Goldfields Austrailian Open

zack01

I'm away for a few weeks holiday so i won't be about here much but here's the link for all the info on the Austrailian Open which started yesterday. This link includes the draw, match schedule and tv times.
Ken Doherty starts out against Martin Gould tommorow afternoon, don't be surprised if Ken does well here this week, he's had a lot of match practice over the last two weeks and the venue is only a stones throw from his Austrailian in-laws so he'll enjoy plenty of support.

Here's the link.....

http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2395611,00.html

cherryghost

Results from yesterday:

STUART BINGHAM 4 v 5 MATTHEW SELT
ANDREW HIGGINSON 4 v 5 RYAN DAY
BARRY HAWKINS 5 v 1 XIAO GUODONG
MATTHEW STEVENS 5 v 3 LIANG WENBO
MARTIN GOULD 5 v 3 KEN DOHERTY
ALLISTER CARTER 3 v 5 CAO YUPENG
MARK DAVIS 5 v 2 JACK LISOWSKI
NEIL ROBERTSON 5 v 1 NIGEL BOND
SHAUN MURPHY 5 v 4 MARCUS CAMPBELL
DOMINIC DALE 2 v 5 TOM FORD
PETER EBDON 5 v 4 MICHAEL HOLT
DING JUNHUI 5 v 0 ALAN MCMANUS
STEPHEN LEE 5 v 4 RORY MCLEOD
RICKY WALDEN 4 v 5 JAMIE COPE
JOE PERRY 1 v 5 MARCO FU

Wuxi classic winner Walden knocked out already. Ali Carter is also out. Mark Selby had an embarrassing session and looked poor. Doherty is out. Asian PTC winner Bingham is out. Ding whitewashes McManus. Was also watching this. Ding looks superb.

So R2 currently looks like this at the time of posting.

MATTHEW SELT v RYAN DAY
BARRY HAWKINS v MATTHEW STEVENS
MARTIN GOULD v CAO YUPENG
MARK DAVIS v NEIL ROBERTSON
SHAUN MURPHY 4 v 1 TOM FORD
PETER EBDON v DING JUNHUI
STEPHEN LEE 4 v 1 JAMIE COPE
MARCO FU v JAMIE BURNETT

cherryghost

Stephen Lee won 5-2, and Shaun Murphy won 5-1. Tom Ford was terrible. I've never seen so many shots to corner off by so much, from a professional anyway. He looked good in the first frame which he won, but after he lost the second frame he fell apart.

zack01

Doherty done after me tipping him to do well! Ooops I see my tips are top class as per usual !!

cherryghost

Further update on the competition, really coming alive now.

MATTHEW SELT 5 v 3 RYAN DAY
BARRY HAWKINS 5 v 2 MATTHEW STEVENS
MARTIN GOULD 5 v 4 CAO YUPENG
MARK DAVIS 5 v 1 NEIL ROBERTSON
SHAUN MURPHY 5 v 1 TOM FORD
PETER EBDON 5 v 4 DING JUNHUI
STEPHEN LEE 5 v 2 JAMIE COPE
MARCO FU 5 v 1 JAMIE BURNETT


QUARTER FINALS


MATTHEW SELT 3 v 5 BARRY HAWKINS
MARTIN GOULD 2 v 5 MARK DAVIS
SHAUN MURPHY 4 v 5 PETER EBDON
STEPHEN LEE 1 v 5 MARCO FU


Marco Fu looks like an entirely different player than last season, erally impressive stuff. Ebdon ousts Murphy, Davis out safety's Gould, and Hawkins had a tough time beating Selt. Selt had opportunities to win it himself.

So the semis are:

BARRY HAWKINS v MARK DAVIS
PETER EBDON v MARCO FU

I think I'll tip Fu vs Hawkins final, with Hawkins to grab it

zack01

Would love to see Mark Davis win, he's one of the nicest guys on the circuit and long overdue a ranking title, I doubt there are many players on the tour who would begrudge him the win.

cherryghost

Ebdon beats Fu 6-2, while Hawkins progesses 6-4.

My money is on Hawkins to win but with Ebdon you'd have money on that he'd grind a win.

zack01

cherryghost wrote: »

Ebdon beats Fu 6-2, while Hawkins progesses 6-4.

My money is on Hawkins to win but with Ebdon you'd have money on that he'd grind a win.

If Ebdon wins he'll take his tally of ranking wins to 10, that's level with Jimmy White, whatever we think of Ebdon as a player and his methods there is no denying his staying power and talent at the game.

cherryghost

Hawkins triumphs 9-3. Ebdon looked a different man than he had so in the semis. The middle pockets were his own worst enemy.

Regardless, well done Hawkins. Thoroughly deserved.