UK Championship Qualifiers - Day 6
Things seem to be going rather good for the China’s represents as Xiao Guodong cashed another victory after beating Stuart Pettman by a 9-5 scoreline, even if they ended on a draw (4-4) the first session.
The "Whirlwind" Jimmy White kept going and showing his good form by obtaining a 6-2 advance in the morning session and ending and a beautiful 9-4 final scoreline in the evening. The victim? Adrian Gunnell.
A very interesting match was the one between Joe Swail and Simon Bedford, Joe taking the lead in the first part of the day with a 6-2 score and continuing to pot those crazy snooker balls in the second part, in such way that poor Simon didn’t win any frame at all, the final score being 9-2.
After his "champion colleague", Barry Pinches lost the other day the battle for the next round, the EPTC 6 winner, Michael Holt saw himself being sent home by Patrick Wallace with 5-3 (in the first session) and 9-4 (in the second one) and the Shanghai Masters 2010 runner-up Jamie Burnett eliminated Michael White although at the end of the first session things looked very tight 4-4, but soon changing in a 9-6 final result for Jamie.
By far, the most dramatic match of yesterday round was the one between Marcus Campbell and Mark Joyce. The first session saw Mark starting with a 5-3 advantage, but in the second one Marcus made a remarkable comeback and took the lead 7-5 only to see the tightest battle of the day. Of course Mark fought back and in the end the players brought the match into a decider at 8-8!!! The last frame was pure madness, the last one standing being Mark, who succeeded to put himself together and secure a place into the next round with a 9-8 scoreline.
Along with these six matches four more needed to be completed, a great reason to be joyful for the following four players that reached the next round. :-)
So, Robert Milkins beat Matt Couch 9-4, Tom Ford "lightened" the atmosphere as he defeated the "Tornado" Tony Drago 9-6, Dominic Dale eliminated Matt Selt by the same scoreline and Rory McLeod booked himself a place in the last round after wining 9-4 over the youngster Kyren Wilson.
Today the following "snooker battles" will take place:
From 10:00 am and from 7:00 pm
Matthew Stevens (4-4) Robert Milkins
Gerard Greene (2-6) Tom Ford
Martin Gould (4-4) James Wattana
Stephen Lee (5-3) David Gilbert
Steve Davis (2-6) Mark Joyce
Judd Trump (4-4) Xiao Guodong
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From 2:30 pm - the first session
Barry Hawkins (5-2) Fergal O’Brien
Stuart Bingham (4-3) Peter Lines
Ken Doherty (4-2) Rod Lawler
Ricky Walden (4-4) Liu Chuang
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