Players Tour Championship Event 6 (2011) - Day 1 (the qualifiers)

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The first day of the PTC 6 didn't bring too many surprises, players like Martin O'Donnell, Sean O'Sullivan, Ryan Causton, Mitchell Travis, the Chinese Chen Zhe, the Thai Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon, Allan Taylor, Reanne Evans, Shane Castle or Phil O'Kane finding their way to the main event that had its official start today.


Below you can check the qualifying round results:

11.30am

1. Hans Blanckaert 1-4 Ryan Causton
2. Brent Kolbeck w/o Mitchell Travis
3. Sydney Wilson 4-0 Oliver Brown

1pm

4. Rafal Gorecki 4-1 Kamil Zubrzycki
5. Aleksander Zok 1-4 Vladyslav Vyshnevsky
7. Najmur Khan 0-4 Krzysztof Wrobel
9. Piotr Wardowski 0-4 Martin O'Donnell
10. Karol Lelek 2-4 Piotr Murat
11. Sean O'Sullivan 4-1 Marcin Nitschke
12. Mateusz Baranowski 1-4 Jaroslaw Kowalski
14. Krzysztof Kubicki 4-0 Robert Zablocki

2.30pm

8. Jacek Konarski 0-4 Ryan Causton
13. Vitaliy Ivaniv 1-4 Mitchell Travis
15. Michal Zielinski 1-4 Chen Zhe
16. Pawel Kasprzycki 0-4Ashley Wright
17. Tomasz Skalski 4-1 Damian Matysiak
18. Tomasz Gieraltowski 0-4 David Singh
19. Alex Taubman 4-0 Daniel Derezinski

4pm

20. Pawel Rogoza 1-4 Maciej Relich
21. Kevin Dabrowski 0-4 Krzysztof Gorniak
22. Tomaz Malecki 1-4 Michal Ebert
23. Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 4-0 Essam Saadeh
24. Tetyana Volovelska 0-4 Adrian Materek
25. Micheal Wasley 4-2 Winner of match 3
26. Michal Matuszczyk 0-4 Alex Davies
27. Bartlomiej Orzechowski 2-4 Adam Polak


5.30pm

6. Allan Taylor w/o Jonathan Birch
28. Marek Slomlanowski 1-4 Phan Quoc Binh
29. Karol Szuba-Jablonski 4-0 Michal Lyjak
30. Liam Monk 3-4 Ian Burns
31. Ben Harrison w/o Reanne Evans
32. Shane Castle 4-0 Wojciech Bojewski
33. Mark Owens 0-4 Wiktor Doberschuetz
34. Adam Stefanow 2-4 Chris Norbury
35. Phil O'Kane 4-1 Marcin Jewtuch

Today, the real battle begins. Like I've told you before, for some players their place in the TOP 16 is at stake so fingers crossed for those in need of a win, but also best of luck for the rest.


Here's Day 2 match schedule:


9.30am
2. Mark Joyce 3-4 Tian Pengfei
3. Ryan Day 1-4 Alfie Burden
4. Andrew Pagett 4-1 Vladyslav Vyshnevsky
5. Matthew Selt 4-2 Allan Taylor
6. Marcus Campbell 4-3 Krzysztof Wrobel
7. Tom Ford 4-0 Ryan Causton
8. Kurt Maflin 3-4 Marco Fu
13. Tony Drago 4-0 Grzegorz Biernadski
14. Sam Craigie 2-4 Matthew Couch
15. Simon Bedford 4-0 Piotr Murat

11am
16. Martin Gould 3-4 Liu Chuang
17. Barry Hawkins 4-0 Sean O'Sullivan
19. Andy Hicks 2-4 Mitchell Travis
20. Alan McManus 4-2 Rod Lawler
21. David Grace 4-0 Krzysztof Kubicki
22. Rory McLeod 3-4 Chen Zhe


11.30am

18. Steve Davis 4-2 Jaroslaw Kowalski
23. Dave Harold 4-2 Ashley Wright
24. Mark King v. Barry Pinches
25. Jack Lisowski 4-2 Kyren Wilson

12.30pm

41. Stephen Lee 4-0 Phan Quoc Binh
42. Andrew Higginson 4-0 Karol Szuba-Jablonski
43. Sam Baird v. Ian Burns
44. Dominic Dale v. Stephen Craigie

1pm

1. Judd Trump v. Rafal Gorecki
27. Yu Delu v. David Singh
28. Gary Wilson w/o Robin Hull
29. David Morris v. Liang Wenbo

2pm

26. Stuart Bingham v. Tomasz Skalski
30. Michael White v. Alex Taubman
31. Mark Davis v. Gareth Allen
32. Nigel Bond v. Maciej Relich


3.30pm

65. Winner of match 1 v. Winner of match 2
66. Winner of match 3 v. Winner of match 4
67. Winner of match 5 v. Winner of match 6
68. Winner of match 7 v. Winner of match 8
71. Winner of match 13 v. Winner of match 14
72. Winner of match 15 v. Winner of match 16
73. Winner of match 17 v. Winner of match 18
74. Winner of match 19 v. Winner of match 20
75. Winner of match 21 v. Winner of match 22
76. Winner of match 23 v. Winner of match 24

