2017 Riga Masters

[DeanH]

Hammad Miah 4 v 0 Tom Ford

well done Hammad

Doherty really taking the ITC to heart and played solid to will 4-0

[Neil Taperell]

Good result for Mark Davis 4 nil over Stuart Bingham .

Is Bingham's head on the game ? I thought , unless i've missed it , he was still waiting for the results of his betting investigation ?

Been dragging on a bit now .

[DeanH]

Good result for Mark Davis 4 nil over Stuart Bingham .

Is Bingham's head on the game ? I thought , unless i've missed it , he was still waiting for the results of his betting investigation ?

Been dragging on a bit now .

been keeping an eye on the usual sites but not seen anything; it has been months since the WSC finished, surely enough time has elapse for something to have happened?

[jw147]

Good win for jimmy, last 32 v maflin now, good draw too, ugh i shouldnt of said that.....

[JimMalone]

First quarter
The highest ranked player here is Anthony McGill, who also still has to qualify. If he does so successfully he would open against Stuart Carrington. And in the Scots form I think this could be quite dangerous. Also here are Gary Wilson, Tom Ford and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. In other words, this quarter is wide open.
My pick for the semifinal: Tom Ford

Second quarter
This section is a bit more competitive with world number 9 Stuart Bingham on one side of the quarter and world number 7 Neil Robertson (if he qualifies) and Stephen Maguire on the other side. Bingham has a tough opener against Mark Davis as well.
My pick for the semifinal: Stuart Bingham

What great predictions I made!

My two first semifinalists managed to win not a single frame...

[blahblah01]

Doherty vs Gary Wilson on table 1 (main TV)
on table 2 (Eurosport Player) McGill vs Austrian ladyTatiana Vasiljeva


snooker on TV

but as usual Eurosport relying on Player to increase they "coverage hours" and British Eurosport stops showing any snooker live on TV as 11:45 (BST), and then back on not live "highlights" at 2145
Same again tomorrow, more on TV on Sunday.

Yep, a pain - but then its my favourite channel(s) as into Cyclign too.

[JimMalone]

The first round ends with a surprise as Lukas Kleckers beats defending Champion Neil Robertson 4-3.

[JimMalone]

Paul Davison follows his 4-2-win over Zhou Yuelong with a 4-0 over Hossein Vafaei and at the age of 45 makes the third round of an ranking event for the first time in career.

Speaking about Snooker becoming the old mens game.

[Neil Taperell]

Great result for Paul , the Q School King !

I did expect Vafaei to perform well this season . Looks a good player but that is demoralising defeat .

And Jimmy White flying the veteran flag as well .

[JimMalone]

I did expect Vafaei to perform well this season . Looks a good player but that is demoralising defeat .

Me too and I still do. That result may be a throwback, but he will recover.
Plenty of surprising results (at least to me) in Riga. But it's soo early in the season. Don't think this tournament is very meaningful.

[JimMalone]

It's ridiculous that there is still no breakdown of the ranking points for the whole year and not even for the Riga Masters - or at least I wasn't capable of finding it.

[Neil Taperell]

I mentioned this to one of the Pro's down our club last week , they know what the money / ranking points are . But nothing yet published by World Snooker .

[DeanH]

Just catching up on last nights matches and what a match with Robertson and Lukas Kleckers
I hope this is not a one-hit-wonder-match for Lukas
He has Jack Lisowski later today, hope it is on the TV table

[JimMalone]

I mentioned this to one of the Pro's down our club last week , they know what the money / ranking points are . But nothing yet published by World Snooker .

Do you know why?

[Neil Taperell]

No Jim . Just assume that WS are in the process of updating onto their website .