Thornton checks out 130 to win the match in straight sets!
That was a really fine performance from the Scot, actually; he averaged 99, took out three ton-plus finishes and gave an admittedly woeful Caris no chance at all.
The first prelim is up next, and I must admit that one of the things I most enjoy about the early stages of the Worlds is seeing all the minnows from around the world face off in these quickfire games - some of which are pretty decent.
Andree Welge has got some previous at the Worlds - I think he beat Wayne Mardle one year.
Edit: That was actually Jyhan Artut; Welge lost in the infamous match when Colin Lloyd punched the board.
Love the new graphics hope sky keep theese for other tournaments but if its just for the worlds I understand but I do like the new look. Lots of traffic chaos out there so that's probably why its not that busy.
Nicholson 2-0 up and largely untroubled by a struggling Stompe in a lacklustre match.
Really impressed by Nicholson's clutch doubling against the boos of the crowd.
The wheels have come off the wagon for Stompe here; it's a shame to see him playing as badly as this, to be honest, and you can't help but wonder if he's heading the same way as his fellow Dutchman Roland Scholten did a few years back.
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Impressive from the thorn a 130 to finish
That was a really fine performance from the Scot, actually; he averaged 99, took out three ton-plus finishes and gave an admittedly woeful Caris no chance at all.
The first prelim is up next, and I must admit that one of the things I most enjoy about the early stages of the Worlds is seeing all the minnows from around the world face off in these quickfire games - some of which are pretty decent.
Andree Welge has got some previous at the Worlds - I think he beat Wayne Mardle one year.
Edit: That was actually Jyhan Artut; Welge lost in the infamous match when Colin Lloyd punched the board.
Nice straight forward win for the Thorn.
Can't be a nice feeling to be heading for the bus home before the televised prelims have started.
Missed doubles might cost Welge here.
Brissys turned up straight from Oz
I quite fancy the 11pm Ovens V Hopp or Pietersen match tomorrow night
Nicholson getting his usual treatment from the crowd.
That'll be well past Hopp's bed time if he makes it past Pietersen!
So this is the reason he pulled out of the ptc in Scotland
I see when brissy turned up the morons in the crowd seemed to turn up, did he bring them with him?
Edit: and the second set,
Really impressed by Nicholson's clutch doubling against the boos of the crowd.
The wheels have come off the wagon for Stompe here; it's a shame to see him playing as badly as this, to be honest, and you can't help but wonder if he's heading the same way as his fellow Dutchman Roland Scholten did a few years back.