International Championship 2013 - Discussion

[Holden Chinaski]

Ding proves he can perform under pressure! Him and Ronnie are the two best players out there right now in my opinion. Robertson is number three.

Congrats Ding and Marco, great match.

[jono*]

Well done Ding

[Odrl]

What a classy break to finish with. I love a 10-9 finish and I've been lucky to see quite a few now, but this surely has to be one of the best ever. :smile:

Nice to see Fu's reaction in defeat, very sporting and gracious, and nice to see Jan Verhaas congratulate the referee for a job well done as well. :smile:

Now bring out the pandas! :wink:

[SouthPaw]

What a final! Ding looks very dangerous in that form, his safety has went to another level as well, keeps this up he'll knock Neil of his perch!

[scottley]

No trophy presentation?

They said they were cutting it short because the prog has over ran for a guess, Eurosport is by far the worst channel to watch snooker on!

[motorhead]

Nice to see Fu's reaction in defeat, very sporting and gracious, and nice to see Jan Verhaas congratulate the referee for a job well done as well. :smile:

Marco is a good sport indeed!

They said they were cutting it short because the prog has over ran for a guess, Eurosport is by far the worst channel to watch snooker on!

cheers

[Odrl]

And that is how you do a victory ceremony! :smile:

[Guy3103]

That ceremony was a bit strange... too many people out there and they should have done the interviews in English!!

[Wayne G]

Great tournament. Look out UK, China is at the door(looks like an eviction notice in their hand).

[j6uk]

The bailiffs are at the door!

Great tournament. Look out UK, China is at the door(looks like an eviction notice in their hand).

[DeanH]

Nice to see Fu's reaction in defeat, very sporting and gracious,

yes, very nice indeed, they both were exemplary in their behaviour.

and nice to see Jan Verhaas congratulate the referee for a job well done as well. :smile:

also very nice to see, I think Weilei (?) was brilliant, as a referee should be, in control but hardly noticed at all

And that is how you do a victory ceremony! :smile:

missed it as on Eurosport, but yes the Chinese events have so many dignitaries from all the sponsors, it can take longer to do the ceremony than the match
was Jason F there?

[DeanH]

They said they were cutting it short because the prog has over ran for a guess, Eurosport is by far the worst channel to watch snooker on!

better than not having snooker on TV
also Eurosport where better this time round as they could have not shown all the semis and final in their entirety
so I say, thanks Eurosport (I believe they do read TSF )

[scottley]

I just think there scheduling can be a bit all over the place, the times this week i've gone to put the Snooker on and its skating/skiing/weightlifting etc, even though the match is taking place and the programme listed is actually Snooker but the channel is showing some other sport, if you try series linking the event you just end up with hours of footage of some other sport, i just tape the whole of Eurosport so i've deffo recorded it lol, as you rightly say though its better than no Snooker at all, looking forward the the BBC's coverage at the end of the month, everything running on time and no adverts!

[Odrl]

missed it as on Eurosport, but yes the Chinese events have so many dignitaries from all the sponsors, it can take longer to do the ceremony than the match
was Jason F there?

Yes, I think so. They didn't have the usual ten businessmen in suits standing there for the photos, but it was still pretty epic. Zhao Xintong got a small trophy for the best "newcomer" and they each got a nice little panda. Not the same as last year though, this one didn't have a snooker cue. :smile:

Anyway, this was a really good event, even better than the inaugural edition. I suspect the name "International Championship" was intentionally picked in case they needed to move the tournament around to different venues, but I now hope it stays in Chengdu for as long as possible. It looks like the people have accepted it much better than the tournaments in Wuxi and Haikou, and it's nice that they got rewarded with such good snooker all week, with a classic final to end on a real high.

[shredder]

Quick question; Fu plays with maple doesn't he? Or do I need glasses