China Open 2019

[Neil Taperell]

Didn’t watch the session but assume that Lisowski made a number of errors that Robertson took advantage of ?

[DeanH]

Lisowski did not play bad at the start, he had the best start you could wish for in the first frame
all reds nicely spread but he played a red as if down the club, no focus at all and let Robertson in to scope up all the rest.
In two other frames, Lisowski had the first good start but again unforced errors allowed Robertson back in.
All the other frames Robertson just had a great game.
The frames Lisowski did win, as a glimmer of what Lisowski has been doing during the week.
If Donaldson had a "range to climb" yesterday, what does Lisowski have this evening session?

[fkhan]

Lisowski did not play bad at the start, he had the best start you could wish for in the first frame
all reds nicely spread but he played a red as if down the club, no focus at all and let Robertson in to scope up all the rest.
In two other frames, Lisowski had the first good start but again unforced errors allowed Robertson back in.
All the other frames Robertson just had a great game.
The one frame Lisowski did win, as a glimmer of what Lisowski has been doing during the week.
If Donaldson had a "range to climb" yesterday, what does Lisowski have this evening session?

Mount Everest!

[JimMalone]

So now the seeds for the World Championship are complete.
This is how the draw looks with just the seeds:

Upper Half
Mark Williams - Qualifier
David Gilbert - Qualifier
Barry Hawkins - Qualifier
Kyren Wilson - Qualifier

John Higgins - Qualifier
Stuart Bingham - Qualifier
Shaun Murphy - Qualifier
Neil Robertson - Qualifier

Bottom Half
Mark Selby - Qualifier
Luca Brecel - Qualifier
Jack Lisowski - Qualifier
Mark Allen - Qualifier

Judd Trump - Qualifier
Ding Junhui - Qualifier
Stephen Maguire - Qualifier
Ronnie O'Sullivan - Qualifier

[Neil Taperell]

Bottom half looks tough

[blahblah01]

Didn’t watch the session but assume that Lisowski made a number of errors that Robertson took advantage of ?

3 or 4 really bad misses...

Robertson was very impressive as well.

[Stony152]

Bottom half looks tough

The 2nd quarter (in the top half) has more former winners than the other three quarters combined.

I think the halves are fairly equal. The top half has last year's finalists as well as the hottest player at the moment. Not to mention Hawkins, who always does well at the crucible and Wilson who has the talent to go very deep.

[Ronnie's tip]

So now the seeds for the World Championship are complete.
This is how the draw looks with just the seeds:

Upper Half
Mark Williams - Qualifier
David Gilbert - Qualifier
Barry Hawkins - Qualifier
Kyren Wilson - Qualifier

John Higgins - Qualifier
Stuart Bingham - Qualifier
Shaun Murphy - Qualifier
Neil Robertson - Qualifier

Bottom Half
Mark Selby - Qualifier
Luca Brecel - Qualifier
Jack Lisowski - Qualifier
Mark Allen - Qualifier

Judd Trump - Qualifier
Ding Junhui - Qualifier
Stephen Maguire - Qualifier
Ronnie O'Sullivan - Qualifier

Mark Selby could not have asked for a better pass to the semi finals.

I predict Hawkins-Robertson and Selby-Trump semi finals. Robertson-Trump to be the final.

[Stony152]

Mark Selby could not have asked for a better pass to the semi finals.

I predict Hawkins-Robertson and Selby-Trump semi finals. Robertson-Trump to be the final.

Mark Allen will have something to say about that.

[fkhan]

China open's trophy is the most colourful one I guess. Looks somewhat like a magic lamp

[Rane]

Great win for Robertson. I think Lisowskys needs to work on the mental side. It´s not the first time he has been blown away against a top 16 player.

[Mark187187]

Great win for Robertson. I think Lisowskys needs to work on the mental side. It´s not the first time he has been blown away against a top 16 player.

It's one of those frustrating things about snooker. Lots of great players who don't handle the pressure. The best cure is to win something, even something minor. Look what happened when Bingham broke his duck after 16 years a pro in 2011, or when Day won his first pro tournament after 19 years and followed it up with a couple more the same season in 2017/18. Hopefully Lisowski can pick one up sooner rather than later.

[Billy]

It's one of those frustrating things about snooker. Lots of great players who don't handle the pressure. The best cure is to win something, even something minor. Look what happened when Bingham broke his duck after 16 years a pro in 2011, or when Day won his first pro tournament after 19 years and followed it up with a couple more the same season in 2017/18. Hopefully Lisowski can pick one up sooner rather than later.

I agree. Commentators often come out with a lot of nonsense, but one of the things they always say after a player has lost a match heavily, which I do happen to agree with, is that they'll learn a lot from it. If Lisowski is of the right mind set these recent batterings will stand him in good stead for the future... as painful as they might be at the time.

[peterpackage]

It was a mental collapse for Jack, so many easy misses amongst the balls

Age can't be used as an excuse anymore. Hell by his age, many female tennis players are over the hill, lol

[blahblah01]

It was a mental collapse for Jack, so many easy misses amongst the balls

Age can't be used as an excuse anymore. Hell by his age, many female tennis players are over the hill, lol

Hopefully just tiredness. They were really bad, yet the first red was sublime....