5pm

77. Winner of match 25 v. Winner of match 26
78. Winner of match 27 v. Winner of match 28
79. Winner of match 29 v. Winner of match 30
80. Winner of match 31 v. Winner of match 32
85. Winner of match 41 v. Winner of match 42
86. Winner of match 43 v. Winner of match 44

7.30pm

97. Winner of match 65 v. Winner of match 66
98. Winner of match 67 v. Winner of match 68
100. Winner of match 71 v. Winner of match 72
101. Winner of match 73 v. Winner of match 74
102. Winner of match 75 v. Winner of match 76
103. Winner of match 77 v. Winner of match 78
104. Winner of match 79 v. Winner of match 80
107. Winner of match 85 v. Winner of match 86
*all hours are UK time

TV coverage:
08:30 - 12:00 British EuroSport 2
12:00 - 21:00 British EuroSport


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Premier League 2011 (week four) - Rocket rocks in Doncaster

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Rocket Ronnie rocks
Ronnie O'Sullivan was crowned the king of Premier League's forth week of cue action after crashing Matthew Stevens 3-0 in the semi-final and beating the "Captain" Ali Carter by 3-1 in the final. With the 6 points that he earned last night added to his previous 2, the "Rocket" flies directly to the top of the list.

The Dome always welcomes snooker and this time snooker was going to repay it by putting quite a show. Both semi-finals were played at full speed and although the final wasn't exactly what we expected it to be (the rhythm seemed lost), the final frame was surely something many of us didn't see in a long time ( for some it might have even been a first!)

Matt Stevens, not thrilled by the whitewash
The first semi-final featured the names of Ronnie O'Sullivan and Matthew Stevens, but as we were still getting used with the cue action ... puf! it ended. After 28 minutes, O'Sullivan's breaks of 47 and 94 represented the perfect ticket to the final. He obtained a clear victory of 3-0 over the 'Welsh Dragon" that didn't get too much time table and seemed to be doomed to stay in his seat.

A few minutes later another two snooker gladiators were entering the arena: Ding Junhui and Ali Carter. And what do you know? Although this was Carter's first match in the Premier League, he managed to win it in the best possible way: by performing the second whitewash of the night, 3-0 against the "Chinese Sensation". 
With breaks of 44, 50, 70 and 91 the "Captain" was due to meet the "Rocket".

Ding Junhui, second man to be crashed 3-0
After such a thrilling and fast show many of us thought the fun will continue ... but it didn't. The first two frames of the final were scrappy, making the scoreline go 1-1. Still, O'Sullivan's break of 68 from the third frame added some more spice to the game and considering players' latest performances I, personally, thought they will go all the way. 

And maybe they would have gone, if Carter wouldn't have missed to hit a red ball three times on a row although more than one ball was visible. He threw that frame away and the match, for that matter.

A good run for Carter ... but it ended totally wrong
And so the final ended on Ronnie's favour (3-1), although something tells me the "Rocket" would have wanted to obtained that victory in a totally different way. But, in the end a win is a win, no matter what. Too bad it had to end like that for Ali, who cued beautifully last night.

So, after four weeks of action the best man seems to be O'Sullivan, who has 8 points, followed by Mark Williams, Matthew Stevens, Shaun Murphy and Neil Robertson, all with 6 points. Ding Junhui and Ali Carter have 4 points each, John Higgins only 3, while Jimmy White has yet to collect one.

The Premier League caravan will make its next stop at Weston-Super-Mare on October the 6th, when Mark Williams will face Judd Trump, while John Higgins will take on Matthew Stevens.

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Premier League knocks on Doncaster's door

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Doncaster
"Knock, knock!" "Who's there?" "It’s the Snooker's Premier League. We've come for our forth week of cue action." "Come in, come in, we are all waiting for you. I'm sure we'll have a ball."

As you can imagine, because Thursday is the name of the day, the Premier League caravan is on the road again and this time it will make a stop in the beautiful town of Doncaster. The absolute king of the Premier League, Ronnie O'Sullivan, will face the man who rocked during week one of this lovely competition, Matthew Stevens, while Ding Junhui will take on the "Captain" Ali Carter.

For O'Sullivan this is his second match, his first appearance being during Premier League's second week of action. Back then things didn't go as planned for the "Rocket", who lost the decisive frame of the semis to Shaun Murphy, this earning him only 2 points.
However, I'm sure he'll try his best to reach tonight’s final and even win it. And just between you and me, I don’t think he needs to try so hard ... after all, he is the master of fast snooker.

Rocket v. Welsh Dragon
Matthew Stevens was the one who blew our minds away during Premier League's first week, when he was on fire. He performed two whitewashes in just one night, first by putting Neil Robertson in the corner and then by beating the current world champion, John Higgins in the final. It was a smashing victory for the Welshman and the most perfect start for a new season of Premier League snooker. Hopefully he'll keep up that beautiful performance tonight, because although he's on top of list with 6 points, the snooker caravan has plenty stops to make and each match is important.

