Players Tour Championship Event Four 2011 - Day 2

Jimmy Robertson is back!

Surprising and long, the second day of the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic did its job in sending eight players into the Last 16. Now the line-up is set, so tomorrow we shall start our tour de force in finding PTC 4 champion.


The day's premiere was the fact that four players managed to qualify for the Last 16 for the first time this season. Their names are: Michael White, Mark Joyce, Jimmy Robertson and Passakorn Suwannawat.

The Welshman White, although has got a bye because Liang Wenbo withdrew from the tournament, stormed in to defeat Shaun Murphy by 4-3 and hammered a very determined Martin Gould 4-1, while the 2011 Pink Tournament champion Mark Joyce started his day with a 4-2 in front of Lee Page, continued it with the same 4-2 over Tian Pengfei and ended it, late in the night, with a 4-3 against Mark King.


But maybe one of this day's biggest revelations has been Jimmy Robertson. The Englishman that succeeded to qualify for this year's World Championship didn't have such a great start this season, but with today's performance that's history. Robertson beat Nick Jennings 4-1, Robbie Williams 4-2 and ended in great style with another 4-2 against Andrew Pagett and a great series of 129, 56, 66 and 102. Now that's how it's done!

Jamie Jones beats PTC 3 champ

And since we are on the "Robertson-subject", there wasn’t really too much of a surprise to see Neil Robertson earn himself a spot in the next round by defeating Chris Norbury 4-0, David Hogan 4-2 and Peter Lines 4-1, while Jamie Jones managed to qualify for the third time into the Last 16, after obtaining victories like: 4-2 with Cao Yupeng, 4-3 with Jack Lisowski and a marvellous 4-1 against the PTC 3 champion, Ben Woollaston.


The big Thai Passakorn Suwannavat has also managed to book himself a place for the next day of playing after winning 4-1 over Gerard Greene and Mark Williams and 4-2 over Ken Doherty.


Now, changing the subject a bit, although from the beginning of the PTC's the "Welsh Potting Machine" didn't seem to pot like a machine ... at all!...it is still strange to see him not reaching the Last 16. And what's even worse, his performance follows a strange pattern: PTC 1 (lost his first match), PTC 2 (lost his second match), PTC 3 (lost his first match) and now, during PTC 4 .... guess what? Yeah, he lost his second match. I really hope he'll try to improve his winning status during the following events, because it is really a shame not to see him play until the last day of a competition.

Suwannawat, responsabile for Doherty's exit

Yu Delu, on the other hand, had an extraordinary day, the Chinese player taking care of each of his opponents. And so he beat Tom Ford 4-2, hit in breaks of 100 and 112 for a 4-1 against James Welsh and end his day with a glorious 4-2 against Steve Davis.


Maybe Ken Doherty didn't succeed to qualify for the Last 16 round this time, but Ireland is proudly represented by Fergal O'Brien who won by a close 4-3 in front of Joe Delaney, put Rod Lawler in his corner with a 4-1 and ended with a terrific 4-3 against Ding Junhui.


Below you can check Day 2 list of results:


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Tomorrow's schedule:


10:00 (the Last 16)


13:00 (the quarter-finals)


16:00 (the semi-finals)


20:00 (the final)
*all hours are Germany time


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