2019 World Snooker Championship

[Stony152]

Well... Ronnie's shaved his head

Now he needs to get rid of those awful sideburns.

[Neil Taperell]

Effortless from Ronnie .

[Mr Snooker]

No practice for the Rocket yesterday he was busy having a new haircut it seams

[Stony152]

When you Brits say "just about" I think you mean "just barely" In American English "just about" means that it almost happened, but didn't. Do you use "just barely" in any context or is that only used in North America?

[Neil Taperell]

Yep , the real Ronnie is back !

[neuronic]

Well... Ronnie's shaved his head

[Billy]

Some head-scratching decisions by the beeb for their Snooker Extra shows. They show highlights of the Selby vs Zhao match in their first show (the same match that was on the red button live), and then in the second show they show the Higgins vs Davis match, despite bringing us up to date with the result at the end of the first show.

Why not show the Gilbert Vs Perry match that wasn't available anywhere (aside maybe their website)? From what I could hear during the Selby match it sounded quite eventful.

[narl]

Yes that's him


Ha ha ha now that's funny, and spot on !

He always looks like a scruffy little **** at tournaments. Needs to wise up a bit and stop channeling the hobo in him.

[jrc750]

This Zhao kid afaik is the same one on snooker sales sections on facebook messaging wanting to buy parris ultimates off people, he must have a sideline in sending cues back to CHina.

Yes that's him

Mark Allen playing tomorrow night, wonder if he's been doing his traditional week of living under a bridge before his match starts. ��

Ha ha ha now that's funny, and spot on !

[JimMalone]

As smooth as his technique is, Zhao just needs to keep his concentration up. I mean nobody is able to do this over a whole match, there will always be lapses, but he loses the focus way too often. The other things he tends to lose is the cueball control.

However he is young and those are things that come with the years. Therefore I think his first crucible start should work as an important experience for him.

[Odrl]

Zhao should be really disappointed not to win this match, because Selby was definitely beatable. I guess the first session was key, as Zhao had good chances to push on from 5-1 and take an ever bigger lead, but his game kind of fell apart at that point. He was missing all kinds of sitters tonight as well.

Looks like luck is on Selby's side this year. An opponent who couldn't punish his mistakes in the 1st round, followed by Gary Wilson who is just about as reasonable an opponent you can hope to get in the 2nd round.

[narl]

Mark Allen playing tomorrow night, wonder if he's been doing his traditional week of living under a bridge before his match starts. ��

[Billy]

Mmm, maybe I'm a little paranoid but that cough on MS's backswing just then sounded like a blatant attempt to put him off.

[arsalanjami]

Zhao Fo Fuks Sake! killing me here...

[Rane]

Those unforced errors from Zhao could be very costly in the end. I don´t see him take three in a row now.