The Newport Centre
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Newport
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14-20 February 2011
Hendry Hopes To Guarantee Top 16 Place
Snooker legend Stephen Hendry can secure his place in the top 16 - and his presence at the Crucible - with a good run in next week's Wyldecrest Park Homes Welsh Open.
The seven-times World Champion slipped to a precarious 14th place before last week's German Masters, though a 5-2 victory over Judd Trump in the first round in Berlin moved him up to 13th.
The Wyldecrest Park Homes Welsh Open runs from February 14 to 20 at the Newport Centre and it's the last event before the seeding list is updated for the China Open and Betfred.com World Snooker Championship, so players outside the top 16 will have to qualify for those two events.
"I'm trying not to look at the facts and figures," said 42-year-old Hendry, whose last Crucible crown came in 1999. "People who know more about it than I do say it would take a miracle for me to drop out of the top 16. My focus is just on winning matches in Newport, and if I do that I won't have to worry about the rankings.
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"There was an improvement in my snooker in Berlin last week. I lost 5-3 to Mark Selby in the second round so it's nothing to crow about. But I did feel that my game was in better shape than it has been for a while, and that's the most important thing for me. I'm practising a lot this week to try to build on that and be ready for Newport."
Also competing for the title in Wales will be the likes of Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, defending champion John Higgins and home favourites Mark Williams, Matthew Stevens and Ryan Day.
THE WYLDECREST PARK HOMES WELSH OPEN | ||||
THE NEWPORT CENTRE - WALES | ||||
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THE NEWPORT CENTRE - WALES | ||||
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THE WYLDECREST PARK HOMES WELSH OPEN | ||||
THE NEWPORT CENTRE - WALES | ||||
THE QUARTER-FINALS | ||||
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THE WYLDECREST PARK HOMES WELSH OPEN | ||||
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THE SEMI-FINALS | ||||
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This year's event boasts a brand new format, with matches to be best-of-seven frames, with no intervals, up until the last 16 stage.
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