I meant 4-0 to Slessor obviously... takes the first frame after a good little saftey battle which Ronnie looked like he played a semi decent one cueball on the baulk cushion with a tricky red in the middle. Great start for Slessor 71 break, Ronnie back at the table with 59 left, but assume just to get his arm going.
Am i being bias, or is Slessor coming across as a bit of a bellend. A bit cocky but also annoyed me initially the 2nd frame making Ronnie knock the balls around when he needed about 4 snookers and obviously was trying to needle him.
The above aside, he is playing very well surprised his low ranking if he can play like this against Ronnie needs to do more often and against the others, really solid game and looks a modern Ebdon based on this. I have seen him play before but paying particular attention today lol
Am i being bias, or is Slessor coming across as a bit of a bellend. A bit cocky but also annoyed me initially the 2nd frame making Ronnie knock the balls around when he needed about 4 snookers and obviously was trying to needle him.
The above aside, he is playing very well surprised his low ranking if he can play like this against Ronnie needs to do more often and against the others, really solid game and looks a modern Ebdon based on this. I have seen him play before but paying particular attention today lol
Even the commentators who are normally pro Ronnie said he was probably just trying to get some frustration out before the 3rd frame as he knew he should have been 2-0 up, nothing in the rules to say he cant do that either, like Ronnie playing on in Frame 1 for some table time.
I loved it because its the sort of thing that would wind Ronnie up
Am i being bias, or is Slessor coming across as a bit of a bellend. A bit cocky but also annoyed me initially the 2nd frame making Ronnie knock the balls around when he needed about 4 snookers and obviously was trying to needle him.
The above aside, he is playing very well surprised his low ranking if he can play like this against Ronnie needs to do more often and against the others, really solid game and looks a modern Ebdon based on this. I have seen him play before but paying particular attention today lol
Even the commentators who are normally pro Ronnie said he was probably just trying to get some frustration out before the 3rd frame as he knew he should have been 2-0 up, nothing in the rules to say he cant do that either, like Ronnie playing on in Frame 1 for some table time.
I loved it because its the sort of thing that would wind Ronnie up
Its a fair point and highly likely, i did think he might be doing it to get under his skin. I really didn't like it, also hopefully it has given Ronnie the more reason to beat him. Backfired... Just his general demeanour not just that frame but comes across a bit of a arrogant prick, which normally i dont mind in people but he has irritated me and felt he was getting alot of luck, although i admit he played a very solid game.
Ronnie to win 4-1 , 3/1, ive put £10 on looks like he wants it today. although loses this frame he might lose his head...
This came in it wasn't a banker and could easily have gone in a couple of frames, Slessor fought hard and lucky Ronnie kept his head after some good safety exchange. Slessor give himself a chance to knick it 2-0, but after that didn't really get anything. Ronnie not his A game, but solid, safety and potting
Luca Brecel 4-1 Rod Lawler Andy Hicks 4-1 Ashley Carty Martin Gould 4-1 Rory McLeod Barry Pinches 4-3 Anthony McGill Matt Selt 4-0 Stuart Carrington Zhao Xintong 4-1 Zak Surety Stephen Maguire 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher Kyren Wilson 4-3 Ken Doherty David Grace 4-3 Sam Craigie Noppon Saengkham 4-3 Zhou Yuelong Ding Junhui 4-1 Lu Ning Michael Holt 4-3 Louis Heathcote Scott Donaldson 4-3 Xu Si Judd Trump 4-0 Gao Yang Matthew Stevens 4-2 Mark Davis Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Fergal O'Brien Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 Elliott Slessor Yan Bingtao 4-1 Nigel Bond Michael White 4-3 Barry Hawkins Zhao Jianbo 4-2 Stuart Bingham Dominic Dale 4-2 Mark Williams Allan Taylor 4-1 Joe Perry Ali Carter 4-1 Xiao Guodong Yuan Sijun 4-2 Tom Ford Lukas Kleckers 4-0 Mark Selby Liang Wenbo 4-1 Jak Jones Kurt Maflin 4-0 Jackson Page Ben Woollaston 4-2 Neil Robertson John Higgins 4-2 Fraser Patrick Mark Allen 4-2 Rob Milkins Igor Figueiredo 4-2 Akani Songsermsawad Ryan Day 4-3 James Cahill
Remember tomorrow is Thursday in home Nations events Thursday is the day when 2 rounds are played so we will end tomorrow with just 8 players remaining
Mad Selby and Robbo both going out and been in such good form, i watched some of the Robbo game but turned over for footy. This short format is so hard to predict.
