Players Tour Championship 11 (2011) - Day 2

Cope hits his third max break

Another day, another maximum break. This time, it was Jamie Cope's turn to glory, the 26-year-old lad from Longton hitting his third 147. 

It was a nice surprise to see Sam Craigie get a spot in the Last 16 round for the first time since the beginning of this season's series of PTC, at the same time feeling sorry for the six-time world champion, Steve Davis who failed to win his last match of the day to go further in the competition, although his run was almost a flawless one.

It's been raining with 147 during the last past weeks at the PTCs and during the German Masters qualifiers. The one who started all the fuss was Mike Dunn, followed by David Gray, Ricky Walden, Matthew Stevens and Ding Junhui (who actually hit two of those beautiful breaks). 
And now, Jamie Cope came to join the group by making his contribution to the history of snooker - his 147 is the 85^th official maximum break in snooker's history.

But Cope just ended his day with the crazy-beautiful-break. To start with he beat Gareth Allen 4-2, whitewashed Anthony McGill 4-0 only to end covered in glory with a tight 4-3 against Kurt Maflin and hit a 147 and a 111 in the process of getting himself a well deserved spot in the Last 16.

Sam Cragie gives himelf an early present

Just a few days before Sam Craigie turns 18, the lad from Wallsend gave himself the best present ever. A place in the next round after taking out heavy names like Stephen Lee 4-3, Justin Astley 4-0 and Michael White 4-1. A great way to end a year of hard work.

However, not everyone was so lucky, the legend Steve Davis, although in an impeccable form of playing, got until the third round only to lose 4-1 to Graeme Dott. Before his defeat "The Nugget" beat Joe Swail 4-3 and Adam Wicheard 4-1, hitting a great 139 break during the last mentioned match.

Mark Selby, the winner of PTC 4 (aka. Paul Hunter Classic) got also a place in the next round after seeing off Daniel Wells, Matthew Day and Mark Williams all by 4-0, while the double PTC champion and the recent winner of the UK Championship crown, Judd Trump moved pass Sam Baird and David Morris with a 4-0 scoreline and beat Scotland's Alan McManus 4-2 to secure his place in the Last 16 round.

Last year PTC 3 champion, Tom Ford joined the gang as well after hammering David Hogan 4-1, beating Ian Burn 4-2 and ending Nigel Bond's run with another result of 4-2.

Walden still kicking arse

Both Ricky Walden and Graeme Dott have been runner-ups for the PTC this season. Both of them tried their best to win, but none of them prevailed. However, here's another chance, for they got through the Last 16.

Walden, although got a bye to the second round after Jak Jones withdrew from the competition, used results like 4-2 over Barry Hawkins and Ian McCulloch to book himself a place in the next round, while Dotty came through by defeating Ashley Carty 4-1, Ryan Day 4-3 and Steve Davis 4-1.

Yu Delu is a name that many of us got used to, mainly after the Chinese player put out some great shows of snooker during the PTCs by reaching the quarter-finals of PTC 2 and PTC 4 or the Last 16 round of PTC 8. This time, Delu used victories of 4-1 over Andrew Norman, the Thai Dechawat Poomjaeng and Scotland’s Jamie Burnett to get a place in the Last 16 and who knows...maybe even further.

Below you can check Day 2 list of results:

9.30am
63 Mark Selby 4-0 Daniel Wells Round 2
64 Li Yan 0-4 Matthew Day Round 2
65 David Gilbert 4-0 James Hill Round 2
66 Stuart Bingham 2-4 Mark Williams Round 2
67 Gerard Greene 3-4 Adam Wicheard Round 2
68 Steve Davis 4-3 Joe Swail Round 2
69 Graeme Dott 4-1 Ashley Carty Round 2
70 Ryan Day 4-2 Paul Davison Round 2
71 Joe Perry 1-4 Ian McCulloch Round 2
72 Dave Harold 4-2 Reanne Evans Round 2
73 Ricky Walden w/o Jak Jones Round 2
Not before 11.30am
74 Barry Hawkins 4-2 Alfie Burden Round 2
75 Mark Allen 4-0 Ashley Wright Round 2
76 Michael White 4-2 Aditya Mehta Round 2
77 Stephen Lee 3-4 Sam Craigie Round 2
78 John Higgins 3-4 Justin Astley Round 2
79 Tom Ford 4-1 David Hogan Round 2
80 Mark Joyce v Ian Burns w/o Round 2
81 Fergal O'Brien 4-2 Thomas Wealthy Round 2

