Snooker Players Championship 2022 Thread

Hello here is the thread for the Players championship. It will be feature the top 16 on the 1 year list. It will run from Monday 7th February to Sunday 13th February. Coverage will be available on ITV4 and ITVhub website. Afternoon sessions will start at 13:00 and evening sessions start at 19:00. The last 16, Quarter finals and semi finals are all best of 11 whilst the final will be best of 19. World champion and world number 1 misses out due to being outside the top 16 on the 1 year list.

1st round results
Mark Williams 6-3 Gary Wilson
Neil Robertson 6-4 Kyren Wilson
Zhao Xintong 3-6 Barry Hawkins
Dave Gilbert 4-6 Yan Bingtao
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-3 Judd Trump
Mark Allen 2-6 Ricky Walden
John Higgins 6-3 Hossein Vafaei
Luca Brecel 1-6 Jimmy Robertson

Quarter finals
Ricky Walden 6-5 Mark Williams
Barry Hawkins 6-5 Yan Bingtao
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-6 Neil Robertson
John Higgins 4-6 Jimmy Robertson

Semi finals
Ricky Walden 2-6 Barry Hawkins
Neil Robertson 6-1 Jimmy Robertson

The final (Best of 19)
Sunday 13th February
13:00 and 19:00
Barry Hawkins 5-10 Neil Robertson

comment by JustTrue (U13155)

posted on 27/2/22

Ronnie deserved to lose that one. Once it got to 8-8, Ronnie hardly put any pressure on Fan and gifted the 17th frame, gifted the 18th too but the young lad felt the pressure, then played a very average final frame.

Fan played well and good safety towards the end, but I felt Ronnie didn’t make him work for it at all.

Ronnie usually has a great record in deciders and in finals, but recently been pretty disappointing

comment by Tino Bambino - Two can keep a secret if one of them is dead 🤌🤌🤌 (U2087)

The one where he opened the pack would have been genius if the pink dropped though.
Fine margins

The problem was he wasn’t even close to potting the pink.

I love when Ronnie goes for his shots, but when opened all the reds, to miss the pink by that much and leave the whole table on, just seemed too careless to me, especially when the opposing player was really feeling it and momentum looked to be shifting.

Yeah I agree with you, I was cussing to

His mental state is so up and down, even one frame to the next these days, he looked shot then comes back and bangs in a century

Lol yes completely agree with you. You never can tell these days if he’s in control of a match.

He’s won plenty in his career, so not overly upset about today, but just wish he was a bit more ruthless on days like these.

comment by Wetherbyterrier (U2075)

posted on 28/2/22

Agreed with you all... A few years ago Ronnie wouldn't have lost to that kid or Brown last year... Not a chance... Ronnie won't stay around too long if he can't play well enough, saying that, what happened to the rest of the top 16? I suppose he's showing consistancy!

Yes so true, I think the last 2 seasons Ronnie has been quite disappointing yet he’s around World Number 2. So many players out of form. Ronnie has been consistent, but if he can find that extra gear, that would be great.