Today is the final day of the inaugural World Snooker Shoot-Out with the third round taking place earlier today and the remaining rounds taking later tonight. First out of the hat for the third round was Mark King against Fergal O'Brien, so far no-one has scored a point against King. But this time was different however O'Brien only managed five as King won 61-5 to be the first into the quarter finals.
The second match saw Nigel Bond take on Rory McLeod. It was the veteran who got off to the best start after McLeod fouled on the pink to allow Bond a 42-7 lead. But, just like yesterday, McLeod fought back and went three points ahead before the timer rushed him into missing the final red and leaving it on. Bond potted it and went onto win 47-45.
Stuart Bingham was also guilty of fouling in a match where his opponent Mike Dunn seemed in total control, Dunn won 52-6. Trump made it into the third round by a single point and his third round match against Peter Lines was just as close. Trump made the early lead before fouling twice to allow Lines take a 37-17 lead. But Trump came back to win 39-37 to make into the quarters.
The darkhorse Robert Milkins performed well again to make it into the quarter finals. Day actually took a 22-6 lead before fouling on the black to allow Milkins to win 48-22. After Robertson's last gasp victory yesterday, he proved no match for Ken Doherty as the world number one eased through with a 63-13 lead.
The match of the round, on paper, was Ronnie O'Sullivan versus Mark Selby but like Marco Fu in the first round, Selby only got one shot. Ronnie cleared up to the black to win 129-0 to cement the top break of the tournament so far. The final third round match saw Campbell also ease into the quarter finals with a break of 76 to beat Anthony Hamilton 88-0.
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