Ding will face the "Captain" Carter
"The Chinese Sensation" Ding Junhui had a pretty good start during last week series of matches, even though he didn't win the final. But he did manage to end on a great decider against Shaun Murphy, whom he beat 3-2. However, he was hammered by the revived Neil Robertson 3-1, this leaving him with 4 points. That's not bad, but I have the strange feeling that the little Chinese player wants more. Good choice, Ding!

Ali Carter will be at his first Premier League appearance so a good impression is vital. Not just for the fans as much as for his self-confidence. Although Neil Robertson had a very poor start, this making him to literally rock around the snooker table last week and win the weekly competition's final, it is best to be safe and win as much as you can. So best of luck to the Captain.

The cue action will start at 7.30pm (UK time) on SkySports 1 and below you can check the schedule:

SF1: Ronnie O'Sullivan v. Matthew Stevens
SF2: Ding Junhui v. Ali Carter
Final: O'Sullivan/Stevens v. Ding/Carter

Please don’t be shy and try  www.sportlemon.tv in order to take a glance at the boys, as well as http://mypremium.tv.

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Players Tour Championship Event 6 (2011) - preview

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As September is coming to an end we are flying to Poland for the Players Tour Championship Event 6. The beautiful and full of history capital, Warsaw, will be sniffing snooker for the next four days. A great line-up of players, internationally known, as well as Poland's local stars will engage in a genuine battle of cues for the tournament that precedes the seedings cut-off point.

Until now, we have five different winners for each PTC event. This year's series started with Ronnie O'Sullivan taking the first event under his belt, followed by young Judd Trump who shined in Gloucester. A very nice surprise followed up next, as Ben Woollaston won the first ranking event of his career (PTC 3), while Mark Selby conquered Germany's hearts and souls by taking the PTC 4 title (aka. Paul Hunter Classic).
The previous edition saw another player making his way into the world of winning his first pro title, Andrew Higginson being the latest acquisition of the PTCs.

Now, things are more serious than ever, especially for those who still have a place into the TOP 16 and have strong desire to keep it. If they will succeed or not, it is a question that will soon find its answer.

The usual pattern of having two days fully dedicated to the qualifying rounds will be broken, as only tomorrow we won't have our LIVE share of snooker. This means that with only one day for the qualifiers, the rest will grab our attention because ... what do you know?! This is an European event and you know what European events have? LIVE Eurosport coverage!!!

So from Friday on please tune in on EuroSport to support your favourite players. They will really need it. 

But first, here's tomorrow's match schedule:

11.30am
1. Hans Blanckaert v. Ryan Causton
2. Brent Kolbeck v. Mitchell Travis
3. Sydney Wilson v. Oliver Brown

1pm
4. Rafal Gorecki v. Kamil Zubrzycki
5. Aleksander Zok v. Vladyslav Vyshnevsky
7. Najmur Khan v. Krzysztof Wrobel
9. Piotr Wardowski v. Martin O'Donnell
10. Karol Lelek v. Piotr Murat
11. Sean O'Sullivan v. Marcin Nitschke
12. Mateusz Baranowski v. Jaroslaw Kowalski
14. Krzysztof Kubicki v. Robert Zablocki

2.30pm
8. Jacek Konarski v. Winner of match 1
13. Vitaliy Ivaniv v. Winner of match 2
15. Michal Zielinski v .Chen Zhe
16. Pawel Kasprzycki v. Ashley Wright
17. Tomasz Skalski v. Damian Matysiak
18. Tomasz Gieraltowski v. David Singh
19. Alex Taubman v. Daniel Derezinski

4pm
20. Pawel Rogoza v. Maciej Relich
21. Kevin Dabrowski v. Krzysztof Gorniak
22. Tomaz Malecki v. Michal Ebert
23. Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon v. Essam Saadeh
24. Tetyana Volovelska v. Adrian Materek
25. Micheal Wasley v. Winner of match 3
26. Michal Matuszczyk v. Alex Davies
27. Bartlomiej Orzechowski v. Adam Polak


5.30pm
6. Allan Taylor v. Jonathan Birch
28. Marek Slomlanowski v. Phan Quoc Binh
29. Karol Szuba-Jablonski v. Michal Lyjak
30. Liam Monk v. Ian Burns
31. Ben Harrison v. Reanne Evans
32. Shane Castle v. Wojciech Bojewski
33. Mark Owens v. Wiktor Doberschuetz
34. Adam Stefanow v. Chris Norbury
35. Phil O'Kane v. Marcin Jewtuch
*all hours are UK time

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Players Tour Championship Event 5 (2011) - Higginson wins his first pro title

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Andrew Higginson - the PTC 5 event champion
Andrew Higginson manages to win his first professional title after beating the current world champion, John Higgins, 4-1 in the final of this year's Players Tour Championship Event Five (PTC 5). This brings another new name to the list of PTC's champions.

