2019 World Snooker Championship

[snookerball]

Hazel describing it as the greatest final of all time ??

One of. Key difference.

[Tim65]

Fantastic performance by Judd Trump in the final - funny to think how close he went to going out in the first round.Certainly not the greatest final ever though - not even in the top ten.

[DeanH]

2019 World Snooker Championship

well done Trump
superbly played
well done Higgins
not considering retiring now then

[Mark187187]

Hazel describing it as the greatest final of all time ??

Yeah, not sure about that. Probably highest quality I've seen over 4 sessions by any player for a long time if not ever. But you can't really compare it to the great comebacks or the close finishes.

[kibo]

Are the pockets this big every year or they are increasing them.
I mean all this things just make all the statistics meaningless if one is going to play on another table compared to the previous players

[Neil Taperell]

Hazel describing it as the greatest final of all time ??

[snookerball]

You can tell how much respect Judd has for Higgins here.

[PatBlock]

Hoping for a great final over 2 days but I've got a feeling that Trump is going to blast Higgins off the table in the first two sessions leaving too much for him. 18 - 10 to Trump.

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[snookerball]

Really gracious inteview with John there.

[jrc750]

Well done Judd, unbeatable last few days

[Billy]

Has a player ever been so confident of winning the SWC while waiting in the wings for the final session, as Judd was just then?

[jrc750]

Gonna be a very short night

[nevets]

Hoping Higgins can win the first half-session 4-0. There's bugger-all else on TV.

[gavpowell]

The obvious contender of his generation is Robertson who is also about to come into his prime. Could see these two sharing titles for a while.

Robertson's prime was a few years ago - he may have a second prime but at 37 it's more likely we'll see him start to decline. He'll win a few more yet, certainly, but I would expect any future contenders to be from the younger crop - Gary Wilson looks to be ready to go, but I thought the same of Michael White and Anthony McGill about 5 years ago and they've fallen apart since then.

[Diesel3390]

I'll have some of what your happen. Although I'm tempted to bung a few quid on him to comeback 18-16 at 66/1

I wouldn't blame you if you bet on 18-16.
Honestly though, as a die-hard Higgins fan since 1996 (yes, that long!) this is one of the most devastating set of years, seeing him lose 3 years in a row. But I have a feeling he won't be as disappointed this year. He's actually played brilliantly in this final. There's not much one can do if Trump is hitting the craziest shots and having the form of his life. Higgins didn't play poor, Judd just had a blinder.

I'd love it if Higgins did a comeback though