2017 World Championship - Main Event

[Odrl]

Got to love Eurosport: They are showing the same U19 friendly on ES1 and ES2!

Sounds about right. :smile:

Although my Eurosport 1 is showing Murphy-Yan at the moment. Lovely match so far. I was surprised Murphy gave up so quickly in the last frame... Didn't he only need two snookers, with the black available?

[Erwan_BZH]

I predicted a 10-9 victory for Murphy, whle discussin the games with friends.....Getting close to it Great fight from Yan Bingtao !

[Billy]

What a cruel game!

[itsnoteasy]

A bit gutted

[Odrl]

Good clearance from Murphy, but you can say he was a lucky man this afternoon, because he was missing everything before he got that fluke... A nervy victory from him in the end. If he plays like this against O'Sullivan, I can't really see him winning.

A very respectable debut for Yan Bingtao. Looking forward to seeing what he does next season. :smile:

[Rocket147]

Massive heaps of credit to Bingtao. Murphy is a lucky man but held his nerve in the end there so fair play.

[gavpowell]

Does anyone know why the BBC seems to have developed amnesia over the 10-year deal? It was all announced last May, yet the commentators and pundits all seem to be acting like it was a surprise this week.

[Stony152]

Massive heaps of credit to Bingtao. Murphy is a lucky man but held his nerve in the end there so fair play.

His surname is Yan. Why is that so difficult for people to understand? In China the surname goes first.

Ding Junhui
Yan Bingtao

So you would say Murphy is playing Yan.

[thai_son22]

His surname is Yan. Why is that so difficult for people to understand? In China the surname goes first.

Ding Junhui
Yan Bingtao

So you would say Murphy is playing Yan.

is it really important. lol. im sure there are plenty who refer to shaun murphy as murphy but refer to ronnie o'sullivan as ronnie.

[Stony152]

is it really important. lol. im sure there are plenty who refer to shaun murphy as murphy but refer to ronnie o'sullivan as ronnie.

Yes it is important. It's ignorant and bordering on racist. Get it freaking straight. It's not that difficult.

[Rocket147]

His surname is Yan. Why is that so difficult for people to understand? In China the surname goes first.

Ding Junhui
Yan Bingtao

So you would say Murphy is playing Yan.

Chill out. We are in the UK so we state his surname as Bingtao.

[Rocket147]

Yes it is important. It's ignorant and bordering on racist. Get it freaking straight. It's not that difficult.

How on Earth is it borderline racist?

[Stony152]

Chill out. We are in the UK so we state his surname as Bingtao.

BBC doesn't. During the match they showed both surnames. Murphy and Yan.

His surname is Yan you ignoramus. Bingtao is some kind of weird attempt at his given names, which he actually has two of.

[Stony152]

How on Earth is it borderline racist?

It's borderline racist because you are too xenophobic to give a crap that other cultures do things differently than you do.

Their surnames are..

Ding
Yan
Liang

etc.

Get that through your thick skull.

[Rocket147]

BBC doesn't. During the match they showed both surnames. Murphy and Yan.

His surname is Yan you ignoramus. Bingtao is some kind of weird attempt at his given names, which he actually has two of.

Ohhh, you're one of these people who has to insult another person to get your point across...

Anyway. I look forward to seeing more of...Yan Bingtao...in the future.