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[Quasit 865]

[Quasit 865]

2017 Snooker World Championship Main Draw

 

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

[16] Ryan Day WAL - CHN Xiao Guodong

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[9] Neil Robertson AUS - THA Noppon Saengkham

[8] Marco Fu HKG - BEL Luca Brecel

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[5] Shaun Murphy ENG - CHN Yan Bingtao

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

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[13] Liang Wenbo CHN - ENG Stuart Carrington

[4] Ding Junhui CHN - CHN Zhou Yuelong

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[3] Stuart Bingham ENG - ENG Peter Ebdon

[14] Kyren Wilson ENG - ENG David Grace

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[11] Mark Allen NIR - ENG Jimmy Robertson

[6] John Higgins SCO - ENG Martin Gould

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[7] Barry Hawkins ENG - ENG Tom Ford

[10] Ali Carter ENG - SCO Graeme Dott

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[15] Anthony McGill SCO - SCO Stephen Maguire

[2] Judd Trump ENG - ENG Rory McLeod

[Quasit 865]

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

[dcro 10,210]

  On 4/20/2017 at 8:46 PM, Quasit said:

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

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Trump?

[heywoodu 15,336]

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

 

 

[Quasit 865]

  On 4/20/2017 at 9:11 PM, dcro said:

 

Trump?

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

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.

[Quasit 865]

  On 4/20/2017 at 9:17 PM, heywoodu said:

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

 

 

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

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

[MHSN 3,655]

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

 

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.

[heywoodu 15,336]

  On 4/20/2017 at 10:06 PM, MHSN said:

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

 

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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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  

[MHSN 3,655]

  On 4/20/2017 at 10:07 PM, 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  

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oh yes he is, in China open

 

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

Edited April 20, 2017 by MHSN