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Billiard Sports Discussion Thread


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  • 11 months later...

2017 Snooker World Championship Main Draw

 

[1] Mark Selby :ENG ENG - IRL :IRL Fergal O'Brien

[16] Ryan Day :WAL WAL - CHN :CHN Xiao Guodong

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[9] Neil Robertson :AUS AUS - THA :THA Noppon Saengkham

[8] Marco Fu :HKG HKG - BEL :BEL Luca Brecel

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[5] Shaun Murphy :ENG ENG - CHN :CHN Yan Bingtao

[12] Ronnie O'Sullivan :ENG ENG - ENG :ENG Gary Wilson

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[13] Liang Wenbo :CHN CHN - ENG :ENG Stuart Carrington

[4] Ding Junhui :CHN CHN - CHN :CHN Zhou Yuelong

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[3] Stuart Bingham :ENG ENG - ENG :ENG Peter Ebdon

[14] Kyren Wilson :ENG ENG - ENG :ENG David Grace

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[11] Mark Allen :NIR NIR - ENG :ENG Jimmy Robertson

[6] John Higgins :SCO SCO - ENG :ENG Martin Gould

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[7] Barry Hawkins :ENG ENG - ENG :ENG Tom Ford

[10] Ali Carter :ENG ENG - SCO :SCO Graeme Dott

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[15] Anthony McGill :SCO SCO - SCO :SCO Stephen Maguire

[2] Judd Trump :ENG ENG - ENG :ENG Rory McLeod

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25 minutes ago, Quasit said:

Very uninteresting WC so far. Not a good haul on centuries for now, Trump gone already and players gifting victories to Ronnie. :whistle:

 

Trump? :p

#banbestmen

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46 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Trump? :p

 

Yeah, none other than Judd Trump, second-ranked player in the world. :p

His high standard of offensive play got him there but he was injured so couldn't play his full potential. He isn't liked by everybody but I like him. :d

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42 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Plus Luca Brecel throwing away a very good chance at a nice upset :(

 

 

 

Yes, that's another thing I've noticed about these Championships. Those with a big lead crumble and let their opponents come back again. :rolleyes:

A 7-1 should really be converted into a victory but what does "should" mean in the world of sports. 

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I thought I'm the only one here in this forum following Snooker :p

 

btw we could have a player in main draw for the very first time, Vafaei lost a match he could win to Ford in the last qualifier after missing some easy shots in last frames, most probably because lack of experience.

first time I started watching snooker in Eurosport (almost 10-12 years ago) this sport almost didn't even exist in Iran . so having two players in the pro tour is quite a progress in such a short time.

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Just now, MHSN said:

I thought I'm the only one here in this forum following Snooker :p

 

btw we could have a player in main draw for the very first time, Vafaei lost a match he could win to Ford in the last qualifier after missing some easy shots in last frames, most probably because lack of experience.

first time I started watching snooker in Eurosport (almost 10-12 years ago) this sport almost didn't even exist in Iran . so having two players in the pro tour is quite a progress in such a short time.

Vafaei is the guy who recently beat Judd Trump? My 'Iranian surprisingly beats Trump' headline on a Dutch website got a lot of views there :d 

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9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Vafaei is the guy who recently beat Judd Trump? My 'Iranian surprisingly beats Trump' headline on a Dutch website got a lot of views there :d 

 

oh yes he is, in China open

 

looks like he gets more headlines outside of Iran :d he always writes about that in his instagram posts, have to say he is very upset about this.

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