Snooker

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This is not good, the best player in last years World Championships reduced to a husk, hope he come back from whatever he has got going on , hard to watch.

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Mark Allen: “I’m just trying to survive at the minute. My snooker career might be over.”

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Very sad to see. It has to be a frustratung game and many players have been in the depths in the past. Certainly the black in the semi final must go through his mind constantly. Hopefully his friends can help him through this even if it's just a break from the game or sort out any personla matters. Not good to see in anyone.

 

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Last 16 today and after today becomes best of 11 which should make it easier for the higher ranked players.

Only 2 top 16 left after Higgins went out to one of the players of the season, double ranking event winner, Jak Jones.

These the official ranking and mine and at the end the season iffucual rankings of the last 16. Brown and Donaldson needed the points to help their end of seson tour survival chances as outside the top 64 before this event so they are going well, Brown with home advantage. Craigie and Baranowski also trying to preserve their card at end of season though with advantage of no points to be deducted for previous performances.

Some big opportunities for players to make their firs final or win the event.

Can't enter in usual format.

RANK​	MINE​	SSN RK​	PLAYER​	COUNTRY	AGE​	W​
8​	11​	12​	Mark Williams	Wales	51​	27-17​
10​	7​	14​	Kyren Wilson	England	35​	10-8​
23​	14​	4​	Jak Jones	Wales	33​	2-1​
24​	22​	29​	Elliot Slessor	England	32​	​
29​	24​	18​	Pang Junxu	China	26​	0-1​
34​	21​	11​	David Gilbert	England	45​	1-5​
38​	33​	31​	Anthony McGill	Scotland	35​	1-2​
47​	49​	28​	Daniel Wells	Wales	38​	​
48​	39​	36​	Matthew Selt	England	41​	1-1​
50​	40​	37​	Ricky Walden	England	44​	3-3​
55​	79​	75​	Martin O'Donnell	England	40​	0-1​
60​	47​	47​	Scott Donaldson	Scotland	32​	​
64​	103​	49​	Jordan Brown	N Ireland	39​	1-0​
68​	52​	48​	Sam Craigie	England	33​	MED​
83​	120​	73​	Mateusz Baranowski	Poland	29​	QSE​
95​	93​	84​	Cheung Ka Wai	Hong Kong	27​	QSE​

 

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The draw again not in usual format.

A	RATE A	RATE B	B	ODDS A	ODDS B
Anthony McGill	16.68	9.99	Mateusz Baranowski	1.32	4.13
Kyren Wilson	23.51	17.80	Pang Junxu	1.54	2.84
Matthew Selt	16.30	15.04	Sam Craigie	1.84	2.19
Elliot Slessor	18.27	16.21	Ricky Walden	1.77	2.30
David Gilbert	18.41	11.28	Cheung Ka Wai	1.34	3.97
Mark Williams	21.71	12.30	Martin O'Donnell	1.28	4.56
Jak Jones	20.73	15.31	Daniel Wells	1.51	2.95
Jordan Brown	10.88	15.35	Scott Donaldson	3.14	1.47

 

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Quarter finals and best of 11 now favours the stronger players with intervals. Most of the higher ranked players won yesterday.

A North East clash between Slessor and Craigie today. With Williams and Wilson the favourites though Jak Jones and Dave Gilbert sontinue thir excellent seasons.

A	RATE A	RATE B	B	ODDS A	ODDS B
David Gilbert	18.45	21.94	Mark Williams	2.60	1.62
Jak Jones	20.82	15.44	Scott Donaldson	1.44	3.26
Anthony McGill	16.81	23.53	Kyren Wilson	3.52	1.40
Sam Craigie	15.36	18.51	Elliot Slessor	2.66	1.60

 

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These the past ranking efforts of the last 8 left in.

	W	RU	SF
Mark Williams	27	17	24
Kyren Wilson	10	8	13
Jak Jones	2	1	2
David Gilbert	1	5	4
Anthony McGill	1	2	4
Elliot Slessor	0	0	5
Scott Donaldson	0	0	5
Sam Craigie	0	0	3

 

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One year official ranking points for the last 8 players. Top 32 needed to make the "Elite" series later next year.

	PLAYER	PTS
4​	Jak Jones	159200​
10​	David Gilbert	86450​
11​	Mark Williams	85200​
14​	Kyren Wilson	72900​
25​	Elliot Slessor	48200​
28​	Anthony McGill	47050​
41​	Scott Donaldson	35300​
42​	Sam Craigie	34800​

 

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Now that I have started using AI for finding things out this solves a lack of interviews for non TV subscribers. I have posted my ratings this week and a little surprised the lasct couple of days at the big prices on offer for Elliott Slessor. He won well last night but currently 4-1 down to Craigie, he himself returning to his form after his medical problems. AI gave me this:

While Slessor successfully battled past Ricky Walden in the previous round, he publicly admitted in his post-match interview that his cue tip was not performing correctly and that he was unable to change it before his match against Craigi.e. Because a faulty tip severely limits a player's accuracy, cue action, and positional control, bookmakers immediately reacted to this disadvantage

 

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The semi finals give the tournament a more expected look. Wilson and Williams impressive today. Jak Jones scrambled home against Donaldson with low scoring and needs to up his game against Williams. Craigie as mentioned above had his chances made easier as Slessor worried about his tip. Craigie's best effort since his medical issues and just about guarantees he remains on tour next season. A yop 32 player before the problem and good to see him showing up well again.

