As Mark said in his interview himself afterwards it was a near faultless display from him, fantastic potting and fantastic safety play, not seen him play like that for a very long time, and as a Selby fan I am hoping that it is the start of good things from him
Both this afternoons matches finished close to each other so was able to post results together haha.
Robertson came back from 5-1 behind to make it 5-4 and looked like making it 5-5 but missed a blue and Perry potted Blue, Pink and Black to win 6-4.
In the other match it was a close game at the mid session interval 2-2 and some very tight and long frames, but Higgins pulled away after the break and won the last 4 frames
Judd Trump 6-3 Michael Holt Yan Bingtao 6-2 Kyren Wilson
Not much really to say about either of these games, Trump and Bingtao played very well, gotta say Holt was very unlucky he lost the match with a 95% pot success not often u can say that about someone
Trump was 3-1 up at the mid session before Higgins pulled it back to 3-3, then Trump pulled away to win 6-3, there were a few frames after the mid session interval that were surprisingly long and involved some intense safety battles
Not for the first time recently a Yan Bingtao match starts one day and finishes the next, this time he wins, it was 2-2 at the mid session interval before Bingtao pulled away into a 5-2 lead, Perry made a good comeback to force a decider which was a tight frame and came down to the black ball with just a couple of points in it and Bingtao potted it to take frame and match
Wow what a semi final that was, Trump was 3-0 ahead a cruising then Maguire won 5 frames in a row to go 5-3 ahead, Trump won the next 2 to force the decider, in the decider Maguire was in first with a 49 but ran out of position and played safe after a couple of safety shots Trump knocked in a wonderful red and cleared up to win frame and match
Semi final 1 is complete and Trump gets a day off and rests ahead of the final
Semi final 2 is tomorrow evening, if that goes to a decider it could easily go till 11 like tonight or even past midnight like Murphy v Bingtao did when they last met at the Welsh Open in the semi final, the winner then has the final the following day
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Final
Result
Michael Holt 64-1 Zhou Yuelong
The Players Championship is live on ITV4 starting 7pm tomorrow evening
Round 1
Quarter 1
Judd Trump v Michael Holt
John Higgins v Graeme Dott
Quarter 2
Ding Junhui v Stephen Maguire
Mark Selby v Mark Williams
Quarter 3
Neil Robertson v Joe Perry
Yan Bingtao v Kyren Wilson
Quarter 4
Mark Allen v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Shaun Murphy v David Gilbert
great effort Paulie.
Round 1
Result
Mark Selby 6-0 Mark Williams
As Mark said in his interview himself afterwards it was a near faultless display from him, fantastic potting and fantastic safety play, not seen him play like that for a very long time, and as a Selby fan I am hoping that it is the start of good things from him
Round 1
Result
Stephen Maguire 6-5 Ding Junhui
Round 1
Results
Joe Perry 6-4 Neil Robertson
John Higgins 6-2 Graeme Dott
Robertson came back from 5-1 behind to make it 5-4 and looked like making it 5-5 but missed a blue and Perry potted Blue, Pink and Black to win 6-4.
In the other match it was a close game at the mid session interval 2-2 and some very tight and long frames, but Higgins pulled away after the break and won the last 4 frames
Round 1
Results
Judd Trump 6-3 Michael Holt
Yan Bingtao 6-2 Kyren Wilson
Not much really to say about either of these games, Trump and Bingtao played very well, gotta say Holt was very unlucky he lost the match with a 95% pot success not often u can say that about someone
Round 1
Result
Mark Allen 6-3 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Allen makes 3 centuries on his way to a 6-3 victory over Thepchaiya
Round 1
Result
Shaun Murphy 6-5 Dave Gilbert
Murphy was 4-1 ahead before Gilbert pulled it back to 4-4 Murphy then went 5-4 ahead and Gilbert forced a decider which Murphy won
Quarter Finals
Judd Trump v John Higgins
Stephen Maguire v Mark Selby
Joe Perry v Yan Bingtao
Mark Allen v Shaun Murphy
Quarter Final
Result
Judd Trump 6-3 John Higgins
Trump was 3-1 up at the mid session before Higgins pulled it back to 3-3, then Trump pulled away to win 6-3, there were a few frames after the mid session interval that were surprisingly long and involved some intense safety battles
Quarter Final
Stephen Maguire 6-5 Mark Selby
Maguire was 4-1 Ahead before Selby pulled it back to 4-4 Maguire went 5-4 ahead and Selby forced a decider which was scrappy but Maguire won.
Maguire will now play Trump in the Semi Final
Paulie is not a happy Bunny! unlucky mate, sorry that's because of the Ronnie bashing a bit of banter.
Quarter Final
Result
Yan Bingtao 6-5 Joe Perry
Not for the first time recently a Yan Bingtao match starts one day and finishes the next, this time he wins, it was 2-2 at the mid session interval before Bingtao pulled away into a 5-2 lead, Perry made a good comeback to force a decider which was a tight frame and came down to the black ball with just a couple of points in it and Bingtao potted it to take frame and match
Quarter Final
Shaun Murphy 6-2 Mark Allen
Shaun Murphy eases into the Semi Final and is looking very good atm
Semi Finals
Judd Trump v Stephen Maguire
Yan Bingtao v Shaun Murphy
Semi Final
Judd Trump 6-5 Stephen Maguire
Wow what a semi final that was, Trump was 3-0 ahead a cruising then Maguire won 5 frames in a row to go 5-3 ahead, Trump won the next 2 to force the decider, in the decider Maguire was in first with a 49 but ran out of position and played safe after a couple of safety shots Trump knocked in a wonderful red and cleared up to win frame and match
Semi final 1 is complete and Trump gets a day off and rests ahead of the final
Semi final 2 is tomorrow evening, if that goes to a decider it could easily go till 11 like tonight or even past midnight like Murphy v Bingtao did when they last met at the Welsh Open in the semi final, the winner then has the final the following day
That said, if I had just won, the adrenaline and momentum would take over potentially, rather than nerves with the waiting around.