze incheiate cu 4-1 in fata lui Passakorn Suwannawat si 4-2 in fata lui Dechawat Poomjaeng.

In ceea ce il priveste insa pe Eden, tanarul de doar 19 ani, a trecut nestingherit de Liang Wenbo cu 4-0, de Adam Duffy cu 4-1 si de Gary Wilson cu 4-2. Spendida evolutie!


O surpriza foarte frumoasa a venit din parte lui "The Rocket" Ronnie O`Sullivan, acesta obtinand un loc in optimi dupa ce a trecut cu 4-1 de Mike Hallet, cu 4-1 de Andy Hicks si cu 4-0 de belgianul Bjorn Hanevver (break de 132).

Martin Gould s-a aratat gata de atac, castigandu-si primul meci cu scorul de 4-2 in fata lui Jamie Barrett si incheind in frame decisv ultimele doua meciuri, cu Matthew Selt si Nigel Bond, in timp ce Stuart Bingham i-a sters de pe tabela de marcaj pe Andrew Milliard si pe Jamie Burnett cu 4-0, iesind triumfator si din disputa cu Mark Davis (4-3).


White si Holt - a zi nu tocmai buna
Inca un nume care a facut ravagii este cel a lui Joe Jogia, britanicul invingandu-i pe Daniel Wells cu 4-0, pe chinezutul Liu Chuang cu 4-1 si pe Michael Holt cu 4-1, dar si cel a lui David Gilbert, ce i-a spulberat pe Judd Trump si Jimmy White cu scorul  4-1, in timp ce Michael Holt a primit "tratamentul" de 4-2.


Si pentru ca tot l-am mentionat pe Jimmy White, trebuie spus ca "The Whirlwind" a avut o prestatie plina de aplomb trecand de David Morris ci Alan McManus cu scorul de 4-3, in meciul jucat importiva lui Alan revenind in joc de la 1-3. Din pacate insa, nu a putut sa repete performanta si in fata lui Gilbert.

Pe acelasi tipar, Michael Holt, jucatorul care a "turnat" cu break-uri de peste 100 de puncte (103, 106 si 117) in primul sau meci sustinut in fata lui David Gray (pe care l-a invins cu 4-1) si a reusit sa treaca de Matthew Couch cu 4-2, s-a vazut, din pacate, surclasat de Joe Jogia.


Mai jos aveti lista completa a rezultatelor zilei de ieri:


Ora 11:00
111. Mark Selby 4-1 Zhang Anda
112. Gerard Greene 4-3 Aditya Mehta
113. Stephen Maguire 4-3 Matthew Day
114. Jack Lisowski 4-1 Ian Glover
115. Mark Davis 4-2 James Mcgouran
116. Barry Hawkins 4-1 Tian Pengfei
117. Stuart Bingham 4-0 Andrew Milliard
118. Jamie Burnett 4-2 Robin Hull


Ora 13:00
119. Adrian Gunnell 2-4 Craig Steadman
120. Bjorn Haneveer 4-1 Joe Meara
121. Ronnie O'sullivan 4-2 Mike Hallett
122. Andy Hicks 4-2 Sean O'Sullivan
123. Matthew Selt 4-2 Stephen Craigie
124. Martin Gould 4-2 Jamie Barrett
125. Dave Harold 1-4 Sam Craigie
126. Nigel Bond 4-2 Ben Woollaston


Ora 15:00
127. Matthew Couch 4-0 Lucky Vatnani
128. Michael Holt 4-1 David Gray
129. Joe Jogia 4-0 Daniel Wells
130. Liu Chuang 4 - 0 Jack Culligan
131. Jamie Cope 4-0 Les Dodd
132. Judd Trump 1-4 David Brown Gilbert
133. Alan Mcmanus 4 - 1 Kacper Filipiak
134. Jimmy White 4 - 3 David Morris


Ora 17:00
135. Anthony McGill 3 - 4 Gary Wilson
136. Barry Pinches 4 - 1 Christopher Norbury
137. Liu Song 0 - 4 Adam Duffy
138. Liang Wenbo 0 - 4 Eden Sharav
139. Marcus Campbell 4 - 3 Paul Davison
140. Jimmy Robertson 3 -4 Passakorn Suwannawat
141. Ricky Walden 2 - 4 Justin Astley
142. John Higgins 3 - 4 Dechawat Poomjaeng


