PTC6 (Warsaw Classic) Day 3 - Robertson Succeed in Poland

Come to the last day of PTC6 (Warsaw Classic), a winner is produced and he is Neil Robertson. Robertson captured his first ranking title PTC6 after winning World Open last September.

Robertson won PTC6 in a superb form

Robertson was in unbeatable form today and has won two consecutive deciders against Stephen Maguire and Shaun Murphy before whitwashing Stephen Lee in the semi-finals. Robertson made three centuries 114, 113 and 103 in four high standard matches. he played in. The Thunder From Under eventually saw off Ricky Walden in the final by 4-1 with 95, 76 and 69 to capture PTC6 title as well as pocketed 10000 euro for the first prize. 

Robertson edged out Maguire in decider

Robertson is delighted with his win carrying ranking points that helped me to move to world number four, ''I had been on a good run of form recently with a couple of semi-finals and I was really disappointed to lose in the semis of the Shanghai Masters. That was a wake up call because you have to be efficient in the final stages of tournaments. It's all about winning them because that's what you'll be remembered for. So I'm really pleased to convert this one.''

Snooker grows rapidly in Poland

Robertson is pleased with the Poland crowd too and hope Poland will hold a ranking event very soon: "That makes it easier to play because it gives you a buzz, and hopefully the people who came will go away with good memories. In Germany it took a few years for the support to grow and now we have a full ranking event there, so hopefully something similar can happen in Poland."

Legend (Photo from Andrzei Kowalski)

Runner-up Ricky Walden beaten Steve Davis 4-3 in the semi-finals coming from 2-3 down. Although The Nugget lost in semi-finals and nearly reached to play the final but he gave us surprises today. Davis won the marathon 4-3 lasted four hours agaisnt Mark King in the last 16 before heading to the quarter-finals with Jack Lisowski. The Nugget only had a very short period of time to rest but he still came through to beat Liswoski 4-3. The marvellous run of the legend was ended by Walden 3-4. Steve has been the perfect ambassador for the game for over 30 years, and long may it continue. 

Results of PTC6 (Warsaw Classic), Day 3 Sunday October 2

Last 16

10am

113. Judd Trump 4-3 Matthew Selt
114. Ricky Walden 4-0 Liu Chuang
115. Steve Davis 4-3 Mark King
116. Jack Lisowski 4-3 Liang Wenbo
117. Fergal O'Brien 3-4 Xiao Guodong
118. Stephen Lee 4-2 Joe Swail
119. Neil Robertson 4-3 Stephen Maguire
120. Shaun Murphy 4-2 Ben Woollaston

Quarter-finals

1pm

121. Judd Trump 3-4 Ricky Walden
122. Steve Davis 4-2 Jack Lisowski
123. Xiao Guodong 3-4 Stephen Lee
124. Neil Robertson 4-3 Shaun Murphy

Semi-finals - 4pm

125. Steve Davis 3-4 Ricky Walden
126. Stephen Lee 0-4 Neil Robertson

Final - 8pm

127. Ricky Walden 1-4 Neil Robertson

PTC6 (Warsaw Classic) Day 2 - Fabulous Last 16 Line-up

Day 2 of PTC6 (Warsaw Classic) in Poland - We have a great finalized last 16 line-up after today's competition.

Maguire completed his revenge over Hamilton

Maguire had poor runs in the recent PTCs and ranking tournaments. Maguire lost in the first round of the last four ranking tournaments after reaching the final of Welsh Open in February including his defeat to Anthony Hamilton in decider on Shanghai Masters last month. Maguire took his revenge in last 32 today by beating Hamilton 4-3 from two frames behind. Later Maguire won another decider against Michael Holt to secure a spot in last 16.

Maguire needs to win his match against in last 16 to keep himself stay in the top 8. Hopefully it will be another great match as Stephen and Neil displayed five centuries in a row on their last meeting in 2009 Masters.

Kacper Filipiak played his first pro century before the locals

Poland's young talent Kacper Filipiak showed the locals his best though he lost 2-4 to David Gilbert. Filipiak played his first pro century 100 in the first frame on the TV table - this is unbelievable from a 15-year-old player. However David Gilbert played better snooker than Filipiak by missing maximum on the brown in the fourth frame.

Shaun Murphy will also compete in the last 16 by winning over Adam Duffy, Stuart Carrington who outplayed Matthew Stevens in Round 1 and Jak Jones. Superb Xiao Guodong reached another last 16 in the PTC6 by beating James Wattana. Fergal O'Brien, Paul Davision, Ricky Walden and PTC3 winner Ben Wollaston are in the last 16.

