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888.com World Grand Prix Pencil

Date: 16-22 Mar 2015; Venue: Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales; Type: Invitational; Twitter: #WorldGrandPrix; Notes: See also upcoming matches (1) and results (30)
Final Pencil
(Best of 19; Winner: £100,000; Runner-up: £35,000)
England Judd Trump [4] v England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] Head to head Today 2pm CET
(Session two: 8pm) Pencil

Watch on ITV, Eurosport and LiveWorldSnooker.TV

Semifinals Pencil
(Losers receive £20,000)
England Judd Trump [4] 6 - 5 England Martin Gould [16] Head to head Details  Pencil

28-73 (50), 0-87 (87), 121-6 (121) 34-68
1-116 (53), 21-111 (111), 83-4 (55), 76-12, 78-21 (61)
62-0, 96-0 (59)

It looked like Trump was going to go 1-0 up but he missed and Gould took the frame with the help of a 50 break. A good 87 break from Gould takes him 2-0 up. Trump responded with a ton in frame 3.

Gould then went 5-1 up aided by a century and it looked like he was going to win the match. Trump showed some great fighting spirit though with some good breaks. This and some nervous play from Gould allowed Trump to grab five frames in a row and win the match.

England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 6 - 0 England Stuart Bingham [6] Head to head Details  Pencil

73-13, 100-18 (88), 88-8 (72),89-0 (89)
65-58, 83-42 (77)

After misses from both players O'Sullivan takes the first frame. Bingham has the first chance in the second frame but he stops on 18. A snooker from O'Sullivan lets him in. Three good breaks in the row (88, 72 and 89) then gets him to 4-0 at the mid-session interval. After the break Bingham had chanches to wins frames but Osullivan steals them both from behand with great breaks and winning 6-0.

Quarterfinals Pencil
(Losers receive £10,000)
England Martin Gould [16] 4 - 2 England Peter Ebdon [25] Head to head Details  Pencil
England Judd Trump [4] 4 - 3 Wales Mark J Williams [12] Head to head Details  Pencil

Williams steals frame 3 after Trump missed an easy frame ball pink. Watch it on YouTube. Trump wins an exciting decider after Williams tries to double the blue ball. Watch it on YouTube.

England Stuart Bingham [6] 4 - 0 England Mark Davis [19] Head to head Details  Pencil

Nerves in the first frame from both players and Davis missed the deciding black ball so Bingham took the frame. Watch it on YouTube.

England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 4 - 1 Scotland Graeme Dott [23] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 2 Pencil
(Last 16; Losers receive £5,000)
1 England Martin Gould [16] 4 - 2 England Mark Selby [1] Head to head Details  Pencil

Selby started the match with a good 88 break. Gould then won three frames in a row aided by a ton to lead 3-1. Selby took one back with an 84 before Gould won the last helped by a fluked red.

2 England Peter Ebdon [25] 4 - 1 Scotland Stephen Maguire [9] Head to head Details  Pencil

Ebdon won the two first frames before Maguire responded with a ton. The Scot then had a chance to steal frame four after needing snookers but Ebdon took it and went on to win the match. Watch the end of the match on YouTube.

3 Wales Mark J Williams [12] 4 - 3 England Ricky Walden [5] Head to head Details  Pencil

For the second match in a row Williams comes from behind to win. This time from 2-3.

4 England Judd Trump [4] 4 - 2 England Joe Perry [13] Head to head Details  Pencil

Watch Trump fluking the match ball on YouTube

5 England Mark Davis [19] 4 - 3 Australia Neil Robertson [3] Head to head Details  Pencil

Great comeback from Davis who was 3-1 down. He won the match on the final black in a deciding frame that lasted more than one hour. Watch it on YouTube.

6 England Stuart Bingham [6] 4 - 2 England Matthew Selt [22] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 Scotland Graeme Dott [23] 4 - 3 China Liang Wenbo [26] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 4 - 0 England Robert Milkins [15] Head to head Details  Pencil

Milkins never recovered after O'Sullivan stole the opening frame

Round 1 Pencil
(Last 32; Losers receive £2,500)
1 England Mark Selby [1] 4 - 1 England Michael Holt [32] Head to head Details  Pencil

It looked like Selby had frame one but Holt stole it with a great 42 clearance. Selby responded well with 110 and 95 to lead 2-1. Holt had the initial control in frame 4 before Selby took command. Selby then closed out the match with a 68.

2 England Martin Gould [16] 4 - 1 Scotland Alan McManus [17] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 Scotland Stephen Maguire [9] 4 - 1 China Xiao Guodong [24] Head to head Details  Pencil

Maguire started the match with two centuries including an event-high 122. He won the third with a 60 and started the fourth with six reds and blacks before missing a tough red to let Xiao in. The Chinese player cleared up with 89 to trail 1-3 but Maguire won 4-1 with a 52 in the last.

4 England Peter Ebdon [25] 4 - 3 England Shaun Murphy [8] Head to head Details  Pencil

Murphy steals frame one. Ebdon steals frame 5. Great snookers in frame 6 from both players especially from Murphy who wins the frame thanks to a good snooker. Watch the tactical battle on YouTube. Ebdon won the decider with a 136 total clearance. Watch it on YouTube.

5 England Ricky Walden [5] 4 - 1 China Ding Junhui [28] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 Wales Mark J Williams [12] 4 - 3 Wales Ryan Day [21] Head to head Details  Pencil

Williams was 1-3 down. He won the decider on the black from 60-1 down after a fluke on the final pink.

7 England Joe Perry [13] 4 - 0 England Ben Woollaston [20] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Judd Trump [4] 4 - 0 Wales Dominic Dale [29] Head to head Details  Pencil

Trump's 140 is up for the £5000 high break prize. Watch it on YouTube.

Dale gets his first point in the match in frame 2 when Trump was 62 up. Trump had 304-0 in points. Good breaks from Trump in the match one centrius and two half centrius.

9 Australia Neil Robertson [3] 4 - 0 Belgium Luca Brecel [30]   Details  Pencil

Good breaks from Robertson with a 64, a 79 and then a 121 in the last frame.

10 England Mark Davis [19] 4 - 1 Hong Kong Marco Fu [14] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 England Matthew Selt [22] 4 - 0 England Barry Hawkins [11] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Stuart Bingham [6] 4 - 3 Scotland Anthony McGill [27] Head to head Details  Pencil

Bingham led 3-0 with one century but McGill recovered well and took the match to a decider. A 70 break from Bingham helped him to win the match in the end.

13 China Liang Wenbo [26] 4 - 3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [7] Head to head Details  Pencil

The first two frames were won by steals. Watch the final two frames on YouTube.

14 Scotland Graeme Dott [23] 4 - 3 Scotland John Higgins [10] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Robert Milkins [15] 4 - 2 Wales Michael White [18] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 4 - 2 England Rod Lawler [31] Head to head Details  Pencil

Lawler won frame two with a ton. He led 31-0 in frame 5 but O'Sullivan fluked a red and won the frame. Watch it on YouTube. After that Lawler never recovered and Ronnie won 4-2.


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