Ora 19:00
159. Mark Selby 4 - 0 Gerard Greene
160. Stephen Maguire 4 - 1 Jack Lisowski
161. Mark Davis 4 - 1 Barry Hawkins
162. Stuart Bingham 4 - 0 Jamie Burnett
163. Craig Steadman 1 - 4 Bjorn Haneveer
164. Ronnie O'sullivan 4 - 1 Andy Hicks
165. Matthew Selt 3 - 4 Martin Gould
166. Sam Craigie 1 - 4 Nigel Bond


Ora 21:00
167. Matthew Couch 2 - 4 Michael Holt
168. Joe Jogia 4 - 1 Liu Chuang
169. Jamie Cope 2 - 4 David Brown Gilbert
170. Alan Mcmanus 3 - 4 Jimmy White
171. Gary Wilson 4 - 3 Barry Pinches
172. Adam Duffy 1 - 4 Eden Sharav
173. Marcus Campbell 4 - 1 Passakorn Suwannawat
174. Justin Astley 3 - 4 Dechawat Poomjaeng


Ora 23:00
183. Mark Selby 2-4 Stephen Maguire
184. Mark Davis 3 - 4 Stuart Bingham
185. Bjorn Haneveer 0 - 4 Ronnie O'sullivan
186. Martin Gould 4 - 3 Nigel Bond
187. Michael Holt 2 - 4 Joe Jogia
188. David Brown Gilbert 4 - 1 Jimmy White
189. Gary Wilson 2 - 4 Eden Sharav
190. Marcus Campbell 4 - 2 Dechawat Poomjaeng


La finalul zilei de astazi vom avea lista completa pentru optimile de finala, asa ca le urez tuturor jucatorilor multa bafta si ... sa jucam snooooker!!! :-))


Ora 11:00
79. Mark Williams vs. Li Yan
80. Steve Davis vs. James Wattana
81. Mike Dunn vs. Mitchell Travis
82. Stephen Hendry vs. Kyren Wilson
83. Ken Doherty vs. Kishan Hirani
84. Tom Ford vs. Andrew Norman
85. Mark Joyce vs. Ben Harrison
86. Joe Perry vs. Sanderson Lam


Ora 13:00
87. Alfie Burden vs. Cao Yupeng
88. Jamie Jones vs. Shane Castle
89. Peter Lines vs. Ian Burns
90. Anthony Hamilton vs. Luca Brecel
91. Joe Swail vs. Allan Taylor
92. Fergal O'Brien vs. Darren Bond
93. Robert Milkins vs. Stuart Carrington
94. Ryan Day vs. Simon Bedford


Ora 15:00
95. Xiao Guodong vs. James Murdoch
96. Tony Drago vs. Adam Wicheard
97. Michael White vs. David Grace
98. Rory Mcleod vs. Kurt Maflin
99. Liam Highfield vs. Chen Zhe
100. Andrew Pagett vs. Shaun Wilkes
101. Mark King vs. David Hogan
102. Rod Lawler vs. Scott Mackenzie


Ora 17:00
103. Andrew Higginson vs. Michael Wasley
104. Stephen Lee vs. John Sutton
105. Graeme Dott vs. Sam Baird
106. Dominic Dale vs. Gareth Green
107. Peter Ebdon vs. Robbie Williams
108. Shaun Murphy vs. Nick Jennings
109. Allister Carter vs. Yu Delu
110. Matthew Stevens vs. Andy Lee


Ora 19:00
143. castigator meci 79  vs. castigator meci 80
144. castigator meci 81  vs. castigator meci 82
145. castigator meci 83  vs. castigator meci 84
146. castigator meci 85  vs. castigator meci 86
147. castigator meci 87  vs. castigator meci 88
148. castigator meci 89  vs. castigator meci 90
149. castigator meci 91  vs. castigator meci 92
150. castigator meci 93  vs. castigator meci 94


Ora 21:00
151. castigator meci 95  vs. castigator meci 96
152. castigator meci 97  vs. castigator meci 98
153. castigator meci 99  vs. castigator meci 100
154. castigator meci 101  vs. castigator meci 102
155. castigator meci 103  vs. castigator meci 104
156. castigator meci 105  vs. castigator meci 106
157. castigator meci 107  vs. castigator meci 108
158. castigator meci 109  vs. castigator meci 110


Ora 23:00
175. castigator meci 143  vs. castigator meci 144
176. castigator meci 145  vs. castigator meci 146
177. castigator meci 147  vs. castigator meci 148
178. castigator meci 149  vs. castigator meci 150
179. castigator meci 151  vs. castigator meci 152
180. castigator meci 153  vs. castigator meci 154
181. castigator meci 155  vs. castigator meci 156
182. castigator meci 157  vs. castigator meci 158
*program actualizat pentru RO

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PTC Event One 2011 - Day 2

06:01:00 Ramona Dragomir 0 Comments

Allan Taylor is ready for the kill
The second day of the Players Tour Championship Event One concludes the qualifying rounds and starting from Monday the pros will pick up their cues and play against each other, as well as against the amateurs that survived the two days` test.
Although there have been a few surprises here and there, the majority of the players that are ready to start genuine battles of cues with the heavy names in the business are the ones that have had sensational performances during these last past weeks.


