I'm not really that interested in this tournament. It's short format for the first rounds and many of the very best players don't play there. But it's a ranking tournament, so it deserves a thread.
In fact it is probably one of the easiest chances to win a ranking event. Mark Selby, Stuart Bingham, Judd Trump - the three top-ranked players in the world - all opted, not to play here. As well as Neil Robertson, Ali Carter and Martin Gould. That means four of the worlds eight best players and two more of the worlds top 20 ranked players are not here. With all those players out Ding Junhui, John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Shaun Murphy and maybe Liang Wenbo and Mark Allen are probably the favorites here. But as the path for other players opened up, chances are also higher we could get a surprise winner here.
Here's a link to the draw:
http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Open
This would be the possible quarterfinals:
Stephen Maguire - Liang Wenbo
Ronnie O'Sullivan - John Higgins
Shaun Murphy - Joe Perry
Mark Allen - Ding Junhui
2016 Northern Ireland Open
In fact it is probably one of the easiest chances to win a ranking event. Mark Selby, Stuart Bingham, Judd Trump - the three top-ranked players in the world - all opted, not to play here. As well as Neil Robertson, Ali Carter and Martin Gould. That means four of the worlds eight best players and two more of the worlds top 20 ranked players are not here. With all those players out Ding Junhui, John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Shaun Murphy and maybe Liang Wenbo and Mark Allen are probably the favorites here. But as the path for other players opened up, chances are also higher we could get a surprise winner here.
Here's a link to the draw:
http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Open
This would be the possible quarterfinals:
Stephen Maguire - Liang Wenbo
Ronnie O'Sullivan - John Higgins
Shaun Murphy - Joe Perry
Mark Allen - Ding Junhui
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