Results of PTC6 (Warsaw Classic), Day 2 Saturday October 1

Round 1

9.30am

33. Graeme Dott 4-0 Krzysztof Gorniak
34. Jamie Jones 4-1 Michal Ebert
35. Fergal O'Brien 4-1 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
36. Li Yan 4-0 Adrian Materek
37. Scott MacKenzie 4-3 Michael Wasley
38. Xiao Guodong 4-0 Adam Wicheard
39. James Wattana 4-2 Alex Davies
40. Peter Lines 4-0 Adam Polak
45. Robbie Williams 3-4 Joe Swail
46. Anthony McGill 4-0 Reanne Evans

11am

47. Dechewat Poomjaeng w/o Lucky Vatnani
48. Luca Brecel 3-4 Paul Davison
50. Joe Perry 3-4 Gerard Greene
51. Mike Dunn v Liu Song w/o
52. Passakorn Suwannawat 2-4 Peter Ebdon
53. Michael Holt 4-1 Robert Milkins

11.30am

10. David Gilbert 4-2 Kacper Filipiak
54. Jimmy Robertson 4-1 Shane Castle
55. Stephen Maguire 4-1 David Hogan
56. Liam Highfield 0-4 Anthony Hamilton

12.30pm

57. Jak Jones 2-4 Shaun Murphy
58. Matthew Stevens 1-4 Stuart Carrington
60. Adam Duffy 4-3 Zhang Anda
61. Craig Steadman 4-2 Adrian Gunnell

1pm

9. Aditya Mehta 2-4 Cao Yupeng
11. Andrew Norman 4-2 Martin O'Donnell
12. Ricky Walden 4-0 Mitchell Mann
49. Neil Robertson 4-2 Daniel Wells

2pm

59. Ali Carter v Wiktor Doberschuetz w/o
62. Joe Jogia 3-4 Sam Harvey
63. Jamie Cope 2-4 Chris Norbury
64. Ben Woollaston 4-2 Phil O'Kane

 

Round 2

3.30pm

81.Graeme Dott 3-4 Jamie Jones
82. Fergal O'Brien 4-2 Li Yan
83. Scott MacKenzie 1-4 Xiao Guodong
84. James Wattana 4-2 Peter Lines
87. Joe Swail 4-1 Anthony McGill
88. Dechewat Poomjaeng 3-4 Paul Davison
89. Neil Robertson 4-3 Gerard Greene
90. Liu Song 0-4 Peter Ebdon
69. Cao Yupeng 4-1 David Gilbert
70. Andrew Norman 1-4 Ricky Walden

5pm

91. Michael Holt 4-2 Jimmy Robertson
92. Stephen Maguire 4-3 Anthony Hamilton
93. Shaun Murphy 4-3 Stuart Carrington
94. Wiktor Doberschuetz 0-4 Adam Duffy
95. Craig Sreadman 4-1 Sam Harvey
96. Chris Norbury 2-4 Ben Woollaston

Round 3

7.30pm

105. Jamie Jones 3-4 Fergal O'Brien
106. Xiao Guodong 4-3 James Wattana
108. Joe Swail 4-3 Paul Davison
109. Neil Robertson 4-3 Peter Ebdon
110. Michael Holt 3-4 Stephen Maguire
111. Shaun Murphy 4-1 Adam Duffy
112. Craig Steadman 1-4 Ben Woollaston
99. Cao Yupeng 0-4 Ricky Walden

PTC6 (Warsaw Classic) Day 1 - Masters Line-up is Determined

Day 1 of PTC6 in Poland kicked off today but today we mainly focus on the confirmation of 16 Masters spots in January!

Masters Dream comes true for Gould

Martin Gould will make his first appearance in The Masters next January as he ranks number 16 in the coming cut-off point. The 30-year-old makes his world rankings getting into the top 16 for the first time in his career despite his unexpected defeat to Liu Chuang 3-4 in the first round today - Mark Davis who was a few points behind failed to win three matches today in order to overcome Gould for ranking number 16 for the first time.

The Masters will move to Alexandra Palace

Number 16 means that The Pinner Potter will be automatically seeded in December's UK Championship, Germany Masters in February and indeed the Masters. "I would love to play at the Masters because I've always considered it one of the biggest tournaments, and it's my home event as I live in London. It's for the elite players and it's all about prestige. I've watched it from a distance for a long time so to play in it would be fantastic."

