David Gilbert Faces Barry Pinches in World Snooker Championship 2011 qualifiers round 3
Englishman David Gilbert is facing his compatriot Barry Pinches in the third round of the World Snooker Championship 2011 qualifiers in today’s morning session. Gilbert reached the third round beating David Morris 10-8 in the second round qualifier.
During the last 30 days, Pinches has played three matches while Gilbert played five. The winning percentage of Pinches in those three matches is 33% while Gilbert has a 60% winning percentage. Gilbert is ranked 55th in the world and Pinches is
on number 57. Both the cueists faced each other in the UK Championship 2010 last time where Gilbert defeated Pinches 9-4.
Gilbert defeated Morris 10-8 in the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2011 qualifiers on 5th March. Morris took the first frame 1-86 easily, not letting Gilbert play big shots. Gilbert somehow bounced back in the very next frame with a beautiful half
century break of 59 to clinch his first frame 86-20 and equalise the lead.
The 29-year-old Gilbert took the lead 2-1 instantly after grabbing the third frame 57-42 before Morris snatched the lead. The 40-year-old clicked back to back frames 45-56 and 45-71 with an impressive 40 break in the former to gain 2-3 lead.
Gilbert struck back again 67-36 to level the game 3-3 before Morris smashed again winning back to back frames 0-77 and 38-55 hitting a sensational 77 break in the 7th frame. He was leading 3-5 now in the game. Gilbert was under a lot of stress, being two
frames down to Morris. However, he fought back hard, gathering his strength and a stunning 78 knock got him the 9th frame 98-16.
The 29-year-old Englishman balanced the scores 5-5 when he fired a 61 break to take the next frame 66-32. The match got tough here, but Morris managed to lead 6-8 with some beautiful breaks of 50 and 46. Gilbert sprang back impressively and took four consecutive
frames, 61-23, 68-28, 61-60 and 60-31, firing two half centuries, 50 and 58, to pick the victory and claim his third round qualifier spot against Barry Pinches.
The match between Barry Pinches and David Gilbert will be held today at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England. The winner will move to the fourth round qualifiers against Peter Lines of England. The mega event will run from April 16th to May 2nd.
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