The Masters Jan 11 - 18, 2015

[Dr_Doctor]

When was the last time Ding has done well in a triple crown tournament?

[DeanH]

When was the last time Ding has done well in a triple crown tournament?

2011 winner Masters
2011 UK semi-final
2013 WSC quarter-final

the best since has been last 16 across these

[daffie]

With a re-spotted black! :encouragement:

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You read my mind :snooker:

...and this is now shaping up nicely for us...should be 3-3. Edit : not so fast can Perry still pinch this?! He can! Wow...incredible! Ding's eye-twitch just got a whole lot worse

[Odrl]

Another lesson to all those players who concede frames when they only need a couple of snookers. :wink:

It really can happen to anyone... Only this week we've seen Higgins, O'Sullivan, Ding and Trump losing frames when their opponent needed snookers. :smile:

[PatBlock]

Yep, that's gotta hurt. And Joe in with a reasonable chance for 5 - 2 now...

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[DeanH]

I see Joe is starting his eyebrow exercises

[Neil Taperell]

And Ding's right eye is twitching as well !

[daffie]

And Ding's right eye is twitching as well !

I mentioned that just a bit earlier...he would make a very bad poker player.

[daffie]

Lovely pink from Ding.

Great match to watch this one.

[PatBlock]

Cracking pink from Ding, and just what we needed to take us to 4 - 3.

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[daffie]

Holy crap was that a deja-vu or have I really seen perry do the exact same thing last year in some tournament...missing all the reds on a hit and hope...with the reds in pretty much the same position.

I must be losing my marbles!!!

[em@rel]

What an entertaining game this has turned out to be regardless of who wins.

[robertmac]

Ding is all but out now. So many big players out.
Quite a shock.

[jrc750]

Well done Joe, Ding just never showed up

[Odrl]

Nice match again, particularly those two frames that came down to the final black. :smile:

Ding just wasted too many chances in the end... I think he is just not playing enough snooker at the moment. One ranking semi-final all season, and even that wasn't the kind of snooker he was playing last season. It will be interesting to see how his title defence goes in Berlin in a couple of weeks.

Perry played quite well, as did Allen today, so it should be a good match between them in the quarter-finals. :smile: