Snooker

Judd answers back with his own century.

1-1 and really entertaining stuff to start off with.

Third frame of the match, third century of the match.

Trump leads 2-1.

This is F***ing insane.

We're all square again after Miah makes the fourth century of the match.

2-2

Finally a frame not won by a century but it goes the way of Trump who leads 3-2. One away from the next round.

We're going the distance.

3-3.

As is Gilbert v Lyu

Stuck a quid on a 16 match accumulator for today which results in 1749/1 odds.

Wins for Trump, Lyu, Noppon, Vafaei, Leclercq, Donaldson, both Neil and Jimmy Robertson, Williams, Dott, Doherty, Hawkins, Guodong, Gary Wilson, Lisowski and Dale.

Gotta admit, I'm not overly confident on a lot of them but what's a quid eh?

Bets off as Gilbert wins a decider against Lyu, who missed the final pink to all but seal the match himself.

Miah knocks out Trump with a 4-3 win.

Judd was leading by 15 going onto the colours but the world number 113 held his nerve to steal it.

Full recap of yesterday's results;

Ali Carter 4-0 Xu Si
Yuan Sijun 4-0 Ben Mertens
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1-4 Oliver Lines
Ma Hailong 4-0 Mohamed Ibrahim
Lyu Haotian 3-4 Dave Gilbert
Noppon Saengkham 2-4 Fergal O'Brien
Judd Trump 3-4 Hammad Miah
Oliver Brown 2-4 Hossein Vafaei
Scott Donaldson 4-0 Liam Graham
Mark Williams 4-2 Stephen Maguire
Jamie Jones 0-4 Julien Leclercq
Neil Robertson 1-4 Si Jiahui
Rob Milkins 1-4 Barry Hawkins
Ken Doherty 3-4 Matthew Stevens
Andy Hicks 2-4 Graeme Dott
Jimmy Robertson 4-3 Wu Yize
Rod Lawler 4-1 Dominic Dale
Anthony Hamilton 0-4 Xiao Guodong
Gary Wilson 4-3 Chris Wakelin
Jack Lisowski 4-3 Shaun Murphy

Finally the last 64 has finished after a long haul round. Some of the last 32 matches have started before the last 64 finished.

Today's results

Fan Zhengyi 4-1 Ross Muir
He Guoqiang 4-1 Muhammad Asif
Daniel Wells 2-4 Ashley Carty
Matt Selt 4-1 Zak Surety
Tom Ford 4-3 Ashley Hugill
David Grace 3-4 Sanderson Lam
Ryan Day 4-1 Thor Chuan Leong
John Higgins 1-4 Robbie Williams
Mark Selby 4-2 Tian Pengfei
Kyren Wilson 4-0 Mark Allen
Ding Junhui 4-3 Liu Hongyu
Ishpreet Chadha 4-2 Stuart Bingham

And therefore the last 32 looks like this, which will start this evening.

Gary Wilson v Mark Williams
Yuan Sijun v Hossein Vafaei
Matthew Stevens v Fergal O'Brien
Ma Hailong v Hammad Miah
Ryan Day v Ali Carter
Ding Junhui v Julien Leclercq
Oliver Lines v He Guoqiang
Graeme Dott v Ashley Carty

And will finish tomorrow afternoon with these matches;

Barry Hawkins v Kyren Wilson
Robbie Williams v Scott Donaldson
Dave Gilbert v Ishpreet Chadha
Xiao Guodong v Sanderson Lam
Jack Lisowski v Matt Selt
Si Jiahui v Mark Selby
Fan Zhengyi v Rod Lawler
Tom Ford v Jimmy Robertson

Last night's results.

Gary Wilson 2-4 Mark Williams
Yuan Sijun 2-4 Hossein Vafaei
Matthew Stevens 3-4 Fergal O'Brien
Ma Hailong 4-3 Hammad Miah
Ryan Day 2-4 Ali Carter
Ding Junhui 4-0 Julien Leclercq
Oliver Lines 1-4 He Guoqiang
Graeme Dott 4-0 Ashley Carty

Meaning we know half of the last 16, the other eight matches will conclude this afternoon.

This afternoon's results, which set up the last 16 are as follows;

Barry Hawkins 4-1 Kyren Wilson
Robbie Williams 1-4 Scott Donaldson
Dave Gilbert 4-1 Ishpreet Chadha
Xiao Guodong 4-1 Sanderson Lam
Jack Lisowski 4-2 Matt Selt
Si Jiahui 1-4 Mark Selby
Fan Zhengyi 4-2 Rod Lawler
Tom Ford 4-0 Jimmy Robertson

And that sets up the last 16 matches for tonight starting with my pick Ding.

