China Open - 1st round (and wildcard round) discussion

[ore]

Worrying times for O'Sullivan fans...

He's not just losing matches, he's losing his edge. Players just don't fear him right now.

He needs an epic World Championship.

More like same old "another R1 exit" by now...

For some time we suspect he ain't gonna play in qualifiers, and he'll need to which this speed of crashing down the rankings, so some of the tears have already been used all throughout the season, not that much of surprise and pain left anymore.

So we gonna be fine.
Just wondering how many of us will continue watching tourneys when Ronnie not gonna be participating there...

On the positive note, if he's playing on telly latelly with about zero practice... he's still pretty good aint he :snooker:

[FOXMULDER]

Worrying times for O'Sullivan fans...

He's not just losing matches, he's losing his edge. Players just don't fear him right now.

He needs an epic World Championship.

[Odrl]

And Walden takes it. Gould had to play out of that snooker, he missed a couple of times, and eventually hit the green, but left the chance. Another loss in a close match for him, and he was 4-2 in front as well.

[Odrl]

Walden is in the balls in the decider. He went for a long pot, missed it by a mile, but had an outrageous fluke.

He played himself out of position (possibly a kick), and had to play a safety at 37-5.

Huh, Gould got a good long pot, but snookered himself on every colour.

[matt123]

Watch it here, click on 2nd one down of the snooker bit
http://www.fromsportcom.com/

You beauty!

[Odrl]

A pretty good performance from Tian, he held his own against Selby, but it's Selby that goes through.

So we are just waiting for Walden-Gould to end now. Pretty interesting match, the last two frames both decided on the black, one going to Gould and one to Walden. Can Walden force the decider?

[leroy86]

Watch it here, click on 2nd one down of the snooker bit
http://www.fromsportcom.com/

That's brilliant...many thanks to you!

[jrc750]

...On another note, anyone know where I can find frame scores for the Selby match? C

Watch it here, click on 2nd one down of the snooker bit
http://www.fromsportcom.com/

[Odrl]

A good win for Day, but he did miss a couple of balls when he had the upper hand. O'Sullivan didn't have the form to punish him today though. I think Day will need to raise his game against Lee, as Lee has certainly been playing some great stuff recently.

[leroy86]

Shame, Ronnie too interested in playing exhibition stuff. Can't win the Worlds playing the style he is. On another note, anyone know where I can find frame scores for the Selby match? C

[Ronnie's tip]

Day beats Ronnie 5-2. Another 1st round loss. He'll probably drop even further down the rankings.

edit:

Day Clearly had the run of the ball. He still deserved to win though. Day was poor, but O'Sullivan was crap.

[missneworleans]

Hasnt played really well but whatever well played Day.
Day-Lee must be really interesting.

[doorag]

Like now? Ryan missed a long red and left it straight to the middle pocket only to Ronnie mess the shot after that.

Good for you, take one example of the balls rolling against Ryan to make your case.

Anyway it doesn't matter if the balls would have gone kinder for Ronnie, ultimately it comes down to him not taking his chances. That's why he lost. I can acknowledge that because I'm not a biased phony like you.

[jrc750]

Yes well done Ryan, played well

[João]

Well done Ryan Day. You've proved once again you're the better player these days.

Now, let the "Ronnie didn't turn up" , "Ronnie didn't care/want to win" , "Ryan had the run of the ball" excuses start.