Ronnie lost to Stevens recently, hopefully he keeps his focus from yesterday.
Mad Selby and Robbo both going out and been in such good form, i watched some of the Robbo game but turned over for footy. This short format is so hard to predict.
Ronnie lost to Stevens recently, hopefully he keeps his focus from yesterday.
Neil Robertson has lost 2 matches in a row now both against Ben Woollaston, last week at the German Masters and now here(he had that first round bye, so this was his first match)
Fantastic insight by Trump on Eurosport, basically he said the table was playing heavy. He went on to say that the table is damp, cushions very bad and cant cue through the ball properly eg. backspin tries to avoid.
He did say if he was playing well like yesterday he wouldn't notice it but thats the reason it goes a bit scrappy the balls today and expected the table to be better today after being used all week.
Fantastic insight by Trump on Eurosport, basically he said the table was playing heavy. He went on to say that the table is damp, cushions very bad and cant cue through the ball properly eg. backspin tries to avoid.
He did say if he was playing well like yesterday he wouldn't notice it but thats the reason it goes a bit scrappy the balls today and expected the table to be better today after being used all week.
Hear that alot from players about table conditions, cant remember which tournament it was a few weeks ago but 5 or 6 players in a row mentioned the conditions
Am i being bias, or is Slessor coming across as a bit of a bellend. A bit cocky but also annoyed me initially the 2nd frame making Ronnie knock the balls around when he needed about 4 snookers and obviously was trying to needle him.
The above aside, he is playing very well surprised his low ranking if he can play like this against Ronnie needs to do more often and against the others, really solid game and looks a modern Ebdon based on this. I have seen him play before but paying particular attention today lol
This comment has come back to bite you now after Ronnie played on in frame 1
Am i being bias, or is Slessor coming across as a bit of a bellend. A bit cocky but also annoyed me initially the 2nd frame making Ronnie knock the balls around when he needed about 4 snookers and obviously was trying to needle him.
The above aside, he is playing very well surprised his low ranking if he can play like this against Ronnie needs to do more often and against the others, really solid game and looks a modern Ebdon based on this. I have seen him play before but paying particular attention today lol
This comment has come back to bite you now after Ronnie played on it frame 1
Yep laughing about it, that wasn't the sole reason i called him a bellend but instantly come back on here as Ronnie doing it now. First frame is slightly different but still that was just on top of other things and how he comes across. i did admit it might be slight bias
Ding Junhui 4-0 Yuan Sijun David Grace 4-3 Michael White Martin Gould 4-1 Andy Hicks Yan Bingtao 4-1 Barry Pinches Noppon Saengkham 4-0 Stephen Maguire Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-0 Allan Taylor Michael Holt 4-2 Kyren Wilson Ben Woollaston 4-2 Liang Wenbo Scott Donaldson 4-1 Mark Allen Kurt Maflin 4-1 Ryan Day Zhao Xintong 4-0 Lukas Kleckers Ali Carter 4-2 Dominic Dale Igor Figueiredo 4-3 Zhao Jianbo Judd Trump 4-3 Luca Brecel John Higgins 4-0 Matt Selt Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-2 Matthew Stevens
They have played 3 frames and he has left all 3 times under half an hours play.
