The Championship League winners group is looking very tight after the first day, with 4 players locked on 2 points from their opening games, while Stephen Maguire has had a decent day, with 3 points from his first 4 games, while Joe Perry is in trouble with 0 wins from his first 3 games, while defending champion Martin Gould has had 1 win from 3 games, though given the amount of frames he's won he still has a great chance.
Let's have a look at today's results then:
Ricky Walden 3-1 Joe Perry
Stephen Maguire 3-2 Judd Trump
Martin Gould 3-2 Shaun Murphy
Ricky Walden 3-0 Ryan Day
Judd Trump 3-2 Joe Perry
Shaun Murphy 3-1 Stephen Maguire
Ryan Day 3-2 Martin Gould
Judd Trump 3-1 Ricky Walden
Stephen Maguire 3-1 Joe Perry
Shaun Murphy 3-0 Ryan Day
Ryan Day 3-0 Judd Trump
Stephen Maguire 3-2 Martin Gould
Just a reminder of tomorrow's remaining round-robin games:
Ricky Walden Vs Martin Gould
Joe Perry Vs Shaun Murphy
Stephen Maguire Vs Ryan Day
Judd Trump Vs Martin Gould
Joe Perry Vs Ryan Day
Ricky Walden Vs Shaun Murphy
Judd Trump Vs Shaun Murphy
Joe Perry Vs Martin Gould
Ricky Walden Vs Stephen Maguire
Now for the table after proceedings on Day 1:
Maguire: Played 4 Won 3 Frames won 10 Frames lost 8 Points 3
Murphy: Pld 3 Won 2 Frames won 8 Frames lost 4 Points 2
Trump: Pld 4 Won 2 Frames won 8 Frames lost 9 Points 2
Walden: Pld 3 Won 2 Frames won 7 Frames lost 4 Points 2
Day: Pld 4 Won 2 Frames won 6 Frames Lost 8 Points 2
Gould: Pld 3 Won 1 Frames won 7 Frames Lost 8 Points 1
Perry: Pld 3 Won 0 Frames won 4 Frames Lost 9 Points 0
It all looks very close and a touch confusing, and there isn't really any easy games for me to really rate who has the best chance of making the semi-finals. Normally in these circumstances you'd say that Maguire should be through, already having 3 points, which is usually enough, but with 4 players on 2 it could be a lot closer if he doesn't get another win tomorrow. Murphy and Walden obviously have slight advantages over Trump and Day who are all on 2 points, with Shaun and Ricky having an extra match tomorrow to get the 2 wins they'd need to be certain, with Murphy looking in the best situation if he could get 1 more win tomorrow and not lose too heavily in his other 2 matches, though he won't be looking at it like that. Martin Gould will need at least a couple of wins from his 3 remaining games and looking at how many frame wins he's got already, while Joe Perry really needs to win his remaining 3 group games and hope other results go his way.
As I've already stated it all looks incredibly close for tomorrow to see who gets into the semi-finals but once it's all sorted out, the likes of Maguire and Murphy (with 2 centuries today) looked to have been playing well today and I think they both have very good chances of winning, while there a few outsiders who can also go on and win it. Whatever happens it makes for a very exciting ending to Championship league snooker at Crondon Park in 2014.
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