Here are the results for the second day of snookers The China Open 2009.
Joe Swail 4-5 Robert Milkins
Stephen Maguire 0-5 Dave Harold
Peter Ebdon 5-3 Tang Jun
Joe Perry 2-5 Ricky Walden
Allister Carter 5-0 Nigel Bond
Neil Robertson 5-4 Gerard Greene
Ryan Day 5-2 Jamie Cope
John Higgins 5-4 Anthony Hamilton
Ding Junhui 3-5 Xiao Guodong
In one of the surprises of the day, Ding Junhui lost to unknown wildcard winner Xiao Guodong. Ding made several mistakes throughout the match, maybe due to his countries expectations of him.
This will be a blow for Ding, only a few weeks ahead of this years World Championship in Sheffield. A bad result at the World Snooker Championship in a few weeks may put Dings top 16 place at risk.
The high break of the match was a 127 by Ding in the 3rd frame. This was his only highlight of the match.
After the match, Ding conceded that he didn’t deserve to be in the top 16 if he plays like that.
Ali Carter performed well today, demolishing Nigel Bond by 5-0. His breaks were 84, 75, 69, 69 and 54.
Ryan Day beat Jamie Cope fairly easily by 5-2. Day also twitched on a black in frame 7. He was on for a 147.
Neil Robertson won Gerard Greene by 5-4, but Robertson was far from satisfied with the win. After the match he said his game was “awful”.
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