UK Championship 25/11 - 7/12

[daffie]

Hi everyone,

though I've been following snooker for quite some years now, I've only recently found this forum and it's time for my first post.

What happened to Hawkins yesterday? I called it a night at 5:0 as I was sure it's just a matter of time for Barry to finish it off? Anyways, congrats to Bond for the win and cebs for the bet!

Welcome!

Hawkins failed to finish it off at 5-0 up and Bond kept on digging in and pulling back frame after frame...and slowly but surely he made it back to 5-5. Hawkins kept making too many mistakes and gave Bond chances...which he managed to take, so very well done to Nigel. A very good win for him.

[_royle]

Hi everyone,

though I've been following snooker for quite some years now, I've only recently found this forum and it's time for my first post.

What happened to Hawkins yesterday? I called it a night at 5:0 as I was sure it's just a matter of time for Barry to finish it off? Anyways, congrats to Bond for the win and cebs for the bet!

[daffie]

Well that was a great turn-around! Just watched the last few frames as my eyes kept closing last night at 5-3. Very well done Nigel! And Barry, well...he really should have finished it a couple of hours earlier. He will be gutted.

[miscuehamburg]

Well done, Nigel. 'You only live twice', as somebody said

[Billy]

Barry's head has left the building!

:smile: I think it did that at about 5-3.

[cebs]

First from 5-0 for me also but Hawkins lost in similar fashion to Walden at the masters and he played some terrible shots that night towards the end.

Best two pound I ever spent anyway , made up for Selby loosing my accumulator today by a long way.

Let's hope Ronnie can play tomorrow now.

[Odrl]

I really thought Hawkins had it this time at 5-0, but I don't know why, as Hawkins plays deciders in about 90% of his matches. It just had to go all the way. :smile:

I think this is the first time since I've been watching snooker that someone has completed a comeback from 5-0 down in a best-of-11, at least in the televised matches. Matthew Stevens came from 5-0 down against Hendry in the Masters a couple of years ago, but he lost the decider. I can't think of any others. :smile:

[DandyA]

what a match !!!!!!!!! I wouldn't have minded who won but well done to Nigel Bond (and Barry Hawkins) for an absolute thriller

[zombieman]

Barry Hawkins has the killer instinct of a rabbit on a motorway. What an embarrassment.

Well done to Bond.

[tedisbill]

Barry's head has left the building!

[DeanH]

UK Championship 25/11 - 7/12

well...
5-0
and then
5-5

and Bond wins
well done Bond

strange

[cebs]

What a game of snooker, think Hawkins could really have carried on but he was gone.

Nice end to the night.

[Billy]

Well, well, well...

[robertmac]

Some extremely long matches this evening.

Hopefully tomorrows matches wont be so long.

Sunday's televised matches are:



1.00pm
Table 1. Neil Robertson v Kyren Wilson
Table 2. Mark Allen v Luca Brecel



7.00pm
Table 1. Ronnie O'Sullivan v Peter Lines
Table 2. Shaun Murphy v Robin Hull

[cebs]

Three big breaks of 1 in this frame...