Wild Card Games
(am = amateur)
John Higgins (SCO) (51) bt K Persyn (BEL) (am) 5-1
Anthony Davies (WAL) (64) bt N de Viles (BEL) (am) 5-4
Mark King (89) bt A de Cock (BEL) (am) 5-4
Yvan van Velthoven (BEL) (am) bt Matthew Couch (135) 5-4
A chance for the top local players to get some valuable
match experience against the professionals.
A big surprise that Mark King, one of this season's comets,
was almost beaten by de Cock
First round
Losers receiving 1140 pts except seeds 1 to 16 who get 380.
The amateurs don't get zip!
Players are English unless stated
STEPHEN HENDRY (SCO) (1) bt Alain Robidoux (CAN) (32) 5-4
STEVE DAVIS (2) bt Mike Hallett (23) 5-0
JAMES WATTANA (THA) (3) bt Mark King (89) 5-4
Van Velthoven (BEL) (am) w/o JIMMY WHITE (4) scr
JOHN PARROTT (5) bt Anthony Davies (WAL) (64) 5-4
ALAN MCMANUS (SCO) (6) bt Martin Clark (18) 5-2
KEN DOHERTY (IRE) (7) bt Doug Mountjoy (WAL) (26) 5-0
DARREN MORGAN (WAL) (8) bt Mark Bennett (WAL) (31) 5-1
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN (9) bt Neal Foulds (25) 5-2
Dave Harold (19) bt PETER EBDON (10) 5-3
NIGEL BOND (11) bt Steve James (17) 5-1
Dean Reynolds (29) bt JOE SWAIL (NIR) (12) 5-3
DAVID ROE (13) bt Mick Price (27) 5-1
TERRY GRIFFITHS (WAL) (14) bt Gary Wilkinson (22) 5-3
WILLIE THORNE (15) bt Billy Snaddon (SCO) (36) 5-4
TONY DRAGO (MLT) (16) bt John Higgins (SCO) (51) 5-4
Jimmy White has withdrawn from the tournament because of
illness. Something about a bald patch on his head. He'll
probably be gone for quite some time.
Terry Griffiths came back from 3-0 down against Gary Wilkinson to win
5-3. He now faces Steve Davis - their 37th meeting!
Steve Davis's whitewash over Mike Hallett included two century breaks
and is his best performance so far this season.
Second round
Losers receiving 1330 pts.
HENDRY (1) bt DRAGO (16) 5-3
GRIFFITHS (14) bt S DAVIS (2) 5-2
BOND (11) bt WATTANA (3) 5-3
PARROTT (5) bt D ROE (13) 5-3
O'SULLIVAN (9) bt MCMANUS (6) 5-3
DOHERTY (7) bt D Reynolds (29) 5-2
THORNE (15) bt D MORGAN (8) 5-3
Harold (19) bt Velthoven (am) 5-1
James Wattana made a 121 break, the highest break of the televised
stages so far, but lost anyway to Nigel Bond.
Quarter-finals
Losers receiving 1520 pts
HENDRY (1) bt THORNE (15) 5-2
Frame scores: 50-66, 65-9, 42-81, 88-0 (88), 66-28, 78-15 (71),
78-33 (74)
Stephen Hendry was heading for a maximum break in frame four, but
missed the 12th red.
"I should have potted it, even though I needed a cue extension
for a rest shot", he admitted. A score of 147 would have guarantees
him a bonus of 20 000 Pounds.
PARROTT (5) bt GRIFFITHS (14) 5-2
Frame scores: 75-4, 86-8, 88-34, 88-1 (80), 53-54, 20-72, 82-34 (54)
BOND (11) bt DOHERTY (7) 5-3
Frame scores: 130-0 (64,62), 68-49 (55), 67-34, 1-74, 18-96 (88),
97-1 (76), 32-74 (61), 82-7 (50)
Nigel Bond hadn't appeared in a ranking tournament semi-final for two
and a half years. And he's only been in one final (in the 1990 Grand
Prix).
O'SULLIVAN (9) bt Harold (19) 5-1
Frame scores: 88-19 (82), 92-6 (80), 73-32, 24-65, 97-20 (91),
68-5 (53)
Ronnie O'Sullivan needed just 63 minutes to beat Dave Harold.
"I have surprised myself against a quality player. I thought
he would beat me", enthused O'Sullivan. "The reason I didn't expect to
win was that I didn't fancy the job. You have days when you feel like
that", he added.
Semi-finals
Losers receiving 2025 pts
HENDRY (1) bt O'SULLIVAN (9) 6-5
Frame scores: 97(97)-0, 44(37)-86(64), 86(69)-0, 17-92(30,58),
59(33)-64(31), 80(80)-0, 13-85(38,47), 92(92)-0, 114(114)-1,
0-88(88), 94(76)-9
PARROTT (5) bt BOND (11) 6-4
Frame scores: 47(38)-77(43), 64(57)-0, 67(51)-24, 67(45)-43,
65(49)-66(66), 0-81(81), 89(89)-43(43), 0-83(83), 128(107)-0,
74(36,37)-0
THE FINAL
Loser receiving 2700 pts. Winner receiving 3600.
HENDRY (1) bt PARROTT (5) 9-3
Frame scores: 75(74)-48(48), 100(100)-10, 5-94(36,57), 73(73)-51(47),
136(136)-1, 69(37)-19, 93(82)-0, 85(78)-0, 9-73(51), 0-78(78),
101(101)-0, 92(92)-0
Prizes
Winner: £60,000
Runner-up: £32,000
Losing semi-finalists: £16,000
Losing quarter-finalists: £9,050
Last 16 losers: £4,550
Last 32 losers: £3,080
Highest break: TV Stage
Stephen Hendry - 136 £2,400
Highest break: Pre-TV
Sean Lanigan - 140 £1,200
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