OPPO International Championship Qualifiers !!!

Tuesday 9th ~ Friday 12th of October at the Barnsley Metrodome, England

Recent China Championship winner Mark Selby is the 2 time defending champion of this event, having beaten Ding Junhui and Mark Allen in the previous 2 editions and will be looking for a 3rd title, also because he has a lot of money to defend this season given he won 5 ranking events 2 seasons ago, and this was one of the most lucrative.

Trying to stop Selby are the likes of World Champion Mark Williams, 4 time World Champion John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Marco Fu, Barry Hawkins, Judd Trump, Mark Allen and of course China's number 1 player Ding Junhui. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the only top player missing.

Who shall win their qualifying match and book a place for China in Daqing?

Selected Last 128 matches
*Mark Selby v Li Yuan
*Noppon Saengkham v Wildcard
*Liang Wenbo v Ashley Huggill
Anthony McGill v Xu Si
Neil Robertson v Ross Muir
Xiao Guodong v Lukas Kleckers
Kyren Wilson v Nigel Bond
Barry Hawkins v Sanderson Lam
Marco Fu v Simon Lichtenberg
Jack Lisowski v Oliver Lines
Fergal O'Brien v Jimmy White
Judd Trump v Lu Ning
John Higgins v Peter Lines
Jimmy Robertson v Adam Stefanow
Luca Brecel v Jordan Brown
*Ding Junhui v Robin Hull
*Ben Woolaston v Wildcard
*Liam Highfield v Wildcard
*Gary Wilson v Wildcard
Shaun Murphy v Sam Baird
Mark Allen v Paul Davinson
*Mark Williams v Zhang Jiankang

* Matches are heldover and played in China

DRAW

ORDER OF PLAY

ROS missing again? Even this tournament.
He's really become a half time pro this season . And he puts himself under massive pressure as well. Next season he'll lose a lot of points.

I have quite enjoyed the tournaments without Ronnie in.

Badsnookerplayer wrote:I have quite enjoyed the tournaments without Ronnie in.

DECLINE!

TheRocket wrote:ROS missing again? Even this tournament.
He's really become a half time pro this season . And he puts himself under massive pressure as well. Next season he'll lose a lot of points.

He'll be reet.

TheRocket wrote:ROS missing again? Even this tournament.
He's really become a half time pro this season . And he puts himself under massive pressure as well. Next season he'll lose a lot of points.

He only needs to win the WC. He will be fine.

Gutted that this got moved from chengdu

chengdufan wrote:Gutted that this got moved from chengdu

You could change your name to Barnsleyfan?

carayip wrote:

TheRocket wrote:ROS missing again? Even this tournament.
He's really become a half time pro this season . And he puts himself under massive pressure as well. Next season he'll lose a lot of points.

He only needs to win the WC. He will be fine.

MasterDoctorGenius makes him 32nd favourite.

SnookerFan wrote:

carayip wrote:

TheRocket wrote:ROS missing again? Even this tournament.
He's really become a half time pro this season . And he puts himself under massive pressure as well. Next season he'll lose a lot of points.

He only needs to win the WC. He will be fine.

MasterDoctorGenius makes him 32nd favourite.

That's quite optimistic for MDG.

SteveJJ wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

carayip wrote:

TheRocket wrote:ROS missing again? Even this tournament.
He's really become a half time pro this season . And he puts himself under massive pressure as well. Next season he'll lose a lot of points.

He only needs to win the WC. He will be fine.

MasterDoctorGenius makes him 32nd favourite.

That's quite optimistic for MDG.

I was assuming he'd made the semi-final.

TheRocket wrote:ROS missing again? Even this tournament.
He's really become a half time pro this season . And he puts himself under massive pressure as well. Next season he'll lose a lot of points.

i really dont think thats a secret.


Ronnie doesent want to be a full time pro. hes got so many points he might see what happens this season and if its a flop he might play more next season.

Wildey wrote:

TheRocket wrote:ROS missing again? Even this tournament.
He's really become a half time pro this season . And he puts himself under massive pressure as well. Next season he'll lose a lot of points.

i really dont think thats a secret.


Ronnie doesent want to be a full time pro. hes got so many points he might see what happens this season and if its a flop he might play more next season.

I agree.

