The second day of action at the European Masters sees the first round of the tournament continuing inside the bio-secure bubble of the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes on a day where a number of players get their season underway.
We saw the likes of Judd Trump and Neil Robertson make it through on the opening day but John Higgins was a big name casualty. On Tuesday it will be the turn of Mark Selby, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Shaun Murphy among others to begin their week.
Morning Session
The two main tables will be in operation in the morning session with the TV table seeing the former World Championship semi-finalist Dave Gilbert taking on David Lilley. It might be that the better match comes on the streamed table as the Riga Masters champion Yan Bingtao looks to get his week off to a good start when he takes on Barry Pinches, a veteran who will be beginning another season in the main tour here.
The other six tables will also be in use in the morning session. Zhou Yuelong and Zhao Xintong are two recognisable names and they take on Alexander Ursenbacher and Nigel Bond respectively. Jak Jones meets Jamie O’Neill in another match while Ryan Day goes up against Si Jiahui. There are two other matches left in the session. They see Mark Davis going up against Amine Amiri and Gao Yang taking on Zhao Jianbo.
Afternoon Session
There is a cracking looking match in the afternoon session on Tuesday as the World Championship semi-finalist Mark Selby takes on Michael White who is looking to take advantage of his invitation into the tournament given that he isn’t a main tour professional at present. The streamed table as the Tour Championship winner Stephen Maguire beginning his tournament when he goes up against the talented Chinese player Chang Bingyu.
Once again the outside tables are all in use on Tuesday afternoon. Tom Ford taking on Mark King is a match that stands out among them while a couple of youngsters meet when Sean Maddocks goes up against Antoni Kowalski, the amateur from Poland. James Cahill offered up an improved showing in the Championship League last week and he takes on Elliot Slessor for a place in the second round. There could be a war of attrition elsewhere when Alan McManus meets Rod Lawler while in the other two matches Robert Milkins takes on Ben Mertens and Xiao Guodong faces Stuart Carrington.
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Evening Session
The world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan makes his first appearance since winning that sixth world title last month. Daniel Wells is the man who has the honour of facing him on one of the TV tables while on the other we might actually have the better match of the two live showings. That is because Shaun Murphy takes on the very dangerous Liang Wenbo in what can only be described as a horrible draw for both players.
There are six other matches on show on Tuesday evening. Peter Lines swaps the commentary box for the day job as he faces Kacper Filipiak while World Championship semi-finalist Anthony McGill meets Luo Honghao. Oliver Lines is also in action in this session when he takes on Andrew Higginson. Gary Wilson goes up against Duane Jones in another match while Matthew Stevens meets Igor Figueiredo. The other match sees Aaron Hill taking on Andy Hicks.
Betting
I’ll go with one bet in the action on Tuesday and we have to wait until the final session of the day where Kacper Filipiak takes on Peter Lines in a contest I’m a little surprised that the Polish player is the outsider to win. Lines barely won a match last season and that showed when it came to World Championship qualifying when he got dumped out having led 5-1 in a best of 11. It could be that the veteran has forgotten how to get over the line.
Filipiak had a ceiling last year. He quite often won in the first round of tournaments but was then found wanting in the second round when the tougher opponents came along but at least he was earning money and feeling relatively good about his game. We don’t know what he’s got this season because we’ve not seen him but Lines didn’t really look much better at the World Seniors so I find it hard to believe he won’t be there for the taking. I’ll take Filipiak at even money.
Tips
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