China Open 2012 26 Mar - 1 Apr

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The penultimate full ranking event of the snooker season begins on Monday with another tournament out in China - the China Open where Judd Trump will defend the title he won 12 months ago. As with all snooker events these days there is coverage throughout on Eurosport and the world snooker live streaming console. Matches are the best of 9 frames up until the semi finals which are 11 frames and then there is a best of 19 frame final. With the World Championship less than a month away this should be pretty competitive. Draw and format can be found here:- http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/d1/a2/0,,13165~172753,00.pdf Also keep an eye on Ferret147's news thread which I'm sure he will be updating with excellent info for us throughout the tournament :ok.

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Re: China Open 2012 26 Mar - 1 Apr Just the one outright for me in this event. It looks like O'Sullivan is travelling which puts me off a second one. 2pts ew M.Selby to win China Open 8/1 Skybet (1/2 1,2) Mark Selby clearly loves playing in China. In the three tournaments there has been in China this year he's won twice and made the semi final of the other which would've been a final but for Mark Allen hitting the turbo button from 5-2 down in the semi final of the World Open last month. Selby clearly loves the conditions out in China and although he has never won this event he came close last season when he lost in the final to Judd Trump in the tournament which launched the career of the youngster. Selby wouldn't have to face Trump this year until the final or O'Sullivan or the other two real form horses Stephen Lee and Mark Allen as all four are in the opposite half of the draw. In his half of the draw is John Higgins who has shown no form whatsoever this season, Neil Robertson who has never really performed in China despite being unbeatable at times elsewhere, Shaun Murphy who can't be ruled out, Ding Junhui who also doesn't seem to perform out in China probably due to the pressure and expectation, and Ali Carter who is my no means a certainty to even go out to China let alone play well when he gets there. Selby was runner up in the Welsh Open last month so we know he's in good nick even away from China and I think the world number one will be a massive runner this week. Even at 8/1 I'm more than happy to be on the man who probably wishes every event was in China given how well he plays there so it's Selby for me.