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Qualifying starts tomorrow at 1000 (BO9s) and will run concurrently with the last 3 days of this year's CL(I).
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1-0 Shon over Jak J, 1-1 Oli. Zhou misses another unforgiveable sitter.
Zhou misses a straightforward yellow, Judd clears in a oner. Keep missing sitters, you will get punished, 2-1 Zhou.
Ali flukes the final red from a snookered position and runs out the frame, 3-0.
What a clusterfack that is, Jak 
Runs out of position on frameball, tries to pot a red anyway, white goes in the middle and he leaves the cueball sitting over the lip
Runs out of position on frameball, tries to pot a red anyway, white goes in the middle and he leaves the cueball sitting over the lip
After a protracted battle on final pink, Judd doubles it the length of the table and wins on the black, 2-2.
Interesting to note how far behind the pics are on that table, BTW. You can hear the claps or otherwise on the Shon table at least a couple of seconds before the action happens on the actual one!
Shon wins another one that Jak had a 50-odd point start in 
, leads 3-1.
, leads 3-1.
Big Boy runs out of position, has an ambitious go at a red to the green pocket, it rattles in the jaws, shoots out, arcs along the baulk cushion and goes in the frigging yellow pocket. Big Boy does the necessary. 4-4. I've been on the wrong end of all of these bits of "luck" this afternoon...
5-0 Ali.
5-0 Ali.
Both Zhou and Judd miss frameball black, Judd sticks it, Zhou 3-3.
Jak J steals one from Shon, 4-2 Shon.
Jak J steals one from Shon, 4-2 Shon.
4-3 Zhou.
Oli blows a great chance to win frame and match....
Oli blows a great chance to win frame and match....
Looking ahead to this evening - most surprising stat of the day imo:
Croup v Selt - the H2H is 11:0 to Croup and still 10:0 if you ignore the CL
Croup v Selt - the H2H is 11:0 to Croup and still 10:0 if you ignore the CL
JAk J blows a really good chance to get back into that frame. Shon wins, 5-3.
Big Boy needs snookers.
Big Boy needs snookers.
Great stuff, Oli! Beats Big Boy 5-4! Honestly think if he had a bit more belief he could be the next Dave.
Mar 11, 2022 -- 9:28AM, The Management wrote:
Looking ahead to this evening - most surprising stat of the day imo:Croup v Selt - the H2H is 11:0 to Croup and still 10:0 if you ignore the CL
Sorry, mate, not ignoring you, just struggling to keep up!
That is a REALLY weird stat as well! Not one you'd pick at all! 
I see they are all a lifetime ago, mind (nothing other than the CL this side of 2015)
Judd doing another Lazarus with his c-game.
Yeah - the stat is pretty meaningless but still a very surprising one.
Very well done with Lines (again)
Yeah - the stat is pretty meaningless but still a very surprising one.
Very well done with Lines (again)
TBH, I'm surprised Zhou has got this close. Some of those misses in the early frames, an in-form Judd would have taken full-advantage. I've not seen too much of it from that point, TBH.
Ended up with positions on the other three matches (not that two of them did me any good!), and nothing at all on this one.
I do think H2H stats can be a good guide as to whether player styles match up, but I really don't see why Selt should struggle so much with Croup's game. I don't keep numbers from pre-2015-16 season, so not sure if Selt was still trying to find his game back then, or what. A bizarre one!
Ended up with positions on the other three matches (not that two of them did me any good!), and nothing at all on this one.
I do think H2H stats can be a good guide as to whether player styles match up, but I really don't see why Selt should struggle so much with Croup's game. I don't keep numbers from pre-2015-16 season, so not sure if Selt was still trying to find his game back then, or what. A bizarre one!
Is Judd really only going to get 35 mins off? Seems a bit harsh, given they're BO9s!
Maybe Carter can put him out of his misery - he's been there for the taking but no fecker seems to want to finish the job - no matter how many opportunities they are handed.
Assuming he's the TV game - it does look like 35 minutes though.
Croup v Selt - prices bang on for the numbers; the H2H (as pointed out by TM above) is the interesting bit. Will be interesting to see if it's still relevant here.
Dotty v Ding - Ding's A LOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGGG way clear on the numbers. Only Robbo & Ronnie are scoring better, actually! Overall H2H is 6-2 in favour of Ding, but they're all pre-2015 other than their most recent meeting, which was won by Dotty 4-0! Ding is too big, IMHO.
Oli v Shon - Shon has daylight over Oli's numbers, but it's not huge. They've only met once, back at the 2016 Indian Open, Shon winning 4-2. I imagine Oli will have experienced a far bigger adrenaline rush after getting over the line v Big Boy than Shon will have, having been there, done it all before. Hopefully he can do himself justice. Purely on the numbers, he's too big.
Ali v Judd - Judd has daylight on the numbers, despite everything. Ali actually has a winning H2H over Judd (not too many can say that), both before and after stripping out CL/WST matches (4-3 w/o). Ali's playing really well, from what I've seen this week. 2/1+ looks very fair.
Dotty v Ding - Ding's A LOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGGG way clear on the numbers. Only Robbo & Ronnie are scoring better, actually! Overall H2H is 6-2 in favour of Ding, but they're all pre-2015 other than their most recent meeting, which was won by Dotty 4-0! Ding is too big, IMHO.