Andrew Higginson cashes an important victory by winning his first ranking event, and more since it is obtained by defeating a four-time world champion. 
The Englishman started the snooker journey with his right foot by performing a whitewash of 4-0 against Joe Meara, continued in straight line as he defeated the powerful Chinese XiaoGuodong by the same scoreline and booked a place into the Last 16 with a 4-1 applied on Players Tour Championship Event Three winner, Ben Woollaston.

John Higgins - the PTC 5 event runner-up
The final day found him dominating again, Ian McCulloch being his first victim (4-0), during the quarter-finals he beat the strategist Dave Harold by 4-2, while the semi-final was conquered with a simple 4-1 against Jack Lisowski.

On the other side, John Higgins, who qualified for the final day after beating David Grace 4-0, Michael Wasley 4-2 and his fellow country Alan McManus 4-1, was playing great also. He started his day with a 4-2 against the restless Ryan Day, continued by taking revenge of this week's Premier League match to Neil Robertson with a 4-1 result and finally booked himself a place in the final with another 4-1, this time by playing Barry Hawkins.

Higginson in action
And so the grand final was bringing together Andrew Higginson and John Higgins. Although after the first two frames the lads were all square at 1-1, it wasn't going to pass too much time until the 33-year-old player from Cheshire would fire in breaks of 78, 46 and 36 to take all the remaining frames and freeze the scoreline at 4-1 in his favour.

So after five days of cue battles we add another distinct name to the wall of fame: Andrew Higginson - the champion of PTC 5.
My sincere congratulations to both finalists (it was really great to see Higgins back in business and as sharp as we all know he can be), but also to all the other players that got out of their comfort zone and have given their best.

The next PTC will take place in Poland's Warsaw between September 29th and October 2nd. See you then, my dear snooker loopies!
Last day list of results:

Last 16 round
113. Jack Lisowski 4-3 David Gilbert
114. Jamie Burnett 4-2 Anthony Hamilton
115. Joe Perry 2-4 Dave Harold
116. Ian McCulloch 0-4 Andrew Higginson
117. Li Yan 3-4 Neil Robertson
118. John Higgins 4-2 Ryan Day
119. Michael White 3-4 Barry Hawkins
120. Martin Gould 1-4 Michael Holt

Quarter-finals
121. Jack Lisowski 4-3 Jamie Burnett
122. Dave Harold 2-4 Andrew Higginson
123. Neil Robertson 1-4 John Higgins
124. Barry Hawkins 4-2 Michael Holt

Semi-finals
125. Jack Lisowski 1-4 Andrew Higginson
126. John Higgins 4-1 Barry Hawkins

The Final
127. John Higgins 1-4 Andrew Higginson

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Players Tour Championship Event 5 (2011) - Day 4

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It was a loong, looong day (and night) in Sheffield for our beloved cueists as the last match finished somewhere around 1.30am (UK time). But regardless of this little, tiny aspect, it was a glorious day filled with high standard snooker and a lot of close results. A place in the Last 16 seems to be very desirable these days :-)

Two world-champions have signed their names on the Last 16 round list: Neil Robertson and John Higgins. Higgins seemed to have regained some strength after losing 3-0 to Robertson during this week's Premier League, as he started his journey with a perfect 4-0 over David Grace, continued with a 4-2 over Michael Wasley and finished by taking on his fellow-country, Alan McManus whom he beat 4-1.


Another PTC event,another Last 16 place for Yan
For Robertson things couldn't be any easier: the Australian crashed the youngster Eden Sharav 4-0, ended on a very tight 4-3 with India's great star Aditya Mehta, only to end his day by defeating another Scotsman, Scott Mackenzie 4-2. It’s true that Scott fought like a lion and managed to pull back two consecutive frames after being lead 3-0, but the 2010 world-champion was stronger and did his job in winning every match he could.

During PTC 4 event, Li Yan was practically on fire. He successfully defeated Michael Holt, Xiao Guodong and John Higgins to reach the Last 16 and it seems he enjoyed it so much that he decided to do it all over again. So with a 4-0 over the Polish player Kacper Filipiac, a 4-3 over Liu Chuang and a glorious 4-1 over Judd Trump, Li booked a place in the next round.


A good day for Day
It was a very prolific day for Ryan Day, the Welshman cashing victories over Kurt Maflin (4-0), Kyren Wilson (4-1) and Rod Lawler (4-0), but also for Martin Gould whose scorelines of 4-2 against Ashley Wright, 4-1 over Luca Brecel and 4-0 in front of the legendary Jimmy White, have guaranteed him to go further in the competition.

And since I mentioned the legend Jimmy White, I must also mention another one, "The Nugget" Steve Davis. Although Steve managed to win his first two matches (against Sean O'Sullivan and Adam Duffy), he was kneeled down by Michael Holt with a 4-1 scoreline. Actually this was Holt's last match of the day and this result along with the 4-1 he obtained in front of Chris Keogan and the 4-2 he performed on Robert Milkins secured him a place to meet Martin Gould in today's Last 16 round.