Even if he has a dodgy stomach take a tablet or something, you dont need to go that often, if its that bad he shouldn't be playing, what if there is a safety batttle and a frame lasts 40 minutes is he gonna leave the frame 3 or 4 times
Kurt Maflin 4-1 Igor Figueiredo David Grace 4-3 Michael Holt Scott Donaldson 4-2 Noppon Saengkham Judd Trump 4-1 Martin Gould Ali Carter 4-2 Ben Woollaston Yan Bingtao 4-3 Zhao Xintong Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Ding Junhui 4-1 John Higgins
What do you make of Ronnie going out the arena after frame 1 lasting under 10 minutes @johnnybev1987
If someone done that to him he would be fuming lol.
Its actually a discussion players are having atm, people going out after frames to often and should it be monitored or not
Not really sure what the issue is, they have always gone out for breaks whenever sometimes after the first frame. I missed it i think so cant really comment.
Did anyone watch Ronnies Interview after? I didn't watch much of that match but watched the Un-nooh one. His Interview after the first game was brilliant. He basically said all tables should play like this sometimes, its too easy on some tables and prefers it when people are in and they know they are likely to get another chance. Watch back if you can, he also went to say that its just like playing on a wet football pitch or on an ice rink was one comparison but he enjoys the challenge and shouldn't really be an excuse, as everyone is talking about the tables this week.
Actually following on from that, he did say in the interview he had a dodgy stomach, not much you can do really he has had this problem since September and said the reason he couldn't be in a bubble previously something linked to it, the irony if he pulled out because of a bad stomach im sure everyone would be moaning. If its nothing contagious and he is getting on with it the best he can fairplay.
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Slessor playing with no fear as I said, Great first red after a good safety from Ronnie and great blue after and he takes the opening frame
The above aside, he is playing very well surprised his low ranking if he can play like this against Ronnie needs to do more often and against the others, really solid game and looks a modern Ebdon based on this. I have seen him play before but paying particular attention today lol
I loved it because its the sort of thing that would wind Ronnie up
Round 2
Results
Luca Brecel 4-1 Rod Lawler
Andy Hicks 4-1 Ashley Carty
Martin Gould 4-1 Rory McLeod
Barry Pinches 4-3 Anthony McGill
Matt Selt 4-0 Stuart Carrington
Zhao Xintong 4-1 Zak Surety
Stephen Maguire 4-1 Alexander Ursenbacher
Kyren Wilson 4-3 Ken Doherty
David Grace 4-3 Sam Craigie
Noppon Saengkham 4-3 Zhou Yuelong
Ding Junhui 4-1 Lu Ning
Michael Holt 4-3 Louis Heathcote
Scott Donaldson 4-3 Xu Si
Judd Trump 4-0 Gao Yang
Matthew Stevens 4-2 Mark Davis
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-1 Fergal O'Brien
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 Elliott Slessor
Yan Bingtao 4-1 Nigel Bond
Michael White 4-3 Barry Hawkins
Zhao Jianbo 4-2 Stuart Bingham
Dominic Dale 4-2 Mark Williams
Allan Taylor 4-1 Joe Perry
Ali Carter 4-1 Xiao Guodong
Yuan Sijun 4-2 Tom Ford
Lukas Kleckers 4-0 Mark Selby
Liang Wenbo 4-1 Jak Jones
Kurt Maflin 4-0 Jackson Page
Ben Woollaston 4-2 Neil Robertson
John Higgins 4-2 Fraser Patrick
Mark Allen 4-2 Rob Milkins
Igor Figueiredo 4-2 Akani Songsermsawad
Ryan Day 4-3 James Cahill
Obviously stand out results Kleckers beating Selby and 17 year old Jianbo beating Bingham
Another good win for White this time beating Hawkins(beat he is wondering where this form was when he was fighting for his place on the tour)
Barry Pinches with a good win against McGill as well
Round 3
Quarter 1
Judd Trump v Luca Brecel
Andy Hicks v Martin Gould
Noppon Saengkham v Stephen Maguire
Scott Donaldson v Mark Allen
Quarter 2
Kyren Wilson v Michael Holt
David Grace v Michael White
Barry Pinches v Yan Bingtao
Zhao Xintong v Lukas Kleckers
Quarter 3
Ben Woollaston v Liang Wenbo
Dominic Dale v Ali Carter
Igor Figueiredo v Zhao Jianbo
Kurt Maflin v Ryan Day
Quarter 4
John Higgins v Matt Selt
Ding Junhui v Yuan Sijun
Allan Taylor v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Matthew Stevens v Ronnie O'Sullivan
Selby, McGill and Hawkins dropping out from Quarter 2
Robertson, Bingham and Williams dropping out from Quarter 3
Ronnie lost to Stevens recently, hopefully he keeps his focus from yesterday.