Thing is with Ronnie.. when he senses danger, as for instance dropping rapidly in the rankings, he usually plays more tournaments and often wins some of them. As long as he stays in the Top 16 he doesnt worry.

I don't mind as long as he's in the best shape possible for the Crucible.

Cloud Strife wrote:I don't mind as long as he's in the best shape possible for the Crucible.

As we learned from last season it might mean nothing having won some events prior to it.

Only Selby recently managed to win it after winning other rankers.

Ronnie often misses tournaments. Even when there was only seven a season. How is this news?

Weird Ronnie tweet:

Ronnie O'Sullivan @ronnieo147 1 minute ago

I can declare my game won’t be at the highest level until I decide to put the same work ethic the other guys do on tour. But don’t right me off, cause when I decide too, I’ll be competing for trophy’s

Dan-cat wrote:Weird Ronnie tweet:

Ronnie O'Sullivan @ronnieo147 1 minute ago

I can declare my game won’t be at the highest level until I decide to put the same work ethic the other guys do on tour. But don’t right me off, cause when I decide too, I’ll be competing for trophy’s

"Right me off"? Did Wild compose that tweet?

He says that about work ethic, but look at Mark Williams.

After his Crucible win, he spent the following months ignoring practice and getting drunk. Still won the first tournament of the season.

SnookerFan wrote:He says that about work ethic, but look at Mark Williams.

After his Crucible win, he spent the following months ignoring practice and getting drunk. Still won the first tournament of the season.

Ronnie won his first tournament too at Shanghai, with Mark also in the field. Mark won his, without Ronnie in the draw. I think Ronnie’s win is arguably more impressive.

carayip wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:He says that about work ethic, but look at Mark Williams.

After his Crucible win, he spent the following months ignoring practice and getting drunk. Still won the first tournament of the season.

Ronnie won his first tournament too at Shanghai, with Mark also in the field. Mark won his, without Ronnie in the draw. I think Ronnie’s win is arguably more impressive.

But on that basis, Jimmy Robertson is greater than both of those because initially both Ronnie and Mark were in the draw for the European masters

Come on Jimmy

Dan-cat wrote:Weird Ronnie tweet:

Ronnie O'Sullivan @ronnieo147 1 minute ago

I can declare my game won’t be at the highest level until I decide to put the same work ethic the other guys do on tour. But don’t right me off, cause when I decide too, I’ll be competing for trophy’s

Who write Ronnie him off? I find no one exactly. Certainly not the bookies who are gonna make him fav for the upcoming English Open and every tournament he decides to enter.

The_Abbott wrote:

carayip wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:He says that about work ethic, but look at Mark Williams.

After his Crucible win, he spent the following months ignoring practice and getting drunk. Still won the first tournament of the season.

Ronnie won his first tournament too at Shanghai, with Mark also in the field. Mark won his, without Ronnie in the draw. I think Ronnie’s win is arguably more impressive.

But on that basis, Jimmy Robertson is greater than both of those because initially both Ronnie and Mark were in the draw for the European masters

Yeah, but don't forget that by October, Ronnie had severely declined.

Dan-cat wrote:Weird Ronnie tweet:

Ronnie O'Sullivan @ronnieo147 1 minute ago

I can declare my game won’t be at the highest level until I decide to put the same work ethic the other guys do on tour. But don’t right me off, cause when I decide too, I’ll be competing for trophy’s

Yes he'll win more titles no doubt.

He's just playing less this season as opposed to last season, that's all. As I said earlier, when he senses danger, he usually plays more tournametns and often wins them. No worries here.

The old man just tries to take some pressure off himself. Which is a sign that he's in strong shape and we'll see that at the English Open.

TheRocket wrote:The old man just tries to take some pressure off himself. Which is a sign that he's in strong shape and we'll see that at the English Open.

Yeah. Is that BO7s for the first few rounds?

Dan-cat wrote:

TheRocket wrote:The old man just tries to take some pressure off himself. Which is a sign that he's in strong shape and we'll see that at the English Open.

Yeah. Is that BO7s for the first few rounds?

Yeah. Bo7 in the first four rounds. Bo9 in quarters, 11 in semis and 17 in final.

Dan-cat wrote:

TheRocket wrote:The old man just tries to take some pressure off himself. Which is a sign that he's in strong shape and we'll see that at the English Open.

Yeah. Is that BO7s for the first few rounds?

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