Hawkins - back in business
I was telling you at the beginning of this article that it was a long, long day and night in Sheffield and these following two players are to be blamed for that. Noooo, just kidding, the lads did their best in order to earn the last of the remaining two spots in the competition.

And so, Michael White's 4-3 against John Sutton, 4-2 over the Scot Ants McGill and a 4-1 in front on Dechawat Poomjaeng were enough to end the day as a victorious player, while for Barry Hawkins hammering Douglas Hogan 4-1, defeating Liang Wenbo 4-2 and ending on a very, very tight 4-3 with Stuart Bingham, surely did the trick.

Below you can check Day 4 list of results:


From 9am 

33. Judd Trump 4-2 Marco Fu

34. Mark King 4-1 Adrian Gunnell

35. Tony Drago 1-4 Liu Chuang

36. Li Yan 4-0 Kacper Filipiak

45. Mark Allen 4-3 Tian Pengfei

46. Rory McLeod 2-4 Rod Lawler

47. Matthew Stevens 1-4 Kyren Wilson

48. Ryan Day 4-0 Kurt Maflin



Not before 11am

37. Craig Steadman 2-4 Scott MacKenzie

38. Dominic Dale 3-4 Joe Swail

39. Ali Carter 0-4 Aditya Mehta

40. Neil Robertson 4-0 Eden Sharav

49. Michael White 4-3 John Sutton

50. Anthony McGill 4-1 James McGouran

51. Dechewat Poomjaeng 4-3 Daniel Wells

52. Sam Baird 4-3 Zhang Anda



Not before 1pm

41. John Higgins 4-0 David Grace

42. Ken Doherty 2-4 Michael Wasley

43. Liam Highfield 3-4 Mitchell Travis

44. Alan McManus 4-2 Alfie Burden

57. Jimmy White 4-2 Andrew Pagett

58. Jamie Jones 2-4 Matthew Couch

59. Luca Brecel 4-1 Mitchell Mann

60. Martin Gould 4-2 Ashley Wright



Not before 3pm

53. Fergal O'Brien 4-1 Allan Taylor

54. Stuart Bingham 4-0 Stuart Carrington

55. Barry Hawkins 4-1 Douglas Hogan

56. Matthew Selt 3-4 Liang Wenbo

61. Steve Davis 4-1 Sean O'Sullivan

62. Adam Duffy 4-3 David Morris

63. Michael Holt 4-1 Christopher Keogan

64. Mark Selby 2-4 Robert Milkins



Not before 5pm

81. Judd Trump 4-1 Mark King

82. Liu Chuang 3-4 Li Yan

83. Scott Mackenzie 4-1 Joe Swail

84. Aditya Mehta 3-4 Neil Robertson

85. John Higgins 4-2 Michael Wasley

86. Mitchell Travis 0-4 Alan McManus

87. Mark Allen 2-4 Rod Lawler

88. Kyren Wilson 1-4 Ryan Day



Not before 7pm

89. Michel White 4-2 Anthony McGill

90. Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-2 Sam Baird

91. Fergal O’Brien 1-4 Stuart Bingham

92. Barry Hawkins 4-2 Liang Wenbo

93. Jimmy White 4-3 Matthew Couch

94. Luca Brecel 1-4 Martin Gould

95. Steve Davis 4-0 Adam Duffy

96. Michael Holt 4-2 Robert Milkins

  

Not before 9pm

105. Judd Trump 1-4 Li Yan

106. Scott MacKenzie 2-4 Neil Robertson

107. John Higgins 4-1 Alan McManus

108. Rod Lawler 0-4 Ryan Day

109. Michael White 4-1 Derchawat Poomjaeng

110. Stuart Bingham 3-4 Barry Hawkins

111. Jimmy White 0-4 Martin Gould

112. Steve David 1-4 Michael Holt



Today’s the last day of the Player Tour Championship Event 5, so be sure to keep an eye on the lads. Here’s the match schedule:



From 10am

Last 16 round

113. Jack Lisowski v. David Gilbert

114. Jamie Burnett v. Anthony Hamilton

115. Joe Perry v. Dave Harold

116. Ian McCulloch v. Andrew Higginson

117. Li Yan v. Neil Robertson

118. John Higgins v. Ryan Day

119. Michael White v. Barry Hawkins

120. Martin Gould v. Michael Holt



Not before 1pm

Quarter-finals

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



Not before 4pm

Semi-finals

125. Winner of match 121 v Winner of match 122

126. Winner of match 123 v Winner of match 124



The Final

Not before 7pm

127. Winner of match 125 v Winner of match 126

* all hours are UK time



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Players Tour Championship Event 5 (2011) - Day 3

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Lisowski, finally in the Last 16
Great day for cue battles and twisted situations in Sheffield as the first day of the main PTC 5 event kicked off. Eight players hungry for winning occupied the first places that the Last 16 round has put up for grabs, for some of them being quite a premiere to go so far in the competition.

Believe it or not it was the case of young Jack Lisowski, who although took part in all the PTC's didn't succeed to book a Last 16 place. But his luck was going to change as he recorded three consecutive victories over Andy Hicks 4-2, Andrew Norman 4-3 and Peter Lines 4-3. I'm guessing that his fans are giving a party as you read these lines.

