Perry interestingly lost his Masters warm-up against Barry Hawkins 3-2 from 2-0 ahead, but managed to win matches against Judd Trump and Ricky Walden to presently sit in second position. Just behind him is Mark Williams who has won two of three matches so far, while Ricky Walden has managed two wins from four games.
Judd Trump and Robert Milkins both need to improve on day two too avoid relegation, as they have only won a single game from three at the halfway stage. Barry Hawkins in a perilous situation having won one of his opening four games (contrary to the as it stands table in my pad picture below states).
Trumps remaining games are against Mark Williams, Ricky Walden and Robert Milkins and he could easily win two of those if he shows a little improvement, in order to make the semi-finals.
As well as playing Trump, Robert Milkins faces Joe Perry and group leader Mark Selby so he certainly has some tough matches there and could easily be relegated.
Barry Hawkins only has games against Mark Selby and Ricky Walden to go having already lost to the two guys around him that have only won a game each. He is certainly odds on to be relegated at this stage.
Walden would be disappointed not to get one win from his two remaining matches against the halfway strugglers in order to have a chance of the semi-finals and guarantee a place in group three.
Mark Selby as well as playing Robert Milkins and Barry Hawkins will face Mark Williams and you would say he should win at least one of those matches to guarantee a strong finish in the group and a favourable draw in the semi-finals (if there is such a thing).
Mark Williams, on top of facing Selby and Trump faces Joe Perry as he looks for another win or two to make the semi-finals again, while Perry will certainly need to win one of those games mentioned earlier against Williams or Robert Milkins to move into the knock-out stages.
At the moment though the stand out player is certainly Mark Selby but that doesn't mean he will come out on top, so come back tomorrow to find out who ends up winning group 2 of the Championship League.
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