He did say if he was playing well like yesterday he wouldn't notice it but thats the reason it goes a bit scrappy the balls today and expected the table to be better today after being used all week.
Rumours are it wasnt Ben Williams after all and he was just blamed for it 😂😂
Round 3
Results
Ding Junhui 4-0 Yuan Sijun
David Grace 4-3 Michael White
Martin Gould 4-1 Andy Hicks
Yan Bingtao 4-1 Barry Pinches
Noppon Saengkham 4-0 Stephen Maguire
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-0 Allan Taylor
Michael Holt 4-2 Kyren Wilson
Ben Woollaston 4-2 Liang Wenbo
Scott Donaldson 4-1 Mark Allen
Kurt Maflin 4-1 Ryan Day
Zhao Xintong 4-0 Lukas Kleckers
Ali Carter 4-2 Dominic Dale
Igor Figueiredo 4-3 Zhao Jianbo
Judd Trump 4-3 Luca Brecel
John Higgins 4-0 Matt Selt
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-2 Matthew Stevens
Last 16
Quarter 1
Judd Trump v Martin Gould
Noppon Saengkham v Scott Donaldson
Quarter 2
Michael Holt v David Grace
Yan Bingtao v Zhao Xintong
Quarter 3
Ben Woollaston v Ali Carter
Igor Figueiredo v Kurt Maflin
Quarter 4
John Higgins v Ding Junhui
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Ronnie O'Sullivan
With Wilson going out of Quarter 2 and Allen going out of Quarter 3 today, they now really are anybodies
If someone done that to him he would be fuming lol.
Its actually a discussion players are having atm, people going out after frames to often and should it be monitored or not
They have played 3 frames and he has left all 3 times under half an hours play.
Even if he has a dodgy stomach take a tablet or something, you dont need to go that often, if its that bad he shouldn't be playing, what if there is a safety batttle and a frame lasts 40 minutes is he gonna leave the frame 3 or 4 times
Last 16
Results
Kurt Maflin 4-1 Igor Figueiredo
David Grace 4-3 Michael Holt
Scott Donaldson 4-2 Noppon Saengkham
Judd Trump 4-1 Martin Gould
Ali Carter 4-2 Ben Woollaston
Yan Bingtao 4-3 Zhao Xintong
Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Ding Junhui 4-1 John Higgins
Quarter Final
Judd Trump v Scott Donaldson
David Grace v Yan Bingtao
Ali Carter v Kurt Maflin
Ding Junhui v Ronnie O'Sullivan
Did anyone watch Ronnies Interview after? I didn't watch much of that match but watched the Un-nooh one. His Interview after the first game was brilliant. He basically said all tables should play like this sometimes, its too easy on some tables and prefers it when people are in and they know they are likely to get another chance. Watch back if you can, he also went to say that its just like playing on a wet football pitch or on an ice rink was one comparison but he enjoys the challenge and shouldn't really be an excuse, as everyone is talking about the tables this week.
Actually following on from that, he did say in the interview he had a dodgy stomach, not much you can do really he has had this problem since September and said the reason he couldn't be in a bubble previously something linked to it, the irony if he pulled out because of a bad stomach im sure everyone would be moaning. If its nothing contagious and he is getting on with it the best he can fairplay.
Quarter Final
Results
Judd Trump 5-1 Scott Donaldson
Ali Carter 5-3 Kurt Maflin
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-2 Ding Junhui
Dave Grace 5-2 Yan Bingtao
Semi Final
Judd Trump v David Grace
David Grace into his 1st Semi Final since the 2015 UK Championship
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ali Carter
First meeting between these 2 since BargeGate