The Sheriff's got his eye on the prize
Another stranger to the Last 16 round is the mighty "Sheriff of Pottingham", Anthony Hamilton who successfully defeated all his opponents to catch the fast train to PTC 5's next round. The first stop was conquered with a tight 4-3 scoreline over Stephen Hendry, the second one with a perfect 4-0 over Simon Bedford and the last one with a 4-2 over Shaun Murphy. 

Hendry, out of the TOP 16
Sadly, I must also mention that after losing that match, the Master Stephen Hendry is out of the Top 16, this happening for the first time in many, many years ... over twenty as far as I know. These will be hard times for the seven-time world champion who will see himself put in the position of qualifying for the events he wants to play in, after the seedings revision from October this year.

With a recently opened Twitter account, things are starting to look up for the English player, Ian McCulloch. Just kidding! He played beautifully yesterday and that got him a place next to the other two players I mentioned before. His journey started by beating Scotland's Marcus Campbell 4-1, continued with the same scoreline in front of Nigel Bong and ended with a 4-2 over Tom Ford. Great job you new Twiterer ... or whatever one should call a person who tweets. :-P

McCulloch's happy with his start
It was a really fructuous day for the Q School Event Three graduate, David Gilbert who not only qualify to go further in the competition, but he also hit the highest break of the event (so far), a brilliant 141. That actually marked the beginning of his day for he recorded that break during the match he played against Mike Hallett, whom he beat 4-1. Soon after that he managed to kneel down Ding Junhui 4-3 and put an end to Ian Burns' PTC dream with a 4-1.

David Gilbert
The PTC 1 finalist Joe Perry put quite a show by crashing Kishan Hirani and Peter Ebdon 4-0, only to end his day with a close 4-3 against Ricky Walden, while Scotland's "ice figure" (no, not Hendry!), Jamie Burnett hammered Martin O’Donnell 4-1, whitewashed Antony Parsons 4-0 and was made responsible for the exit or Robbie Williams, whom he beat 4-2. Can I just add that the music industry is really angry with that particular last match? :-))

Dave Harold,  or "the snooker strategist" as I like to call him, had another of his spectacular runs by beating Chris Norbury and Stephen Lee 4-3 (against Lee he came back from being lead 3-0), only to end his night covered in glory after defeating Graeme Dott 4-0. Now, that's something!
Andrew Higginson has also booked himself a place into the next round by crashing Joe Meara and Xiao Guodong 4-0 and hammering the PTC 3 winner, Ben Woollaston 4-1.

Below you can check Day 3 list of results:

From 9am
6. David Gilbert 4-1 Mike Hallett
7. Sam Craigie 4-1 Cao Yupeng
8. James Wattana 2-4 Ian Burns
17. Joe Perry 4-0 Kishan Hirani
18. Stephen Maguire 2-4 Peter Ebdon
19. Mike Dunn 3-4 Gerard Greene
20. Ricky Walden 4-0 Duane Jones

Not before 11am
5. Ding Junhui 4-3 David Gray
9. Passakorn Suwannawat 4-3 Paul Davison
10. Robbie Williams w/o Lucky Vatnani
11. Jamie Cope 0-4 Antony Parsons
12. Jamie Burnett 4-1 Martin O'Donnell
13. Mark Joyce 1-4 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
14. Gary Wilson 3-4 Shaun Murphy
15. Simon Bedford 4-3  Barry Pinches
16. Stephen Hendry 3-4 Anthony Hamilton

Not before 1pm
1. Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1  Mark Williams
2. Peter Lines 4-1 Sam Harvey
3. Andy Hicks 2-4  Jack Lisowski
4. Mark Davis 0-4 Andrew Norman
29. Xiao Guodong 4-1 Rob James
30. Andrew Higginson 4-0 Joe Meara
31. Ben Woollaston 4-0 Patrick Wallace
32. Yu Delu 2-4 Liu Song

Not before 3pm
21. Graeme Dott 4-0 Stephen Craigie
22. Joe Jogia w/o Robin Hull
23. Dave Harold 4-3 Chris Norbury
24. Stephen Lee 4-1 Adam Wicheard
25. Marcus Campbell 1-4 Ian McCulloch
26. Nigel Bond 4-0  Les Dodd
27. Tom Ford 4-2 David Hogan
28. Jimmy Robertson 4-2 Jak Jones

Not before 5pm
65. Ronnie O’Sullivan 2-4 Peter Lines
66. Jack Lisowski 4-3 Andrew Norman
67. Ding Junhui 3-4 David Gilbert
68. Sam Craigie 1-4 Ian Burns
69. Passakorn Suwannawat 3-4 Robbie Williams
70. Antony Parsons 0-4 Jamie Burnett
73. Joe Perry 4-0 Peter Ebdon
74. Gerard Greene 1-4 Ricky Walden