Not before 1pm
82 Nigel Bond 4-1 Lucky Vatnani Round 2
83 Yu DeLu 4-1 Andrew Norman Round 2
84 Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-3 Peter Ebdon Round 2
85 James Wattana 4-1 Adrian Gunnell Round 2
86 Jamie Burnett 4-0 Oliver Lines Round 2
87 Rory McLeod 1-4 Kurt Maflin Round 2
88 Adam Duffy 4-1 Andrew Pagett Round 2
89 Jamie Cope 4-2 Gareth Allen Round 2
90 Anthony McGill w/o David Singh Round 2
93 Ken Doherty 3-4 David Morris Round 2
94 Judd Trump 4-0 Sam Baird Round 2

Not before 3.30pm
91 Jimmy White 2-4 Barry Pinches Round 2
92 Alan McManus 4-2 Liu Song Round 2
111 MarkSelby 4-0 Matthew Day Round 3
112 David Gilbert 2-4 Mark Williams Round 3
113 Adam Wicheard 1-4 Steve Davis Round 3
114 Graeme Dott 4-3 Ryan Day Round 3
115 Ian McCulloch 4-2 Dave Harold Round 3
116 Ricky Walden 4-0 Barry Hawkins Round 3
117 Mark Allen 1-4 Michael White Round 3
118 Sam Craigie 4-0 Justin Astley Round 3

Not before 5pm
119 Tom Ford 4-2 Ian Burns Round 3
120 Fergal O'Brien 1-4 Nigel Bond Round 3
121 Yu Delu 4-1 Dechewat Poomjaeng Round 3
122 James Wattana 3-4 Jamie Burnett Round 3
123 Kurt Maflin 4-2 Adam Duffy Round 3
124 Jamie Cope 4-0 Anthony McGill Round 3
125 Barry Pinches 1-4 Alan McManus Round 3
126 David Morris 0-4 Judd Trump Round 3

Not before 7.30pm
135 Mark Selby 4-0 Mark Williams Round 4
136 Steve Davis 1-4 Graeme Dott Round 4
137 Ian McCulloch 2-4 Ricky Walden Round 4
138 Michael White 1-4 Sam Craigie Round 4
139 Tom Ford 4-2 Nigel Bond Round 4
140 Yu Delu 4-1 Jamie Burnett Round 4
141 Kurt Maflin 3-4 Jamie Cope Round 4
142 Alan McManus 2-4 Judd Trump Round 4
The action concludes today with the Last 16, quarter-finals, semis and grand final being played as it follows:

9am
143 Stephen Maguire 0-4 Mark Davis Round 5
144 Ding Junhui 3-4 Anthony Hamilton Round 5
145 Martin Gould 4-0 Simon Bedford Round 5
146 Michael Holt 4-1 Matthew Stevens Round 5
147 Mark Selby 0-4 Graeme Dott Round 5
148 Ricky Walden 4-2 Sam Craigie Round 5
149 Tom Ford 4-0 Yu Delu Round 5
150 Jamie Cope 0-4 Judd Trump Round 5

Not before 12pm
151 Mark Davis v Anthony Hamilton Quarter Finals
152 Martin Gould v Michael Holt Quarter Finals
153 Graeme Dott v Ricky Walden Quarter Finals
154 Tom Ford v Judd Trump Quarter Finals

Not before 3pm
155 WINNER OF MATCH 151 v WINNER OF MATCH 152 Semi Finals
156 WINNER OF MATCH 153 v WINNER OF MATCH 154 Semi Finals

Not before 7pm
157 WINNER OF MATCH 155 v WINNER OF MATCH 156 Final
*all hours are UK time

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