European Masters 2016

[Neil Taperell]

Started today .

Who do we think is going to win this ?

Murphy was playing well last week , so probably will go with him .

[Erwan_BZH]

Dunno who's gonna win but boy, that first match on telly between Carter and McGill is top draw! A real game of snooker with big breaks, very sound tactical play, great snookers.....You have to admire Ant's composure here, he's so cool under pressure. That 107 to force a decider was superb but his atempt to get back from the snooker stage in the 4th frame was very well executed as well. A real fighter a la Selby. Top 16 material for sure...

[JimMalone]

Honestly I have no idea.
Murphy for sure is a good candidate. But I wouldn't be too surprised if we get a surprise winner here.

[JimMalone]

Dunno who's gonna win but boy, that first match on telly between Carter and McGill is top draw! A real game of snooker with big breaks, very sound tactical play, great snookers.....You have to admire Ant's composure here, he's so cool under pressure. That 107 to force a decider was superb but his atempt to get back from the snooker stage in the 4th frame was very well executed as well. A real fighter a la Selby. Top 16 material for sure...

Indeed a pretty good match. McGill ultimately wins 4-3.

[Erwan_BZH]

Pity one of these two has to go home but it at the end, the young Scot prevailed! Very fine match here, quality stuff.

[JimMalone]

Very strong showing from John Higgins, beating Michael Holt 4:0 while making two centuries on the way.

[Neil Taperell]

Robertson / Dott match looked decent by the scoring .

Dott had 4 breaks over 50 and only won 2 frames !

[PatBlock]

Pretty good performance from Rhys Clark against David Grace, he pulled out some nice pots to win 4 -1, although he did miss a couple of 'sitters' on the way. After the match the ref, Proletina I think, measured the distance between green spot and green pocket:

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I wonder if there was a complaint/query from one of the players?

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[Neil Taperell]

Never seen that before , I wouldn't even notice I don't think . Surely if it is out , it can't be out by much ?

[DeanH]

European Masters 2016

Me neither, the official dimensions are the baulk line from the bottom cushion and the radius of the D. Of course geometrically there is a distance from spot to pocket but where do you measure at the pocket?
Interesting

[Erwan_BZH]

Don't know if it has been posted somewhere before but Judd Trump just mentionned in an interview he has been using a JP for 2-3 weeks now. So he dropped the Tyrone cue apparently.

[DeanH]

Don't know if it has been posted somewhere before but Judd Trump just mentionned in an interview he has been using a JP for 2-3 weeks now. So he dropped the Tyrone cue apparently.

literally just reading this
http://www.worldsnooker.com/trump-fi...-with-new-cue/

[markz]

literally just reading this
http://www.worldsnooker.com/trump-fi...-with-new-cue/

Big splash will be in tears reading the great JT playing all those special shots with a new JP lol

[JimMalone]

Honestly I have no idea.
Murphy for sure is a good candidate. But I wouldn't be too surprised if we get a surprise winner here.

So much for that...
Murphy exits in the first round, losing 1-4 to Mark Davis.

[PatBlock]

Scott Donaldson marches on after beating Luca Brecel 4 - 3. Bit of a scrappy affair, with Brecel playing his usual hit'hope brand of the game and Scott not looking quite as good as he did against Bingsy in the qualifiers, but I don't suppose he'll mind that. He goes on to play his compatriot Anthony McGill on Thursday afternoon, should be a good match that.

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