Not before 7pm
71. Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 3-4 Shaun Murphy
72. Simon Bedford 0-4 Anthony Hamilton
75. Graeme Dott 4-3 Joe Jogia
76. Dave Harold 4-3 Stephen Lee
77. Ian McCulloch 4-1 Nigel Bond
78. Tom Ford 4-3 Jimmy Robertson
79. Xiao Guodong 0-4 Andrew Higginson
80. Ben Woollaston 4-0 Liu Song

Not before 9pm
97. Peter Lines 3-4 Jack Lisowski
98. David Gilbert 4-1 Ian Burns
99. Robbie Williams 2-4 Jamie Burnett
100. Joe Perry 4-3 Ricky Walden
101. Shaun Murphy 2-4 Anthony Hamilton
102. Graeme Dott 0-4 Dave Harold
103. Ian McCulloch 4-2 Tom Ford
104. Andrew Higginson 4-1 Ben Woollaston

Today’s match schedule:

From 9am
33. Judd Trump .v Marco Fu
34. Mark King v. Adrian Gunnell
35. Tony Drago v. Liu Chuang
36. Li Yan v. Kacper Filipiak
45. Mark Allen v. Tian Pengfei
46. Rory McLeod v. Rod Lawler
47. Matthew Stevens v. Kyren Wilson
48. Ryan Day v. Kurt Maflin

Not before 11am
37. Craig Steadman v. Scott MacKenzie
38. Dominic Dale v. Joe Swail
39. Ali Carter v. Aditya Mehta
40. Neil Robertson v. Eden Sharav
49. Michael White v. John Sutton
50. Anthony McGill v. James McGouran
51. Dechewat Poomjaeng v. Daniel Wells
52. Sam Baird v. Zhang Anda

Not before 1pm
41. John Higgins v. David Grace
42. Ken Doherty v. Michael Wasley
43. Liam Highfield v. Mitchell Travis
44. Alan McManus v. Alfie Burden
57. Jimmy White v. Andrew Pagett
58. Jamie Jones v. Matthew Couch
59. Luca Brecel v. Mitchell Mann
60. Martin Gould v. Ashley Wright

Not before 3pm
53. Fergal O'Brien v. Allan Taylor
54. Stuart Bingham v. Stuart Carrington
55. Barry Hawkins v. Douglas Hogan
56. Matthew Selt v. Liang Wenbo
61. Steve Davis v. Sean O'Sullivan
62. Adam Duffy v. David Morris
63. Michael Holt v. Christopher Keogan
64. Mark Selby v. Rob Milkins

Not before 5pm
81. Winner of match 33 v. Winner of match 34
82. Winner of match 35 v. Winner of match 36
83. Winner of match 37 v. Winner of match 38
84. Winner of match 39 v. Winner of match 40
85. Winner of match 41 v. Winner of match 42
86. Winner of match 43 v. Winner of match 44
87. Winner of match 45 v. Winner of match 46
88. Winner of match 47 v. Winner of match 48

Not before 7pm
89. Winner of match 49 v. Winner of match 50
90. Winner of match 51 v. Winner of match 52
91. Winner of match 53 v. Winner of match 54
92. Winner of match 55 v. Winner of match 56
93. Winner of match 57 v. Winner of match 58
94. Winner of match 59 v. Winner of match 60
95. Winner of match 61 v. Winner of match 62
96. Winner of match 63 v. Winner of match 64

Not before 9pm
105. Winner of match 81 v. Winner of match 82
106. Winner of match 83 v. Winner of match 84
107. Winner of match 85 v. Winner of match 86
108. Winner of match 87 v. Winner of match 88
109. Winner of match 89 v. Winner of match 90
110. Winner of match 91 v. Winner of match 92
111. Winner of match 93 v. Winner of match 94
112. Winner of match 95 v. Winner of match 96
*all hours are UK time

Each session will see two matches being broadcasted online, so plese visit the following links to watch the snooker:
www.liveworldsnooker.tv
www.sportlemon.tv

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Players Tour Championship Event 5 (2011) - Day 2 (the qualifiers)

16:46:00 Ramona Dragomir 0 Comments

Allan Taylor
The second, and last day, of the qualifying rounds of this year's PTC 5 ended last evening by sending into the main event the most courageous cue gladiators. Although there were some surprises here and there the "traditional" pattern was partially respected.

Now, why do I say partially? One of the reasons is that although Allan Taylor managed to book himself a place into the next round after beating Lee Farebrother 4-1, Ben Harrison was whitewashed 4-0 by Stephen Craigie. And we all know that we were kind of used to see these two lads going hand in hand. Still, Craigie is a tough opponent and yesterday's victory proves is.

Moving on, the Thai with the endless name, Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon put an end to China's Chen Zhe run with a 4-1 scoreline. Not to worry though, for Zhang Anda moved into the main event due to his 4-0 result over Lee Page.

A glorious day for David Grace who beat Joe Walker by 4-3, for Martin O'Donnell who cashed yet another victory this time in front of Michael Leslie, 4-0, but also for Chris Norbury who continued his great journey through the balls with a 4-2 scoreline against Justin Astley and for Kyren Wilson, who registered the same result by playing Hans Blanckaert.

