2016 UK Championship

[shmeeko69]

Ronnie/Selby rivalry reminds me so much of Federer/Djokovic. Not just their playing styles but their forms.

Yes, natural ability v determination.

[shmeeko69]

Ronnie/Selby rivalry reminds me so much of Federer/Djokovic. Not just their playing styles but their forms.

Yes, natural ability v determination.

[Ronnie's tip]

Ever since he lost in the 2014 final, I've never felt like ROS would win another world title. No idea why, just a feeling. He'll win other tournaments for sure though.

Selby can really kick on and win several more though. I could see him surpassing Higgins in terms of majors won. He only needs 2 more world titles and another UK to overtake him.

[VillaGuy]

Yep the similarities are striking. 2 of my favourite Sportsmen in their respective sport.

I want Ronnie to win another Worlds and want Federer to win another Wimbledon.

Likely to happen in the first instance, doubtful the latter. I'm a big tennis fan/player myself, and out of the big 4 (2 now) Djoko is my favourite. Lots of secondary players I support too though like Dolgopolov, having watched him live he's an interesting player with his technique, Fognini is an entertainer too, has a 'go for it whatever' attitude though so he'll never make the most of his talent

[Sasuke92]

Yeah Ronnie is the federer without doubt, Selby is the defensive tactician with the ability of offense (Djoko)

Yep the similarities are striking. 2 of my favourite Sportsmen in their respective sport.

I want Ronnie to win another Worlds and want Federer to win another Wimbledon.

[gavpowell]

but it works for him i suppose.

Well you wouldn't advise him to change it so far, would you?

[narl]

I find Selby incredibly irritating to watch, i don't think I've ever seen a player with such a robotic cue action, no fluency in it whatsoever, but it works for him i suppose.

[VillaGuy]

Ronnie/Selby rivalry reminds me so much of Federer/Djokovic. Not just their playing styles but their forms.

Yeah Ronnie is the federer without doubt, Selby is the defensive tactician with the ability of offense (Djoko)

[Sasuke92]

Ronnie/Selby rivalry reminds me so much of Federer/Djokovic. Not just their playing styles but their forms.

[VillaGuy]

Odrl lives in Slovenia? lucky chap voted continuously the best country in the world

[Sasuke92]

Well done to Selby, unfortunately the first session really messed up Ronnie which is unsual to see as he 90% of the time gets ahead with the easy misses but I'm happy to see Ronnie fight back and make a match of it. Whatever happens I know for a fact he's gonna win a title or more very soon.

[gavpowell]

Selby proved my point that he's the new John Higgins - no need for scrappy, horribly drawn-out stuff tonight, just a perfect mix of safety exchanges, luck and breakbuilding. Wonderful stuff.

I still wouldn't pay to watch Selby unless the opponent made for an interesting match, but he's been proving since his first run to the world final that he can breakbuild with the best of them.

[motorhead]

And of course there is an exhibition with Selby, Murphy, Trump and Robertson in Ljubljana just before Christmas, so I will finally get to see what snooker looks like live. :wink:

Nice words on the final Odrl! Great to hear you are finally getting the chance to watch these guys live, well deserved treat

[The Rook]

Excellent final from both players. Great to see that Selby finally seems to be getting more of the respect he deserves.

[Ramon]

That final was just a fantastic advert for this sport, it doesn't get any better. The standard of play in the evening sessions was incredible as was the sportsmanship shown at the end.

Two top class players giving it everything they had. Makes me proud to say snooker is my favourite sport.

could'nt agree more with this.
great performance from both. attacking snooker. No scrapy frames. well deserved win for Selby.
As a fan of ROS , I can'nt believe I'm saying this, though.