2025 World Championships

[Billy]

Missed the morning sessions - did Wilson and Goudong play exceptionally well or did Lei and Selt play badly?

Well it was Selt, so one of them certainly played badly.

[snookerfollower]

Missed the morning sessions - did Wilson and Goudong play exceptionally well or did Lei and Selt play badly?

[JimMalone]

Robertson - Wakelin has upset written all over it.

[itsnoteasy]

I MISS EUROSPORT!!!!

Only two seconds into the first match and we have Doherty and Virgo on commentary and I miss the Eurosport team!!

I've switched to BT for the Williams match, it's Foulds and one of the irritating ones, not the really, really irritating one but the other one.
It's Joe Johnson and the really, really irritating one on the Robertson match, and you're missing it

[DeanH]

Well the BBC are putting stats on the screen below the yellow score ribbon so you can read them to yourself in Yates or Hendons voice

That made me laugh out loud, cheers

[vmax]

I MISS EUROSPORT!!!!

Only two seconds into the first match and we have Doherty and Virgo on commentary and I miss the Eurosport team!!

Well the BBC are putting stats on the screen below the yellow score ribbon so you can read them to yourself in Yates or Hendons voice

[JimMalone]

Matthew Selt and Zhang Anda try to avoid a pretty bad mark at this World Championship. Both haven't won a match at the crucible in four attempts so far. If they go 0-5 that would tie them in third place all-time (along with four other players), behind only Cliff Wilson and Rex Williams, who are 0-8.

But as of now, trailing Xiao 2-6, it looks like Selt is gonna be a member of the 0-5 group.

[DeanH]

I think Wilson seemed a bit nervous early, but Lei couldn't take advantage of it. Had he brought home at least that sixth frame to level at 3-3 it could still be a match and Wilson feel more pressure. At 6-3 the Englishman now has a big advantage.

yep, I think it was a "holy moly I'm 2-0 up at the Crucible!" -moment that flummoxed Lei

[JimMalone]

I think Wilson seemed a bit nervous early, but Lei couldn't take advantage of it. Had he brought home at least that sixth frame to level at 3-3 it could still be a match and Wilson feel more pressure. At 6-3 the Englishman now has a big advantage.

[Billy]

What the hell’s up with the cloth on the Wilson match? Don’t know if it’s the lighting or they’ve upped the HD quality, but on the overhead it looks like it’s full of scratches.

[Billy]

I MISS EUROSPORT!!!!

Only two seconds into the first match and we have Doherty and Virgo on commentary and I miss the Eurosport team!!

You’re a masochist!

[DeanH]

I MISS EUROSPORT!!!!

Only two seconds into the first match and we have Doherty and Virgo on commentary and I miss the Eurosport team!!

[JimMalone]

Was Lei's break-off the worst shot to start a World Championship?

[vmax]

I think it was more about your tone. Someone (almost) always can have another opinion of course, but it's about the way of delivering it.

That's what the emojis are for are they not ?

[snookerfollower]

Higgins misses media due to a family emergency and it's unclear if he'll play on Monday.

Judd misses media for no apparent reason.

The other 14 players were in attendance.