Oli v Shon - Shon has daylight over Oli's numbers, but it's not huge. They've only met once, back at the 2016 Indian Open, Shon winning 4-2. I imagine Oli will have experienced a far bigger adrenaline rush after getting over the line v Big Boy than Shon will have, having been there, done it all before. Hopefully he can do himself justice. Purely on the numbers, he's too big.
Ali v Judd - Judd has daylight on the numbers, despite everything. Ali actually has a winning H2H over Judd (not too many can say that), both before and after stripping out CL/WST matches (4-3 w/o). Ali's playing really well, from what I've seen this week. 2/1+ looks very fair.
Mar 11, 2022 -- 10:30AM, The Management wrote:
35 minutes is enough to cancel a taxi!
Mar 11, 2022 -- 10:32AM, The Management wrote:
Maybe Carter can put him out of his misery - he's been there for the taking but no fecker seems to want to finish the job - no matter how many opportunities they are handed.
Indeed. At least we know Ali won't be afraid to actually do it.
Yeah, judd gives up more chances, you think ali might be a player could take advantage. Circumstances in his favour too. That hth for gouldy is crazy, kind of comforting when you favour a guy anyway. Just reckon getting to business end, he has that bit more pedigree than opponent, even if form looks much of a muchness.
No pics sorted out anywhere yet, that I can see.... BFLV not got them, 365 not got them....
ES showing a repeat. Anybody see the start of the programme to hear what they said?
Waiting for JB to do his 3rd maximum of the day here!
Checking WST site to see if Judd and his brother have been assaulted by a Turkish taxi driver - but nothing. 
4-4 Shon.
If there's one major criticism of Oli's game, it's that he doesn't make enough pots when he's low on the black. He's actually so bad at that type of shot, I reckon he'd be better off just taking his medicine when he's out of posi down there.
If there's one major criticism of Oli's game, it's that he doesn't make enough pots when he's low on the black. He's actually so bad at that type of shot, I reckon he'd be better off just taking his medicine when he's out of posi down there.
Gutted, but you had enough chances to put that to bed in those last two frames, Oli....
Shon steals on the black, wins 5-4
Shon steals on the black, wins 5-4
Didn't see a ball tonight, shame for oli and so much for croup hth Selt in a sf? Definitely a weird week! I notice a few people are backing ding for the worlds now and he'll definitely be fresh and coming into a bit of form anyway. Though still not guaranteed to avoid qualifiers, even should he win this week.
Selt in a sf? Definitely a weird week! I notice a few people are backing ding for the worlds now and he'll definitely be fresh and coming into a bit of form anyway. Though still not guaranteed to avoid qualifiers, even should he win this week.
It's easy to forget, but Selt is a ranking tournament winner! And he's made a couple of other semis (all overseas, as was his win, funnily enough!). Didn't really see any of his match tonight. Breaks of 89, 90, 118 and 58, though. Clearly played quite well.
Didn't see much of Ding's after 2-0, TBH, either. I strongly suspect that the successes of Zhao and Fan have made him realise he needs to up his game a bit. There's an awful lot of emerging talent in that academy of his right now, even if some of it looks a bit burnt out.
Must admit, I'm looking forward to 10 days off myself
Catch you tomorrow, mate.
Didn't see much of Ding's after 2-0, TBH, either. I strongly suspect that the successes of Zhao and Fan have made him realise he needs to up his game a bit. There's an awful lot of emerging talent in that academy of his right now, even if some of it looks a bit burnt out.
Must admit, I'm looking forward to 10 days off myself
Catch you tomorrow, mate.
Selt v Ding - Even greater daylight on the numbers than Ding v Dotty. They've only met three times (2-1 Ding, ignoring the CL) and Selt's success was way back in 2012. Interestingly, the three most recent encounters (including the CL) have all gone to Winonas. Prices are more correct than the Dotty match, but I think still a few ticks too big.
Eurosport sticking with skiing and biathlon for the 11:30 kick off (Selt/Ding)
But at least covering Judd/Shon at 17:00
But at least covering Judd/Shon at 17:00
Scruffy start, poor misses from each, Selt eventually steals, 1-0.
Really poor start from Ding, it has to be said. 2-0 Selt.
3-0 Selt. Ding really needs to up his game here, because he's been awful so far.
Another bad miss to the middle from Selt (at least his third), Ding steals, 3-3 from 0-3
Another bad miss, green this time, Ding clears, leads for the first time, 4-3.
Ding makes the first miss, Selt has a bit of good fortune after butchering a black but leaving Ding snookered, Selt eventually ends up winning 6-5.
Not seen much of this, but Judd sets up a final with Selt. Selt played very well the last time they met at the UK Championship and beat him 6-3. I didn't realise until that match how well they know one another. Makes for an interesting dynamic. Not sure I'll be around for it, though.
Turkish Delight in Frame 10 as Trump completes a 147 maximum break.
Frame 9 was equally interesting with Trump conceding (I think) 50 points in fouls before prevailing 113:76
Frame 9 was equally interesting with Trump conceding (I think) 50 points in fouls before prevailing 113:76
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