Ding Junhui v Mark Williams
Ali Carter v Xiao Guodong
Graeme Dott v Hossein Vafaei
Tom Ford v Scott Donaldson
Barry Hawkins v He Guoqiang
Dave Gilbert v Mark Selby
Jack Lisowski v Fergal O'Brien
Ma Hailong v Fan Zhengyi

Well my tip Ding fell last night, after taking a two nil lead he just failed to take the opportunities that was offered to him and lost four-two to Mark Williams;

Last nights results in full;

Ding Junhui 2-4 Mark Williams
Ali Carter 2-4 Xiao Guodong
Graeme Dott 2-4 Hossein Vafaei
Tom Ford 4-1 Scott Donaldson
Barry Hawkins 3-4 He Guoqiang
Dave Gilbert 3-4 Mark Selby
Jack Lisowski 4-2 Fergal O'Brien
Ma Hailong 1-4 Fan Zhengyi

And that sets up the quarter finals

He Guoqiang v Hossein Vafaei
Mark Williams v Fan Zhengyi
Mark Selby v Jack Lisowski
Tom Ford v Xiao Guodong

Yesterday's quarter finals;

He Guoqiang 2-5 Hossein Vafaei
Mark Williams 5-1 Fan Zhengyi
Mark Selby 5-4 Jack Lisowski
Tom Ford 3-5 Xiao Guodong

Which sets up the semi finals of Williams v Vafaei and Selby v Xiao.

Williams beat Vafaei 6-3, while Selby whitewashed Xiao 6-0 to set up the all-Mark final.

After the first four frames, Williams leads 3-1.

Mark Williams won the European Masters and today the English Open begins.

Back in work so I’m gonna miss a lot of the earlier matches of this and will have to make do with the evening games.

Mark Williams won the European Masters and today the English Open begins.

Back in work so I’m gonna miss a lot of the earlier matches of this and will have to make do with the evening games.

Finished the game well snooker needed and three reds tight on bottom cush got the lot , been some player when he’s on it , was in an exhibition by me recently hit two consecutive 147 and numerous tons very good with the crowd

Maybe my favourite story of the snooker season so far.

Ding docked frame for wearing the wrong trousers

Ding Junhui was docked the opening frame during his 4-3 win over Ma Hailong at the English Open for turning up in the wrong trousers.

China's Ding wore brown trousers, forgetting that the dress code at the event in Brentwood is all black.

The 36-year-old sent a friend to buy some trousers from a shop nearby, but had to forfeit the opening frame after starting the match late.

"I totally forgot I needed a black shirt and trousers," said Ding.

"My memory is not good. I didn't think about it. Once I was playing I tried to just concentrate on the match.

"Luckily Ma's safety was not that good and he gave me enough chances to win."

Ding, a 14-time ranking event winner, fell 3-1 behind before battling back to take the final three frames and defeat his Chinese counterpart.
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The final eight of the English Open will be decided tonight with the last 16 due to start in about half an hour and finish up tonight.

Martin O'Donnell v He Guoqiang
John Higgins v Oliver Lines
Judd Trump v Yuan Sijun
Ricky Walden v Matt Selt
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Zhang Anda
Ali Carter v Zhou Yuelong
Liu Hongyu v Mark Williams
Ding Junhui v Luca Brecel

Last night's results

Martin O'Donnell 4-2 He Guoqiang
John Higgins 4-1 Oliver Lines
Judd Trump 4-2 Yuan Sijun
Ricky Walden 3-4 Matt Selt
Ronnie O'Sullivan 2-4 Zhang Anda
Ali Carter 1-4 Zhou Yuelong
Liu Hongyu 4-3 Mark Williams
Ding Junhui 4-3 Luca Brecel

And that's set up the quarter finals;

Martin O'Donnell v John Higgins
Judd Trump v Matt Selt
Zhang Anda v Zhou Yuelong
Liu Hongyu v Ding Junhui

Martin O'Donnell 1-5 John Higgins
Judd Trump 5-1 Matt Selt
Zhang Anda 5-4 Zhou Yuelong
Liu Hongyu 5-2 Ding Junhui

And Trump has just defeated Higgins 6-5 in a deciding frame after fighting back from 5-2 behind to book himself as the first man in the final ahead of the all-Chinese semi final match later on tonight.

Those last couple of frames where as good as Judd has played for some time. We know he's due a title and will go into tomorrow's final as a clear favourite. I really hope he can refind his best form because at his best he is as enjoyable as anybody to watch. And with tournament after tournament coming between now and the new year, this is a good time to really find form. Plenty of titles, ranking points and prize money available in the lead up to Christmas.

Zhang Anda beat a very nervous Liu Hongyu 6-2 to reach his first ranking final against Judd Trump.

Due to start in about 10 or 15 minutes.

Zhang himself didn't look great yesterday and if plays like that today against Judd then I think it could be a very one sided affair.

After coming back from 7-3 down, Trump claimed his first ranking title for some time with a 9-7 win in yesterday's English Open final.

Today is the start of the Wuhan Open over in China.

Gonna plump for Lisowski to win this tournament. At some point he has to win one doesn't he? I might just pick him for every tournament until he finally does win one so I can say I told you so

Final of the Wuhan Open today between Trump and Carter.

Trump looking for back-to-back ranking titles and Ali Carter looking for a ranking title in consecutive years after winning last year's German Masters.

So far 8-6 to Judd with the first to 10 picking up the title and a very healthy £140,000.