First round
Losers receiving 640 pts except seeds 1 to 32 who get 427.
Mark Johnston-Allen (44) bt STEPHEN HENDRY SCO (1) 5-4
STEVE DAVIS (2) bt Mark Flowerdew (84) 5-1
Euan Henderson SCO (119) bt JAMES WATTANA THA (3) 5-4
JIMMY WHITE (4) bt Nick Terry (38) 5-3
JOHN PARROTT (5) bt Neil Mosley (243) 5-0
ALAN MCMANUS SCO (6) bt Wayne Jones WAL (52) 5-3
KEN DOHERTY IRE (7) bt Rod Lawler (45) 5-2
DARREN MORGAN WAL (8) bt Cliff Thorburn CAN (54) 5-3
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN (9) bt Graeme Dott SCO (-) 5-3
PETER EBDON (10) bt Paul Davies WAL (55) 5-3
NIGEL BOND (11) bt David McLellan SCO (156) 5-1
John Higgins SCO (51) bt JOE SWAIL NIR (12) 5-1
DAVID ROE (13) bt Stephen Murphy IRE (63) 5-2
TERRY GRIFFITHS WAL (14) bt Tai Pichit THA (-) 5-0
Anton Bishop (210) bt WILLIE THORNE (15) 5-4
TONY DRAGO MLT (16) bt Jason Prince NIR (47) 5-4
Jim Wych CAN (56) bt STEVE JAMES (17) 5-3
Tony Jones (34) bt MARTIN CLARK (18) 5-4
DAVE HAROLD (19) wo Roger Garrett (125) scr.
Billy Snaddon SCO (36) bt DENE O'KANE NZL (20) 5-3
TONY KNOWLES (21) bt Dave Finbow (41) 5-1
Mark J Williams WAL (58) bt GARY WILKINSON (22) 5-2
MIKE HALLETT (23) bt Jeff Cundy (138) 5-1
DENNIS TAYLOR NIR (24) bt Terry Murphy NIR (91) 5-3
NEAL FOULDS (25) bt Paul McPhillips SCO (59) 5-2
Peter Lines (129) bt DOUG MOUNTJOY WAL (26) 5-4
MICK PRICE (27) bt Anthony Hamilton (35) 5-1
JASON FERGUSON (28) bt Silvino Francisco SAF (57) 5-4
Drew Henry SCO (39) bt DEAN REYNOLDS (29) 5-2
Mark Davis (65) bt BRIAN MORGAN (30) 5-1
Andy Hicks (33) bt MARK BENNETT WAL (31) 5-2
ALAIN ROBIDOUX CAN (32) bt Tony Chappel WAL (53) 5-2
Roger Garrett didn't show up for his match against Dave Harold. No
reason has yet been given.
Mark Johnston-Allen, ranked 44 in the world, has now won three out of
three matches against Stephen Hendry!
"That was among the three worst performances of my career," a
dejected Hendry said afterwards. "I feel like chucking it in when I
play like that against people who should not even be in the same
room," he added.
Second round
Losers receiving 855 pts
S DAVIS (2) bt HAROLD (19) 5-3
WHITE (4) bt Hicks (33) 5-3
PARROTT (5) bt Snaddon (36) 5-2
MCMANUS (6) bt M Davis (65) 5-1
DOHERTY (7) bt Lines (129) 5-1
D MORGAN (8) bt FOULDS (25) 5-1
O'SULLIVAN (9) bt KNOWLES (21) 5-2
EBDON (10) bt FERGUSON (28) 5-1
BOND (11) bt T Jones (34) 5-2
HALLETT (23) bt ROE (13) 5-4
GRIFFITHS (14) bt Wych (56) 5-0
ROBIDOUX (32) bt DRAGO (16) 5-2
Henderson (119) bt DN TAYLOR (24) 5-2
PRICE (27) bt Bishop (210) 5-1
J Higgins (51) bt Henry (39) 5-3
Johnston-Allen (44) bt M J Williams (58) 5-1
Jimmy White beat Andy Hicks after a tense eighth frame. The score was
52-52 with only the black remaining. Andy Hicks took on a tough pot
but missed and left a simple cut for White to win the match.
Stephen Hendry's conqueror Mark Johnston-Allen beat Mark Williams 5-1
and said: "I was shocked when I read his remarks (Hendry's). It was a
disrespectful thing to say about a professional player. Obviously he
was cheesed off but that is not an excuse."
Third round
Losers receiving 1140 pts
S DAVIS (2) bt EBDON (10) 5-2
WHITE (4) bt BOND (11) 5-2
PARROTT (5) bt ROBIDOUX (32) 5-2
MCMANUS (6) bt HALLETT (23) 5-1
J Higgins (51) bt DOHERTY (7) 5-0
PRICE (27) bt D MORGAN (8) 5-1
Johnston-Allen (44) bt O'SULLIVAN (9) 5-2
Henderson (119) bt GRIFFITHS (14) 5-2
John Higgins needed only 75 minutes of play to beat Ken Doherty 5-0
with breaks of 106, 101, 80 and 78 in the first four frames.
After beating Peter Ebdon 5-2, Steve Davis said: "Peter is the bravest
player I've ever played against. He's definetely got the heart to go
and win the world title soon."
Jimmy White had previously played Nigel Bond six times and lost the
last five, but yesterday he won 5-2. White said: "I was pleased to
close that door because when he came back to 3-2 I was a litte bit
anxious."
Mark Johnston-Allen continued his giant-killing as he sent Ronnie
O'Sullivan crashing out. O'Sullivan battled in the seventh frame,
gaining the three snookers he needed to stay alive, but then failed to
clear up. Johnston-Allen now faces Jimmy White in the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals
Losers receiving 1520 pts
S DAVIS (2) bt PRICE (27) 5-0
Frame Scores: 66-54, 62-48, 84(59)-0, 129(129)-0, 69-19
WHITE (4) bt Johnston-Allen (44) 5-0
Frame Scores: 77-21, 76(76)-6, 97(88)-0, 83(70)-5, 60-58(58)
PARROTT (5) bt MCMANUS (6) 5-1
Frame Scores: 57-38, 76-34, 70-29, 22-102(54), 62(62)-50, 77-0
J Higgins (51) bt Henderson (119) 5-2
Frame Scores: 124(88)-5, 85(84)-8, 60-49, 88(60)-9, 48-72, 22-64,
69(62)-62
John Higgins sank a re-spotted black to beat Euan Henderson
5-2. Henderson fought back superbly from 4-0 down, but his attempt to
cut the black into the green pocket proved fatal.
Semi-finals
Losers receiving 2025 pts
S DAVIS (2) bt WHITE (4) 6-4
Frame Scores: 51-75(61), 62-9, 15-66, 1-64, 56-9, 68-46, 32-86(69),
69-18, 67-7, 69(60)-22
J Higgins (51) bt PARROTT (5) 6-4
Frame Scores: 81(52)-32, 45-56, 99(59)-8, 101(101)-16, 102(67)-0,
1-117(77), 3-81, 44-52, 64-30, 65-1
John Higgins has reached his third final in 21 days!
THE FINAL
Loser receiving 2700 pts. Winner receiving 3600.
J Higgins (51) bt S DAVIS (2) 9-5
Frame Scores: 62-53(53), 17-65, 50-47, 1-67, 76-38, 71-37,
66-73(60), 76(51)-29, 59-60, 70-54, 48-59,
102(102)-32, 98-14, 77(65)-10
John Higgins was rewarded with a 60.000 Pounds winner's cheque and the
keys to a 35.000 Pounds Mercedes car as he won his second ranking
title of the season.
