Saudi Arabia Masters 2024

[Nifty50]

Starts on Friday. Big money on offer. Not sure about TV coverage or time differences. Someone will post up nearer the time.

[DeanH]

Starts on Friday. Big money on offer. Not sure about TV coverage or time differences. Someone will post up nearer the time.

WST Matches has times as 12:00UK and RoRo at 13:00, then 18:00UK with RoRo 19:00
https://www.wst.tv/matches

Apparently WST also says this will be on Eurosport and Matchroom.live - and others; so subscriptions needed I think.
I will probably be watching on Bet365

[jags]

I've been watching the xian grand prix on u tube if that helps not perfect but live

[Nifty50]

Not much of a crowd for Jimmy.

[fkhan]

Can't see any live matches on ES as of now.

[Nifty50]

FFS Selts cue broken at the airport. What a bummer. Probably have to borrow one.

[philip in china]

Duct tape.

[Nifty50]

Win for Jimmy. Can still pot a few balls.

[PatBlock]

This is the same event as the one we had last year with the golden ball, isn't it? The one where the prince promised to double the golden ball prize money, during the final presentation ceremony? So what happened to it? I wonder was it the Saudis or WS who wanted it dropped.

I watched the Hamilton Mink match, bit of a strange one all in all, lighting outage and everything. She did OK though, took a couple of frames from the wily old Sheriff.

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[Nifty50]

Duct tape.

A local carpenter has glued it back together apparently. Must feel a bit different I would think.

[DeanH]

well done Noppon Saengkham on another maximum

he is in line for £50,000 if no one matches it

[trying]

Another tournament with no decent coverage. 👏 WS

[Eels155]

Can literally count the crowd numbers on one hand. It's really embarrassing.

[vmax]

Tremendous match between Wakelin and Un Nooh, quality snooker throughout and a great clearance from Un Nooh in the decider to take it.

[FredDavis'Leg]

So far the matches have I have seen have been about as good as the crowd numbers in terms of quality and excitement. Vafaei and Woolaston today being a very good example of that. I have no idea how popular snooker is in Saudi Arabia but it would seem that local people are not too bothered about coming out to watch it in person. No idea also if that is due to ticket price, or people just prefer to watch tv at home. I have seen bigger crowds during covid! I am sure it will improve crowd wise, and I would hope match wise too.

It's an odd tournament that could change the rankings considerably, whether in the longer run that is a good thing I am not sure about. I like the drone shots of Riyadh though in between frames.