China Open match discussions thread

[Monique]

Wonderfully tense decider! Congrats to both really! What snooker this is

[Ekphantos]

Uh, great, forum back on!
Exciting final frame!

[Shaggy365]

Great stuff. Maguire needs to get his concentration back or he'll be out. Can't be easy having made the 147, but it will be a good test for him.

Great to be able to watch now that I'm not at work.

[Fuu]

good morning

ryan is not looking too bad out there.
great maximum stuff from mags earlier. but now he seems to have lost the momentum a bit, doesn't he... playing the difficult shots a little akward, safetys aren't to strong either.

[Maija]

This is the first time in nearly a year that I watch snooker WITH commentary, it feels really odd

Hehe, I know what you mean there!

Oh dear, that was an appalling breakoff from Mags, leaving a red on to the middle for Day, and now he's on a break, having split the pack and pulled off a nice little plant. I hope Mags hasn't entirely lost the plot! Not that I'd mind it if Day won, but I want this match to go to a decider!

Edit: It's hardly going to go to a decider if Mags keeps on leaving easy reds for Ryan. I'm not saying that Ryan's not playing well, he is indeed, but is this the good old "147 curse" for Mags?

[Ekphantos]

Great maximum!
Now, Day fights back...

This is the first time in nearly a year that I watch snooker WITH commentary, it feels really odd

[Maija]

Brilliant stuff so far! I nearly had a heart attack with the last pink on the 147, but that was a great shot to pull off under that amount of pressure! Day didn't get intimidated by the 147, but quickly took the next two frames.

Now it's 50 to Day in the fifth frame, with Mags on the table and with a very good chance of stealing the frame, even though it looks as though he's trying to make it hard for himself with running out of position.

I recorded what Eurosport transmitted of the 147, but it's a few seconds too long for youtube

[Anastasia]

Bravo Maguire congrats.

[Mignon]

Congrats, Stephen Maguire! 147!

But you can go on telling the story, Stranger. These are great stories anyway.

[TheStranger]

Maguire so far in this opening frame has a break of 22, tried to snooker Day behind the brown.

Day just played one of the loose reds into a small pack near the bottom right pocket.

Another shot for contact by Maguire and Day has some options for the reds. One pot of decent length to get on the board here.

Pink on side pocket makes it a break of 7 so far for Day.

Red in corner pocket sends him up to 8, no shot on the pink though so he's going for the green to the top right. Makes contact and leaves the reds bunched up a bit for Maguire.

Maguire taking some time to consider his next shot.

Maguire splits the reds and sends the white all the way back into the D, adjacent to the yellow. Day shoots it long but does not pot anything. Maguire responds by sending the red near the left rail to the opposite corner.

Day cannot pot the red at the bottom right pocket and Maguire sends a red into the right center pocket in response. Now working on a break of 12.

Maguire has extended that break to 28 so far.

[Maija]

Maguire and Day are 1-1 but Day will win because of the pattern. Also I think Day has played the best snooker this week so far, but has he peeked too soon?

I think that Maguire will be too strong for Day. I saw a couple of frames from yesterday's match, and he looked to be hitting the ball very well.

For those who got up early: Shanghai telly is showing the match now.

[PaulTheSoave]

No, as I am his lucky dip man, hes going all the way! TheSoave for victory!!

Murphy holds a 3-1 head to head record over Selby. Maguire and Day are 1-1 but Day will win because of the pattern. Also I think Day has played the best snooker this week so far, but has he peeked too soon?

[Alex0paul]

Well, Murphy and Selby practise together don't they? They must know each other's game inside out. It will all depend on the day. My money is on Selby though.

Murphy holds a 3-1 head to head record over Selby. Maguire and Day are 1-1 but Day will win because of the pattern. Also I think Day has played the best snooker this week so far, but has he peeked too soon?

[wildhoney28]

I like Murphy-Maguire in the final now. Seems like this is the season where the new guard takes over. Murphy-Maguire-Selby are the new top dogs.

And Ronnie is undredog...

[Marc]

Well, Murphy and Selby practise together don't they? They must know each other's game inside out. It will all depend on the day. My money is on Selby though.

yepp me too, i think he will beat murph

selby is fav to win now.. here are best odds

Mark Selby 7/4
Stephen Maguire 9/4
Shaun Murphy 10/3
Ryan Day 6/1