Lee will return to top 16

World Number 14 Stephen Lee and Number 15 Matthew Stevens  will make their return to the Masters this year. As you know Lee and Stevens are great players who topped in the world rankings in the past before dropping out of top 16 in 2008 and 2007 respectively. I am pleased to see both of them returning to the elite top 16. Lee was the runner-up of the Masters in 2008 and even Stevens won the title in 2000. Big congratulations for their effort!


The fans' favourites Ronnie O'Sullivan who has secured his Masters spot as well as Judd Trump will appear in Alexandra Palace in January. However, seven-times world champion Stephen Hendry will be out of the Masters since 1987/1988 season. 


Back to the actions of the boys in Poland: Impressive Chinese player Chen Zhe won the decider against Rory McLeod coming from 0-3 down, the defeat costs McLeod out of top 32. Chen's run is ended by Mark King in the last 32. Judd Trump safely landed in the last 16 on Sunday after winning the serious challenge from China's Tian Pengfei in the second round. 




Steve Davis who played with a new cue accidentally (his cue went missing on the flight) still managed to enter the last 16. Jack Lisowski will return on Sunday to battle for a quarter-finals spot after winning his TV match against Stuart Bingham in the second round. Stephen Lee, Liang Wenbo, Matthew Selt, Liu Chuang are the ones among who continue their journey in Poland on Sunday.

Results of PTC6 (Warsaw Classic), Day 1 Friday September 30

Round 1

9.30am

2. Mark Joyce 3-4 Tian Pengfei
3. Ryan Day 1-4 Alfie Burden
4. Andrew Pagett 4-1 Vladyslav Vyshnevsky
5. Matthew Selt 4-2 Allan Taylor
6. Marcus Campbell 4-3 Krzysztof Wrobel
7. Tom Ford 4-0 Ryan Causton
8. Kurt Maflin 3-4 Marco Fu
13. Tony Drago 4-0 Grzegorz Biernadski
14. Sam Craigie 2-4 Matthew Couch
15. Simon Bedford 4-0 Piotr Murat 

11am

16. Martin Gould 3-4 Liu Chuang
17. Barry Hawkins 4-0 Sean O'Sullivan
19. Andy Hicks 2-4 Mitchell Travis
20. Alan McManus 4-2 Rod Lawler
21. David Grace 4-0 Krzysztof Kubicki
22. Rory McLeod 3-4 Chen Zhe

11.30am

18. Steve Davis 4-2 Jaroslaw Kowalski
23. Dave Harold 4-2 Ashley Wright
24. Mark King 4-3 Barry Pinches
25. Jack Lisowski 4-2 Kyren Wilson

12.30pm

41. Stephen Lee 4-0 Phan Quoc Binh
42. Andrew Higginson 4-0 Karol Szuba-Jablonski
43. Sam Baird 3-4 Ian Burns
44. Dominic Dale 2-4 Stephen Craigie

1pm

1. Judd Trump 4-0 Rafal Gorecki
27. Yu Delu 2-4 David Singh
28. Gary Wilson w/o Robin Hull
29. David Morris v Liang Wenbo w/o

2pm

26. Stuart Bingham 4-0 Tomasz Skalski
30. Michael White 4-0 Alex Taubman
31. Mark Davis 4-3 Gareth Allen
32. Nigel Bond 4-1 Maciej Relich

Round 2

3.30pm

65. Judd Trump 4-3 Tian Pengfei
66. Alfie Burden 4-3 Andrew Pagett
67. Matthew Selt 4-3 Marcus Campbell
68. Tom Ford 2-4 Marco Fu
71. Tony Drago 4-1 Matt Couch
72. Simon Bedford 3-4 Liu Chuang
73. Barry Hawkins 3-4 Steve Davis
74. Mitchell Travis 3-4 Alan McManus
75. David Grace 1-4 Chen Zhe
76. Dave Harold 1-4 Mark King

5pm

77. Jack Lisowski 4-3 Stuart Bingham
78. David Singh 4-3 Gary Wilson
79. Liang Wenbo 4-3 Michael White
80. Mark Davis 3-4 Nigel Bond
85. Stephen Lee 4-1 Andrew Higginson
86. Ian Burns 2-4 Stephen Craigie

Round 3

7.30pm

97. Judd Trump 4-1 Alfie Burden
98. Matthew Selt 4-2 Marco Fu
100. Tony Drago 1-4 Liu Chuang
101. Steve Davis 4-2 Alan McManus
102. Chen Zhe 3-4 Mark King
103. Jack Lisowski 4-0 David Singh
104. Liang Wenbo 4-1 Nigel Bond
107. Stephen Lee 4-1 Stephen Craigie