Predictions for Day 1
Donaldson
Haotian
Zhou
White
Selt
Ford
Ding
O’Connor
Selby is presumably looking very shaky to go any kind of distance in this year’s tournament?
No form at all. Plus the personal issues.
He’s different to the likes of Higgins. If Selby’s out of form he is hopeless.
Higgins would grind out a win - almost better when his back is to the wall (unless someone has dropped him a few quid).
Mid match scores
Taylor v Donaldson 1-8
Dale v Haotian 1-8
Maguire v Zhou Yuelong 5-4
White v Brown 5-4
Selt v Thepchaia Un-Nooh 5-4
Ford v Jones 2-7
Lilley v Ding 5-4
O’Connor v Hugill 3-6
Ding and Stephen Maguire through to the Crucible.
Almost there
Taylor v Donaldson 1-10
Dale v Haotian 4-10
Maguire v Zhou Yuelong 10-7
White v Brown 10-8
Selt v Thepchaia Un-Nooh 7-10
Ford v Jones 5-10
Lilley v Ding 7-10
O’Connor v Hugill 7-9
Id be backing Hawkins and Williams ew at 40s and 28s respectively in that quarter, one of them will make it through ahead of Selby.
Just the 4/8 yesterday. Today’s predictions
Gilbert
Robertson
Milkins
Sijun
Carter
Page
Dott
Vafaei
I will be backing Yan Bingtao from that quarter and Ronnie from the other side of draw.
gilbert
wakelin
milkins
sijun
stevens
grace
dott
peifan
looks very tricky today i’d probably pick different ones to win if i looked again!
Jordan Brown hasn’t really kicked on since that Northern Ireland Open win.
Peifan v Vafaei and Carter v Stevens could be crackers
Not much, no. Gone fierce fat as well
Judgement day on the Eurosport player is handy. Crafty Ken was on the commentary last night.
The Captain off to a flier….sorry….4-0 up
Anthony Hamilton would put years on you watching him. 2-1 up.
current scores
Gilbert v Hamilton 4-2
Robertson v Wakelin 3-3
Saengkham v Milkins 4-4
Highfield v Sijun 4-4
Carter v Stevens 5-3
Page v Grace 6-3
Dott v Clarke 2-4
Peifan v Vafaei 3-5
Much closer games today