Maflin in trouble 1-4. Joe O’Connor just beat Ben Woolaston 6-1. Looks good. Ding 3-2 up
Martin Gould beaten. That’s a surprise.
It’s almost time for the big one again.
Yeah. Was doing reasonable this year. Vafei is 5-0 this morning and Gary Wilson is 4-0 down. The last qualifying round is on Tuesday & Wednesday, two session matches.
Didn’t Wilson have a tough time with depression back around the initial lockdown?
Snooker has had a few cases of that - Selby at the moment and Dott around 10 years ago.
He did. It’s very tough sport. The tour is so competitive. Pressure on every tournament to make ends meet. One poor season and you can quickly find yourself struggling to stay on tour.
And from my very limited knowledge of playing it, it is very draining mentally.
Be lonely too with the amount of practice hours spent at the table by yourself.
It’s a tough game to make a living in. There are probably too many pros. Some poor enough quality matches last week.
Who is your favourite for the Worlds?
Probably Robertson. Fancied Trump a few weeks back but he was cat the other week.
Ryan Day 1-4 down to Yuan Sijhun who has just scored three consecutive centuries including two total clearances.
Here is the draw bracket
Ryan Day gone 1-6. Sijhun has won three matches now
Joe Perry gone
Hopefully the Space Man himself, Dominic Dale will qualify for another World Championship
Matthew Stevens and The Captain into the final round
Judgement Day 1
Taylor v Donaldson
Dale v Haotian
Maguire v Zhou Yuelong
White v Brown 
Selt v Thepchaia Un-Nooh
Ford v Jones
Lilley v Ding
O’Connor v Hugill
Michael White and David Lilley have won three qualifying rounds.
Judgement Day 2
Gilbert v Hamilton
Robertson v Wakelin
Saengkham v Milkins
Highfield v Sijun
Carter v Stevens
Page v Grace
Dott v Clarke
Peifan v Vafaei
Sijun, Page and Peifan have won three rounds already.