Wuxi Classic 2012 – Day 3 Report

DAY THREE of the Wuxi Classic produced yet more shock results as more top seeds suffered first round exits. This year’s World Championship semi-finalist and world-number-four Stephen Maguire was victim to the day’s most surprising result after he lost 5-4 to qualifier Rod Lawler – who is provisionally ranked 65th in the world. The result has to be…

Wuxi Classic 2012 – Day 2 Report

THE SECOND day of the Wuxi Classic proved a day to forget for some of the world’s top players with both Neil Robertson and Ding Junhui crashing out in the first round. Last season’s Masters champion Robertson failed to find his best form and suffered a heavy 5-1 defeat to the hands of Scotland’s Jamie…

Wuxi Classic 2012 – Day 1 Report

WORLD-NUMBER-ONE Mark Selby gained sweet revenge over Barry Hawkins to book his place in the last 16 of the Wuxi Classic which began today. Selby, who lost to Hawkins 10-3 in the opening round of the World Championship in April, began his defence of the Wuxi title with an impressive 5-2 win which included two century breaks.…

Wuxi Classic 2012 – Round 1 Draw

Winners advance to the second round (last 16). Matches scheduled to start on Monday, June 25. Mark SELBY vs Barry HAWKINS Martin GOULD vs Jamie COPE Stuart BINGHAM vs Peter EBDON Shaun MURPHY vs Ken DOHERTY Neil ROBERTSON vs Jamie BURNETT Ding JUNHUI vs Mark DAVIS Graeme DOTT vs Michael WHITE Stephen MAGUIRE vs Rod…

Wuxi Classic 2012 – Qualifying Round 4 Results

Winners will play in the first round of the venue stages of this month’s Wuxi Classic ranking event. Barry HAWKINS 5-4 Jimmy ROBERTSON Jamie COPE 5-4 Aditya MEHTA Peter EBDON 5-4 Matthew SELT Ken DOHERTY 5-3 Jack LISOWSKI Jamie BURNETT 5-2 Marco FU Mark DAVIS 5-2 Rory McLEOD Michael WHITE 5-4 Anthony HAMILTON Rod LAWLER…

Wuxi Classic 2012 – Qualifying Round 4 Draw

Matches are best out of nine frames. Players in brackets indicate who he will play in the first round of the main draw. (Subject to whether there are any Wildcard matches at the venue stage before Round 1) Jimmy ROBERTSON vs Barry HAWKINS (Mark SELBY) Aditya MEHTA vs Jamie COPE (Martin GOULD) Matthew SELT vs Peter…

Wuxi Classic 2012 – Qualifying Round 3 Results

There are four qualifying rounds for this ranking event. (Matches are best out nine frames) Jimmy ROBERTSON 5-3 Nigel BOND Aditya MEHTA 5-1 Jimmy WHITE Matthew SELT 5-3 Simon BEDFORD Jack LISOWSKI 5-1 Tony DRAGO Jamie BURNETT 5-4 Luca BRECEL Rory McLEOD 5-3 Mark JOYCE Micdhael WHITE 5-1 Xiao GUODONG Rod LAWLER 5-3 Liang WENBO…

Wuxi Classic 2012 – Qualifying Round 3 Draw

Matches are best out of nine frames. Players in brackets indicate who the winner will play in Qualifying Round 4 – the final round of qualifiers. Jimmy ROBERTSON vs Nigel BOND (Barry HAWKINS) Aditya MEHTA vs Jimmy WHITE (Jamie COPE) Simon BEDFORD vs Matthew SELT (Peter EBDON) Tony DRAGO vs Jack LISOWSKI (Ken DOHERTY) Luca…

Wuxi Classic 2012 – Qualifying Round 2 Results

There are four qualifying rounds for this ranking event. (Matches are best out nine frames) Jimmy ROBERTSON 5-0 Thepchaiya UN-NOOH (Robertson – 100 break) Aditya MEHTA 5-1 James WATTANA Simon BEDFORD 5-0 Chen ZHE (Bedford – 123 break) Tony DRAGO 5-3 Adam DUFFY Luca BRECEL 5-4 Dechawat POOMJAENG (Brecel – 105 break) Mark JOYCE 5-3…

Wuxi Classic 2012 – Qualifying Round 2 Draw

Matches are best out of nine frames. Players in brackets indicate who the winner will play in Qualifying Round 3. There are four rounds in total. Thepchaiya UN-NOOH vs Jimmy ROBERTSON (Nigel BOND) Aditya MEHTA vs James WATTANA (Jimmy WHITE) Chen ZHE vs Simon BEDFORD (Matthew SELT) Tony DRAGO vs Adam DUFFY (Jack LISOWSKI) Luca BRECEL vs…