Double T
Scotland's Eden Sharav booked himself a snooker meeting with Neil Robertson after defeating Marc Davis 4-2, while Northern Ireland's Patrick Wallace is set to face PTC 3 winner, Ben Woollaston after hammering Jamie O'Neill 4-1. 

But not everyone will continue to fight on the Sheffield’s fields, for Nick Jennings lost the decisive frame in front of Douglas Hogan, while Reanne Evans was defeated 2-4 by Mitchell Travis.

Below you can check Day 2 list of results:

From 10am
Sam Harvey 4-2 Sydney Wilson
David Gray 4-3 Joel Walker
Mike Hallett 4-1 James Murdoch
Martin O'Donnell 4-0 Michael Leslie
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 4-1 Chen Zhe
Duane Jones 4-3 John Whitty
Stephen Craigie 4-0 Ben Harrison
Chris Norbury 4-2 Justin Astley

Not before 12pm
Les Dodd 4-2 Zak Surety
Rob James 4-3 Jordan Wimbourne
Patrick Wallace 4-1 Jamie O'Neill
Eden Sharav 4-2 Marc Davis
Michael Wasley 4-0 Nico Elton
Kyren Wilson 4-2 Hans Blanckaert
Zhang Anda 4-0 Lee Page
Allan Taylor 4-1 Lee Farebrother

Not before 2pm
Ian Burns 4-0 Jonathan Birch
Jake Nicholson 3-4 Antony Parsons
Ryan Causton 0-4 Kishan Hirani
Jak Jones 4-3 James Hill
Reanne Evans v 2-4 Mitchell Travis
Andrew Milliard 2-4 John Sutton
James McGouran 4-1 Tom Maxfield
Nick Jennings 3-4 Douglas Hogan

Not before 4pm
Mitchell Mann 4-1 Najmur Khan
Ashley Wright 4-3 Ian Glover
Sean O'Sullivan 4-2 Sean Hopkin
Christopher Keogan 4-1 Ricky Norris

Today’s match schedule:

From 9am
6. David Gilbert 4-1 Mike Hallett
7. Sam Craigie 4-1 Cao Yupeng
8. James Wattana 2-4 Ian Burns
17. Joe Perry 4-0 Kishan Hirani
18. Stephen Maguire 2-4 Peter Ebdon
19. Mike Dunn 3-4 Gerard Greene
20. Ricky Walden 4-0 Duane Jones

Not before 11am
5. Ding Junhui 4-3 David Gray
9. Passakorn Suwannawat 4-3 Paul Davison
10. Robbie Williams w/o Lucky Vatnani
11. Jamie Cope 0-4 Antony Parsons
12. Jamie Burnett 4-1 Martin O'Donnell
13. Mark Joyce 1-4 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
14. Gary Wilson 3-4 Shaun Murphy
15. Simon Bedford v. Barry Pinches
16. Stephen Hendry 3-4 Anthony Hamilton

Not before 1pm
1. Ronnie O'Sullivan v. Mark Williams
2. Peter Lines 4-1 Sam Harvey
3. Andy Hicks v. Jack Lisowski
4. Mark Davis v. Andrew Norman
29. Xiao Guodong v. Rob James
30. Andrew Higginson v. Joe Meara
31. Ben Woollaston v. Patrick Wallace
32. Yu Delu v. Liu Song

Not before 3pm
21. Graeme Dott v. Stephen Craigie
22. Joe Jogia w/o Robin Hull
23. Dave Harold v. Chris Norbury
24. Stephen Lee v. Adam Wicheard
25. Marcus Campbell v. Ian McCulloch
26. Nigel Bond v. Les Dodd
27. Tom Ford v. David Hogan
28. Jimmy Robertson v. Jak Jones

Not before 5pm
65. Winner of match 1 v. Winner of match 2
66. Winner of match 3 v. Winner of match 4
67. Winner of match 5 v. Winner of match 6
68. Winner of match 7 v. Winner of match 8
69. Winner of match 9 v. Winner of match 10
70. Winner of match 11 v. Winner of match 12
73. Winner of match 17 v. Winner of match 18
74. Winner of match 19 v. Winner of match 20

Not before 7pm
71. Winner of match 13 v. Winner of match 14
72. Winner of match 15 v. Winner of match 16
75. Winner of match 21 v. Winner of match 22
76. Winner of match 23 v. Winner of match 24
77. Winner of match 25 v. Winner of match 26
78. Winner of match 27 v. Winner of match 28
79. Winner of match 29 v. Winner of match 30
80. Winner of match 31 v. Winner of match 32

Not before 9pm
97. Winner of match 65 v. Winner of match 66
98. Winner of match 67 v. Winner of match 68
99. Winner of match 69 v. Winner of match 70
100. Winner of match 71 v. Winner of match 72
101. Winner of match 73 v. Winner of match 74
102. Winner of match 75 v. Winner of match 76
103. Winner of match 77 v. Winner of match 78
104. Winner of match 79 v. Winner of match 80
 *all hours are UK time

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