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Dafabet World Championship (Thurs April 24th) Last 32 & 16 !

Postby Wildey

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Saturday 19th of April~Monday 5th of May at The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Short Day at the Dafabet World Championship with no morning session and the Last 32 is concluded with Neil Robertson and Dominic Dale looking strong favorites to book their spots in the Last 16.

And the Last 16 gets underway with both Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Selby in action.

DRAW

ORDER OF PLAY

Thursday 24th of April

1pm

**Mark Davis 2-7 Dominic Dale Dale leads 4-3
Mark Selby v Ali Carter Selby leads 16-9

7pm

Ronnie O'Sullivan v Joe Perry O'Sullivan leads 10-2
**Neil Robertson 7-2 Robbie Williams Robertson leads 1-0

** Denotes Final Session of a Match

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Re: Dafabet World Championship (Thurs April 24th) Last 32 &

Postby Andre147

boris_the_butcher wrote:remaining 1st round clashes are forgone conclusions and hoping for Carter and ROS to do some damage in the last 16 matches.


Absolutely, and hopefully the remaining 2 First round matches finish quick so that Carter v Selby and Ronnie v Perry have the whole arena for themselves. :-D

Re: Dafabet World Championship (Thurs April 24th) Last 32 &

Postby Wildey

AC or LT? wrote:Surely it would make a lot more sense for both L32 matches to finish in the afternoon and both L16 matches to start in the evening?

could have a very short afternoon session tomorrow with both matches 7-2

Re: Dafabet World Championship (Thurs April 24th) Last 32 &

Postby Cloud Strife

Wildey wrote:Theres been talk of the tables being easy but centuries not flowing this year with 16 made so far

Day 1=4
Day 2=2
Day 3=4
Day 4=3
Day 5=3


The lack of centuries is very telling.

The tables are slightly easier, but the standard of play has plummeted, generally speaking.

Re: Dafabet World Championship (Thurs April 24th) Last 32 &

Postby Snooker Overdrive

Wildey wrote:Theres been talk of the tables being easy but centuries not flowing this year with 16 made so far

Day 1=4
Day 2=2
Day 3=4
Day 4=3
Day 5=3


I don't think they are that easy. Since that outrageous Doherty match ball along the cushion I haven't seen any pots go in that shouldn't have.

Also the overall standard hasn't been the highest so far, you would expect the likes of Trump and Allen to knock in a few but they haven't.

Re: Dafabet World Championship (Thurs April 24th) Last 32 &

Postby Snooker Overdrive

Wildey wrote:
AC or LT? wrote:Surely it would make a lot more sense for both L32 matches to finish in the afternoon and both L16 matches to start in the evening?

could have a very short afternoon session tomorrow with both matches 7-2


Yes it worked out nicely this year. We can all watch the last 16 matches without too much distraction.

Re: Dafabet World Championship (Thurs April 24th) Last 32 &

Postby vodkadiet

Terrible standard in the first round. Best matches in terms of quality were Carter/Xiao and Fu/Gould.

The Trump/Ford match was what you would expect from a 1st qualifying round match. Awful collapses from Gilbert and Holt. However, Ding Junhui was the player who disappointed the most.

The second round most surely see a vast improvement.

Re: Dafabet World Championship (Thurs April 24th) Last 32 &

Postby SnookerFan

SnookerFan wrote:Mark Allen talking up The Crucible on Twitter.


And by Mark Allen, I mean World Snooker is quoting Mark Allen;

World Snooker ‏@WorldSnooker1 ·11h
Mark Allen on snooker at the Crucible: "If they ever take it away I'll be the first to shed a tear."