China Open match discussions thread

[fatman]

Come on Ricky Walden!!!!!!

[Stella147]

I was so hoping Joe would do it but alas was not to be.
Happy enough though that it was John who beat him.
Oh well - there's always Sheffield

[toupihiggins]

awful game indeed....and i missed 2 classes today to see it...
at least my favorite won....

[João]

Higgins clinches the match with a double on the last red. But it was an awful game, really.

Meanwhile Harold is fighting back, being 4-3 down and has a chance of equalising.

[marshall]

C'mon Joe Maybe the next decider he will win after the WC qualification.

[João]

Higgins - Swail going to a decider now!

[Monique]

Anuone knows what's up with Murphy-Harold ? life scoring looks stuck on this one: it's 4-3 and 39-0 since an eternity ...

[João]

Well done Williams, show us some form

But oh my god, this match Higgins vs Swail has been really really scrappy. Both players missing so many easy shots and no better than average breaks so far.

[Monique]

They truly rushed the job ... 5-1 Williams winning

And now another 5-1 Ebdon vs Cope was not expecting that after Ebdon's recent rather poor performances.

[PaulTheSoave]

Williams and Campbell were faster though. They belted 4 frames within the hour!

[toupihiggins]

seems to me that in the last 3-4 tournaments Higgins has started to play faster...much faster then we know it...and he always seems to rush things lately..i hope he will get his old style back 'cuz else i don't see him doing a good World Championship this year

[PaulTheSoave]

Update

Ebdon - Cope 2-1
Williams - Campbell 3-1
Higgins - Swail 2-1
Murphy - harold 1-2

Someone take over. work to do

[issha]

Dott is a favorite against Perry .....that must mean something

[frameandfortunereturns]

It is nice to see Barry playing well again. I have been disappointed with his season overall but I think winning the world qualifier against Hicks was a great tonic for him. I would like him to vanquish Maguire in the 16 round and then he could go all the way. I know beating Hendry isn't as meaningful as it once was but Barry outplayed Stephen and Stephen acknowledged Barry's performance. Stephen has always been generous in defeat when losing to Barry as he knows how much class the guy has. I think Hendry will struggle in Sheffield against Allen and I expect the young lad to beat Stephen there.

[Alex0paul]

IF Cope, Allen or Lee win Stevens tumbles out of the provisional top 16.
No shame to lose against Day though. Good player

Day looks set for the final now. The previous two wins he has had against Stevens came in Malta and Shanghai and both times he reached the final.