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Originally Posted by neuronic
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As much as I like Mark, that would be too high a price to pay.
-The fast and the furious,
The slow and labourious,
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Doesn't necessarily mean they think he will win. Just means they would rather accept bets on Williams at this stage, trying to balance their books. Maybe they took a few bets on Xintong early on at astronomical odds, looking at a bigger payout for a win by Xintong? I wonder what odds you could have got on him at the qualifiers.Originally Posted by Nifty50 View Post
Going to be a good result for the bookies you would think though, neither would have really been backed heavily.Comment
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Xintong was as high as 40/1 with one bookmaker and 33/1 with most of the others before the qualifiersOriginally Posted by robbo mcs View Post
Guess quite a few punters took them odds
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Xintong will win this comfortably.Comment
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The start of the final has been shifted to BBC1, cool
, can't remember when that happened before.
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Not a sight I think anyone in their right mind would want to seeOriginally Posted by neuronic View Post
So far early signs are, Williams struggling. In fact he's made more mistakes in the first frame than he made in both sessions yesterday. Too early to say if he's going to struggle today because it's just frame one, but Xintong has settled well and could build up a good lead.Comment
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Williams refused a red to middle in the first frame, easy to second guess but i don't think he should have, 2 - 0 to Zhao.Comment
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Originally Posted by cueman View Post
Not a sight I think anyone in their right mind would want to see
So far early signs are, Williams struggling. In fact he's made more mistakes in the first frame than he made in both sessions yesterday. Too early to say if he's going to struggle today because it's just frame one, but Xintong has settled well and could build up a good lead.
Every body is beautiful
Yeah, right now you almost gotta fear Xintong running away with it. I don't have problem with him winning it, but I want a good, close match, so... come on, Mark!"That pocket moved!"Comment
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Originally Posted by neuronic View Post
Every body is beautiful
Yeah, right now you almost gotta fear Xintong running away with it. I don't have problem with him winning it, but I want a good, close match, so... come on, Mark!
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Maybe a touch premature but maybe Williams age caught up with him today. I did feel that back to back 4 session matches might be too much to ask of someone that age. Concentration and focus are difficult to maintain as you get older and I'll be surprised if Williams turns it around.Comment
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It's always difficult when you have a really tough semifinal, that ends rather late. The first session of the final then is really hard. We saw it for example with Mark Selby two years ago again Brecel and it happens this year to Williams as well. There is a bit of freshness and concentration simply missing.Comment
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From 1-7 down I don't see a way back for Williams. Hopefully he somehow keeps it close, so we don't have a too lopsided final.Comment
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Didn't see this coming. This evening's session is mega for Mark...(and on the flip side could then be for Zhao as well )Comment
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So I did a quick check. Since 1980, when the final first was contested as Best-of-35 there were 4 occasions on which a player trailed 1-7. None of them went on to win the title. Also only 2 of 13 overcame a 2-6 deficit to win the title.
However the glimmer of hope for Williams is of course the 1985 final, when Taylor trailed 0-8, but as you probably heard once, won in the end.Comment
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Bit of a pity, isn't it...? But there it is, the change of the guard."That pocket moved!"Comment
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