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Bugger, I thought it was five sessions, just the four, over in three sessions then.
Xintong has probably used all his luck up in that first session. Some very scrappy frames so far, there the ones Williams needs to win.Williams is giving away too many frames now. He allowing Xhao to pick up the pieces to steal them. Grrrr!
Williams is the snooker equivalent of Rocky Balboa
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Higgins misses the match ball blue in the Qfs
Beats number 1 Trump from 7-2 downIf he wins from 7-1 and 11-6 down in the final
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I reckon Williams next break off shot will be a roll up…
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I got that wrong
I was convinced he’d have played a roll up off the break at some point
He did it in an earlier roundGaelic Warrior Gold Cup Winner 2026
Still trying to get my head around how Mark Williams got to the final. I think Trump would’ve put up a better fight.
They all would Ghost
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Ya know, the more I think about it, the more I feel that Ronnie just took his foot off the peddle to let Zhao get to the final
…Fingers are crossed Nathan, did think about having a saver on Williams to win the next frame tonight. But it was only a small stakes interest, so Ill let it run.
Youve done well picking Zhou at that price, I though he would struggle against Jones and his style of play.Zhou plays a strange way using his extension when most would use the rest. He seems to miss a few when over stretching when using the rest would be easier, obviously its not done him any harm in this final as Williams has missed too many of the few chances he has had.
I’m not counting my money just yet
Orfevre losing the Arc for Japan was a very quick painful experience for them
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Williams has reeled off the first 3 frames tonight and playing the best he has in the final.
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I’ve been away so missed the last week. Can only be a good thing for the game that we finally have a Chinese winner.
However is snooker on these shores in trouble? No disrespect to the so-called ‘Class of 92’ players as their continual presence at the top of the game is remarkable but they won’t be around forever and who is there to replace them? Selby, Trump et al could be around for a while yet but they are no spring chickens and even Wilson is 33. For comparison, Hendry won all his world titles by age 30. Where is the future UK/Ireland talent coming from?
As I understand it even in China there is competition from the lucrative Chinese 8 ball scene which offers good prize money and of course doesn’t involve upending their lives moving to a country that has a not insignificant language barrier.
Now, where did I put my keffiyeh?
Its a good point Richard
China had 10 of the 32 and Zhao himself knocked two Chinese’s players out in the qualifying, I can only see those numbers going up.
Jack Lisowski is in his 30’s, huge talent but never won anything.. The thing with him perhaps like Trump is loss of concentration over long games and certainly for Jack is his temperament goes when under the cosh.
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