Still 11 frames tomorrow.

A	RATE A	RATE B	B	ODDS A	ODDS B
Mark Williams	22.04	20.75	Jak Jones	1.85	2.18
Kyren Wilson	23.87	16.06	Sam Craigie	1.34	3.98

 

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Two deciding frame semi finals and Jak Jones came back to make his 3rd final of the season, a win would put him on the brink of the top 16 but with so few points to lose the rest of this season his place is virtually guaranteed at some point. Now he will be hoping to make the Masters by getting in soon.

Two tough games in 2 days for him though so Wilson with the advantage of playing in the afternoon may be a big help. 17 frames today.

A	RATE A	RATE B	B	ODDS A	ODDS B
Kyren Wilson	23.75	20.86	Jak Jones	1.65	2.54

 

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A game too far for Jak Jones but still an excellent season so far and on Saturday we start the International Championship in Nanjing, China with high prize money available.

For Jones, once the relevant points are removed from 2 sesons ago, he enters the top 16. Ding won that and now has a tough job on to retain his place in the 16.

These the ratings after those points removed, plenty competition for 16th place.

 

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In classic style for Chinese events we have 3 qualifying round matches with wildcards, then 7 last 128 games helld over including another wildcard and the 3 winners from the qualifying event then the last 64.

A mix of all 3 on Saturday over best of 11 frames.

A	RATE A	RATE B	B	ODDS A	ODDS B
Michal Szubarczyk	7.05	4.43	Chen Qi'en	1.28	4.62
Liu Wenwei	8.10	3.06	Dong Zihao	1.06	19.08
Steven Hallworth	10.44	#N/A	Li Jun	#N/A	#N/A
Wu Yize	24.75	10.02	Hammad Miah	1.07	15.24
Jackson Page	15.20	7.05	Michal Szubarczyk	1.11	10.10
Ding Junhui	19.17	5.51	Sahil Nayyar	1.02	49.99
Judd Trump	30.46	8.10	Liu Wenwei	1.02	67.18
Fan Zhengyi	16.64	10.44	Steven Hallworth	1.27	4.64
Pang Junxu	17.79	11.31	Wang Xinzhong	1.29	4.50
Zhao Xintong	27.96	11.72	Ian Burns	1.08	13.66
Wu Yize	24.75	12.98	Robbie Williams	1.16	7.20
Stephen Maguire	15.55	15.20	Jackson Page	1.94	2.06
Ding Junhui	19.17	13.48	Gao Yang	1.38	3.63
Zhang Anda	19.66	7.98	Huang Jiahao	1.07	15.11
Ben Woollaston	14.10	15.38	Yao Pengcheng	2.26	1.79
Oliver Lines	14.05	13.41	Dylan Emery	1.88	2.14
Ryan Day	14.17	15.29	Lei Peifan	2.23	1.81
Liam Highfield	17.46	24.37	Kyren Wilson	3.49	1.40
Judd Trump	30.46	16.64	Fan Zhengyi	1.18	6.48
Pang Junxu	17.79	6.75	Mina Awad	1.06	18.74
Barry Hawkins	20.99	15.90	Ricky Walden	1.47	3.13
Zhou Yuelong	19.02	15.99	Liam Davies	1.62	2.60
David Grace	12.26	17.62	Si Jiahui	3.71	1.37
Liu Hongyu	15.36	13.79	Louis Heathcote	1.75	2.34
Stuart Carrington	8.58	17.80	Hossein Vafaei Ayouri	9.05	1.12
Jimmy White	8.17	27.41	Mark Selby	43.58	1.02
Neil Robertson	21.45	16.63	Jiang Jun	1.50	3.00
Jak Jones	20.19	14.69	Wang Xinbo	1.42	3.39
Ashley Carty	10.35	11.55	Julien Leclercq	2.34	1.74
Stuart Bingham	17.46	14.24	Marco Fu	1.57	2.74
Luca Brecel	16.46	16.95	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	2.08	1.92
Ishpreet Singh Chadha	12.32	21.89	Mark Williams	6.00	1.20
Xu Si	15.41	16.97	Gary Wilson	2.30	1.77
Lyu Haotian	11.90	23.27	John Higgins	7.71	1.15
Shaun Murphy	25.45	10.56	Mitchell Mann	1.08	14.13
Joe O'Connor	17.14	15.87	Yuan Sijun	1.81	2.23
Chris Wakelin	18.98	14.05	Long Zehuang	1.44	3.28
Chang Bingyu	24.50	11.16	Ross Muir	1.10	10.65
Aaron Hill	16.45	7.97	Anton Kazakov	1.13	8.94
Daniel Wells	15.17	11.12	Duane Jones	1.43	3.34
Stan Moody	17.40	16.25	Sam Craigie	1.83	2.20
David Lilley	11.98	27.96	Zhao Xintong	12.80	1.08

 

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Shaun Murphy, Barry Hawkins and Luca Brecel have pulled out of the International Championship in Nanjing for medical reasons.
Murphy was due to play Mitchell Mann in the opening round on Saturday. Mann receives a bye to the last 32.
Hawkins was due to play Ricky Walden on Saturday. Walden receives a bye to the last 32.
Brecel was due to meet Thepchaiya Un-Nooh on Sunday. Un-Nooh receives a bye to the last 32.
The tournament runs from October 31 to November 7.