2022 German Masters

[Cue crafty]

It's the confidence of youth isn't it, fewer mental battle scars to haunt you, no sense of your own 'mortality' as it were.
Is Trump a bit of a party Animal?

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That green Ricky missed this afternoon to go 4-1 up will certainly haunt him, the whole match swung round on that shot! Not sure about Trump being a party animal, I thought him and his brother were dedicated to winning now but maybe after all the wins he had in that season he took his foot off the gas, certainly looks that way.

[DeanH]

JJ just made a strange statement in the Walden / Zhao match. Zhao was approaching a century in the frame he needed to win the match. The score was 91 - 0 to Zhao and when the possible century was mentioned and the camera focused on Walden sat in his chair, JJ said, “Well, everyone in the room, except him, is willing it on.”

Why would Walden deny someone a century at 91 - 0 ??

so he can "get outta there"

[PatBlock]

Trump being a party animal, I thought him and his brother were dedicated to winning now but maybe after all the wins he had in that season he took his foot off the gas, certainly looks that way.

Just wondering, thought his eyes looked a bit funny yesterday.

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[Billy]

Just wondering, thought his eyes looked a bit funny yesterday.

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Droopy or wide-eyed?

[Billy]

As good as Yan is, his aggressive style will be his downfall if he continues as such against Allen.

[JimMalone]

I was just about to ask: Is it just me or has Yan's game becoming more aggressive recently?

[Billy]

I wonder if the Tempodrom spectators are provided with free binoculars so they can see the table?

[Rane]

Xintong vs. Bingtao tomorrow. First but probably not the last time those two will meet in a ranking final.

[Starsky]

Xintong vs. Bingtao tomorrow. First but probably not the last time those two will meet in a ranking final.

I like that their rivalry will be with contrasting styles of play which will make it all the more interesting both tomorrow and in the future.

[fkhan]

Is this the first final with both contenders belonging to China?

[Nifty50]

Is this the first final with both contenders belonging to China?

According to snooker.org it’s the first since 2013. Didn’t say what the last one was but it was a ranking event.

[JimMalone]

Is this the first final with both contenders belonging to China?

It's the second. Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong met in the 2013 Shanghai Masters final.

Ding also once played Hongkong Chinese Marco Fu in the final of the International Championship.

[JimMalone]

Once again it was really impressive how calm Yan stayed in the decisive moments of the match. And this is soo hard to learn. Most of the time you just have it or you don't have it.

[ken147]

It's the second. Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong met in the 2013 Shanghai Masters final.

Ding also once played Hongkong Chinese Marco Fu in the final of the International Championship.

Ding and Fu also contested in the final of the Masters.

[JimMalone]

Today's final will also be the youngest ranking final by combined age since 2006 when Neil Robertson and Jamie Cope competed in the Grand Prix.