Allan Taylor has booked himself a place next to the snooker stars after defeating the Indian Shahram Changezi 4-2, Ben Harrison continued his wonderful run and beat Joel Walker by the same scoreline, while Kyren Wilson absolutely crashed his last opponent Ian Stark by a 4-0 result.


Great start for Zhang Anda
Surprisingly Michael Judge found himself being eliminated from the first PTC event after Farakh Ajaib put him in the corner with a 4-0 scoreline, while Reanne Evans was pretty unfortunate to win her first match (4-2 with Chris Keogan), but lose the second one (and ironically by the same 4-2, this time in favor of Ian Glover).

The clash between Alex Taubman and Shane Castle ended with Shane earning a spot in the main competition, while the snooker encounter that Sam Harvey had with Robbie Williams meant the "singer" will definitely be playing in the next round after defeating Sam 4-3.


Some wonderful cue action was noticed in the corner where Chris Norbury was playing, the Englishman whitewashing both of his opponents, 4-0 with James Cahill and Danny Brindle, while China’s star Anda Zhang took control over Ryan Causton with a 4-2 scoreline and eliminated Michael Wild with a defining 4-0.

Also, I can’t overlook Nick Jennings` great form, the player defeating James Welsh 4-2 in order to meet the Magician Murphy up next and Craig Steadman’s cue action who hammered Callum Downing 4-1 and crashed Ashtley Wright 4-0 for a match against Adrian Gunnell. And since we are on the "what pro I shall meet in my first round", Justin Ashley’s confidence brought him one step close to an encounter with Ricky Walden, after he won 4-0 over Jack Bradford and Andrew Rogers.


Here’s the complete list of results for the second day of the PTC Event One:


From 9am
23. Liam Monk 4 - 1 Marc Davis
24. Andy Lee 4 - 3 David Birley
25. David Bailey 0 - 4 Michael Wild
26. Zhang Anda 4 - 2 Ryan Causton
27. Steven Hallworth 0 - 4 Matthew Day
28. Christopher Keogan 2 - 4 Reanne Evans
29. Ian Glover 4 - 0 Tony Knowles
30. James Frith w/o v w/d Joe Delaney


Not before 11am
31. Sean Riach 0 - 4 Andrew Milliard
32. Damian Wilks 4 -1 Oliver Brown
33. Craig Steadman 4 - 1 Callum Downing
34. Elliot Slessor 4 - 2 Rock Hui
35. Mike Hallett 4 - 3 Duane Jones
36. Jordan Rimmer 4 - 1 Steve Ventham
37. Zak Surety 2 - 4 Lee Farebrother
38. Robert Tickner 0 - 4 Jamie Barrett


Not before 1pm
39. Mohammed Raoof 0 -4 David Gray
40. Robert Valiant 2 - 4 Les Dodd
41. Michal Zielinski 4 - 1 John Woods
42. Gary Wilson 4 - 1 Hans Blanckaert
43. James Cahill 0 - 4 Christopher Norbury
44. Michael Judge 0 -4 Farakh Ajaib
45. Andrew Rogers 4 - 2 Jake Nicholson
46. Jack Bradford 0 - 4 Justin Astley


Not before 3pm
47. Mitchell Travis 4 - 1 Oliver Lines
48. Ian Stark 0 -4 Kyren Wilson
49. Brian Robertson 3 - 4 Kishan Hirani
50. Joel Walker 2 - 4 Ben Harrison
51. Shane Castle 4 - 2 Alex Taubman
52. Ian Burns 4 - 2 Martin O'Donnell
53. Allan Taylor 4 - 2 Shahram Changezi
54. Billy Joe Castle 3 - 4 Darren Bond


Not before 5pm
55. James Murdoch 4 - 0 Gareth Allen
56. Jamie O'Neill 1 - 4 Chen Zhe
57. Shaun Wilkes 4 - 0 Lewis Frampton
58. Michael Wesley 4 - 3 Lee Page
59. Steve Judd 1 - 4 John Sutton
60. Gareth Green 4 - 3 Mitchell Mann
61. Robbie Williams 4 - 3 Sam Harvey
62. James Welsh 2 - 4 Nick Jennings


