The German Masters Feb 4 - 8, 2015

[Odrl]

Murphy is up against it now. Not only is O'Sullivan playing well, he is getting a little bit of luck as well. In the last frame Murphy knocked a red in when playing the split, and in this frame O'Sullivan fluked a snooker from a bad safety and forced an opening. :smile:

[cyberheater]

Murphy has to get in early and kill of frames in one visit if he's to get past this match. I just can't see it.
Basically play at the very top of his game and hope he gets some rub.

[Odrl]

Two visits this time, but O'Sullivan gets the job done just the same. He broke down after a poor split again, and this time he seemed to hit it really tentatively. Didn't matter in the the end though. :smile:

True but didn't Smurf have the run of the balls to begin with?

I suppose he did a bit, yeah, especially that fluke into the right corner. :smile:

[Odrl]

It's just over two hours since the matches started, and Selby-Trump and Day-Liang are both nearly at 4-4. That's ridiculously fast. :smile:

[j6uk]

ron squabbling over the white on that snooker in the last frame says enough, 5-4 for the smurph.

[P.Smith]

Damn I wish Selby/Trump was televised.

[Alba_]

All great games tonight as well and we all missed the rest of them. Why can't they stream the others.

[Odrl]

Well done to Liang Wenbo for reaching the semi-finals of a ranking event for the first time since the 2009 Shanghai Masters. And he did it in what must be one of the fastest 5-4 scorelines of all time. :smile:

[streamer45]

Well done Selby, another decider won!

[cyberheater]

Oh dear. Murphy has made a right mess of that safety.

[cyberheater]

Brilliant stuff Murphy. Just fantastic.

[P.Smith]

Hold the back page. Murphy just beat Ronnie. Never thought I'd see such a thing with my own 2 eyes.

[Alba_]

Well played smurphy. Nice game by both players.

[robertmac]

Awesome win for Murphy. Shame Trump lost.
Nice win by Wenbo. Hopefully Robertson wins.

[Odrl]

A highly enjoyable evening of snooker, as was the afternoon. :smile: I was pleasantly surprised by Murphy's performance, especially from 4-2 down.

O'Sullivan had his chances in the last three frames, and it's a little surprising he failed to take them, considering how well he played from 2-0 down. I thought he would have played behind that last red, but I guess he didn't have the nerve to take it down the cushion. Can't blame him really. :smile:

It's funny, my predictions were looking pretty good at 4-3 to Day, 4-2 to O'Sullivan and 4-4 in the Trump-Selby match, but in the end I got them all wrong. :smile: It will be interesting to see how the fourth match finishes.

Nice semi-final tomorrow, Murphy-Liang, a repeat of their semi in the 2009 Shanghai Masters, which Liang won 6-5. :wink: