English Open 2023

Darling eventually does steal, 3-2.

1-0 Wrongholed over Zhang

Ding blows another not terrible chance to steal.

2-0 Luca

3-2 Licky

Zhang levels, 1-1.

Ding's been foooooking awful

Licky misses the final red.

Ding wins a scruffy one, 2-1 Luca

So slack brown to blue from Selt, leaves himself a nasty pink, but he gets it.  Tree-Tree.

2-1 Wrongholed, 4-2 Darling barring snookers

2-2 Ding

Licky misses a sitter of an opener when given a squeak of getting back into the frame, 4-3 Selt.

2-2 Zhang

*4-3 Selt barring snookers

3-2 Ding

Ronnie has a massive lash and flukes one.

His head's totally gone

what the ...

All started with the movement in the crowd

No pics for Ali or Liu games here, but they're on 365.

3-2 Zhang

Luca misses a howler of a yellow

But it's not a problem as Ding sticks it, 3-3.

Someone taking on MJW for the biggest amount I've seen all week.

4-2 Zhang, played really well

and O'Sullivan should grow up - that was disgraceful

Luca needs a snooker, 2-0 Zhou

4-3 Ding

3-0 Zhou

Looks like the MJW layer might have given up too soon!  Liu in with a great chance to steal!

Does, leads 1-0.

Bad miss from Zhou when in with half a chance (one safeish red) of winning F&M

Ali takes on the safeish red, misses it and sticks it

Somehow Zhou pots the cueball!  I didn't see how!

3-1 Zhou, 2-0 Liu

4-1 Zhou

Liu had a few really good opportunities that frame and didn't take them, MJW on the board, trails 2-1.

Liu gets really unlucky, splits the pack off the blue, all looks really good until the pink goes in....

I'm done.

MJW levels it to go 2-2 !

Now leads 3-2 ! Lui in with a chance to level !

We have parity and a decider !!! A winona !!!

Liu prevails 4-3 !!!

Good stuff! 

Don't suppose anybody has got the break stats for Selt v Licky, please?  WST doesn't have them, CueTracker doesn't have them....  Nowhere else I can think of looking has them....

CueTracker now has them (WST does not )

Zhang steals on the pink, 1-0 over Zhou

So Trump/Higgins both win 5-1 - not much to get exicited about this afternoon then. Get at least one close one tonight.

Nice from Zhang - seems composed

2-0 Zhang

Yeah, rubbish matches this arvo.

2-0 Liu !

Excellent pot, that, Zhang.

Liu 2-0 up on Ding (who's been gash so far)

3-0 Zhang

Ding!

3-0 Liu

3-1 Zhang

3-2 Zhang, 3-1 Liu

3-3 Zhang

Ding is in full twitch-on mode

4-1 Liu

4-2 Liu, 4-3 Zhang

4-4 Zhou

didn't see that one dropping

Liu steals on the black, beats Ding 5-2

Ahead of last week's game
Latalomne • September 27, 2023 9:42 AM BST
Interested to see how Liu plays this morning against Ding. As the Chinese NKOTB go, he's comfortably the best, IMHO.

Nice one Lat - looks very good

5-4 Zhang.

Cheers, GW! He's served me well this week.

Not expecting to be around much over the weekend, but hopefully catch the latter stages of the final on Sunday.

Be lucky.

Should be two good matches tomorrow. Cheers Lat

On the numbers, Zhang should put Liu in his place tomorrow, TBH.  Judd v JB should be a cracker.  JB just my fav.

124 break from Higgins to start with 1 - 0

2-1 Higgins

137 break - Higgins on top at mid-session interval 3 - 1

4-1 Higgins - Trump high break so far just 29

Odd frame - Trump wins it ---  4 - 2 Higgins

5-2

Nice shot from green - brown and Trump wins a tight frame - 5-3 Higgins

5-4

Great guts so far from Judd, will we get a winona ?!?

we have a winona !!!

111 Trump break - amazing scenes 5 - 5

Oct 7, 2023 -- 10:55AM, Gin wrote:

Never saw Trump winning that - but he has! 4 in a row Trump wins 6 - 5

Judd is victorious !

Trumps season now after that,he had to stat playing well at some point...i turned it over at 4-1 as he was so dire...walkover tomorrow as well..

Latalomne • October 6, 2023 10:55 PM BST
On the numbers, Zhang should put Liu in his place tomorrow

Call - Zhang wins 6-2. Close early frames but Zhang took all four.

1-0 Zhang

4-1 Zhang and in to fav

Wonder how much Trump been offered to lose this final

5-3 Zhang

7-3 and playing superbly !

Impressive so far. Where has he been for 14 years.

how did the black drop, incredible

judd now getting into the zone and looks on for 7 - 5 !

kept on motoring against big john too

Wonder if Zhang will wobble a bit now he's getting closer to the finishing line and Judd is playing better

Good chance that happens but i'm trying to watch 4 different sports at the same time.

7-6 Zhang

All square 7 -7

8-7 Judd - shocker of a break next frame from Zhang

Trump wins - 3-7 to 9-7

I only caught the last two frames and the presentation.  Felt quite sorry for Zhang from what was being said.  He definitely wasn't covering himself in glory by the time I got home...  Hopefully it's a positive learning experience overall, because he played really well last week, and has been playing pretty well all season.  No doubt about it, he can play, and he can mix it with the best.

what were the prices like there, how short did Zhang go, must have been very??

Seem to recall he'd been 1.13 when I looked.