Not before 7pm
63. Liam Monk 2 - 4 Andy Lee
64. Michael Wild 0 - 4 Zhang Anda
65. Jamie Walker 3 - 4 Matthew Day
66. Reanne Evans 2 - 4 Ian Glover
67. James Mcgouran 4 - 1 James Frith
68. Andrew Milliard 4 - 3 Damian Wilkes.
69. Ashley Wright 0 - 4 Craig Steadman
70. Elliott Slessor 3 - 4 Mike Hallett


Not before 9pm
71. Sean O'sullivan 4 - 1 Jordan Rimmer
72. Lee Farebrother 2 - 4 Jamie Barrett
73. Patrick Wallace w/d v w/o David Gray
74. Kristian Willetts 2 - 4 Les Dodd
75. Michal Zeilinski 2 - 4 Gary Wilson
76. Danny Brindle 0 - 4 Christopher Norbury
77. Eden Sharav 4 - 2 Farakh Ajaib
78. Andrew Rogers 0 - 4 Justin Astley


Today is the big day because the pros are entering the stage and we shall have the honor to look at the live scoring board (kidding, of course!) and see the likes of Jimmy White, Mark Selby, Ronnie O`Sullivan, John Higgins and many more (now, I’m not kidding). Please check the following schedule for more details.


From 9am
111. Mark Selby v. Zhang Anda
112. Gerard Greene v. Aditya Mehta
113. Stephen Maguire v. Matthew Day
114. Jack Lisowski v. Ian Glover
115. Mark Davis v. James Mcgouran
116. Barry Hawkins v. Tian Pengfei
117. Stuart Bingham v. Andrew Milliard
118. Jamie Burnett v. Robin Hull


Not before 11am
119. Adrian Gunnell v. Craig Steadman
120. Bjorn Haneveer v. Joe Meara
121. Ronnie O'sullivan v. Mike Hallett
122. Andy Hicks v. Sean O'sullivan
123. Matthew Selt v. Stephen Craigie
124. Martin Gould v. Jamie Barrett
125. Dave Harold v. Sam Craigie
126. Nigel Bond v. Ben Woollaston


Not before 1pm
127. Matthew Couch v. Lucky Vatnani
128. Michael Holt v. David Gray
129. Joe Jogia v. Daniel Wells
130. Liu Chuang v. Jack Culligan
131. Jamie Cope v. Les Dodd
132. Judd Trump v. David Brown Gilbert
133. Alan Mcmanus v. Kacper Filipiak
134. Jimmy White v. David Morris


Not before 3pm
135. Anthony Mcgill v. Gary Wilson
136. Barry Pinches v. Christopher Norbury
137. Liu Song v. Adam Duffy
138. Liang Wenbo v. Eden Sharav
139. Marcus Campbell v. Paul Davison
140. Jimmy Robertson v. Passakorn Suwannawat
141. Ricky Walden v. Justin Astley
142. John Higgins v. Dechawat Poomjaeng


Not before 5pm
159. Winner Of Match 111 v. Winner Of Match 112
160. Winner Of Match 113 v. Winner Of Match 114
161. Winner Of Match 115 v. Winner Of Match 116
162. Winner Of Match 117 v. Winner Of Match 118
163. Winner Of Match 119 v. Winner Of Match 120
164. Winner Of Match 121 v. Winner Of Match 122
165. Winner Of Match 123 v. Winner Of Match 124
166. Winner Of Match 125 v. Winner Of Match 126


Not before 7pm
167. Winner Of Match 127 v. Winner Of Match 128
168. Winner Of Match 129 v. Winner Of Match 130
169. Winner Of Match 131 v. Winner Of Match 132
170. Winner Of Match 133 v. Winner Of Match 134
171. Winner Of Match 135 v. Winner Of Match 136
172. Winner Of Match 137 v. Winner Of Match 138
173. Winner Of Match 139 v. Winner Of Match 140
174. Winner Of Match 141 v. Winner Of Match 142


Not before 9pm
183. Winner Of Match 159 v. Winner Of Match 160
184. Winner Of Match 161 v. Winner Of Match 162
185. Winner Of Match 163 v. Winner Of Match 164
186. Winner Of Match 165 v. Winner Of Match 166
187. Winner Of Match 167 v. Winner Of Match 168
188. Winner Of Match 169 v. Winner Of Match 170
189. Winner Of Match 171 v. Winner Of Match 172
190. Winner Of Match 173 v. Winner Of Match 174
*all hours are UK time

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