2017 World Championship - Main Event

[Neil Taperell]

He needs some form of coaching , Jimmy White said on Commentary on Eurosport that his cue ball control isn't good enough .
Too far away from the object ball a lot of the time .

Could be a player if he sorted that out .

[armstm]

bore off please

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

[shmeeko69]

He needs some form of coaching , Jimmy White said on Commentary on Eurosport that his cue ball control isn't good enough .
Too far away from the object ball a lot of the time .

Could be a player if he sorted that out .

He's certainly a natural player, but the cue ball control is certainly his achilles heel. If he sorts that out then, who knows............

[Erwan_BZH]

Unlucky Luca ........ Well Fought Fu

Not sure you can involve any kind of luck to explain Luca's defeat when he was 7-1 up and Marco stuck in his claws.
Luca is blessed with natural talent but as previously mentionned, he has this tendency to allways find a way to make a stupid shot when he should be more patient and smart. He's going for shots like a puppy after his food. No brain at all.
As for coaching, he's been under Chris Henry's tutelage since being a boy. So he had extensive coaching...

[Erwan_BZH]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39625549

Looks like there will more than just a matchup between Murphy and O'Sullivan here....

[Byrom]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/39625549

Looks like there will more than just a matchup between Murphy and O'Sullivan here....

Yeah fight fight fight fight

[Stony152]

The seeded players are 7-1 so far and Higgins and Ding will likely make it 9-1. It's going to make for some amazing matchups in the second round and quarter-finals.

Of the remaining first round matchups, I can see only a couple of possible upsets. Dott and Carter is a tossup and Xiao has a good chance of beating Day. We could end up with 13 or 14 seeds advancing, which would have to be close to the record.

[Stony152]

Seeds advancing to round 2 since 1982 when the first round went to 32 players. In 1983 and 1993 the seeds one 15 out of 16 matches and in 1992 and 2012 the seeds only won 8 out of 16. The average number of seeds winning in the first round has been 11.5.

2016 - 10
2015 - 13
2014 - 11
2013 - 10
2012 - 8
2011 - 11
2010 - 12
2009 - 14
2008 - 11
2007 - 10
2006 - 10
2005 - 11
2004 - 10
2003 - 12
2002 - 11
2001 - 12
2000 - 11
1999 - 12
1998 - 12
1997 - 11
1996 - 14
1995 - 13
1994 - 13
1993 - 15
1992 - 8
1991 - 12
1990 - 14
1989 - 10
1988 - 12
1987 - 10
1986 - 12
1985 - 14
1984 - 12
1983 - 15
1982 - 10

[Stony152]

Looks like Liang vs Carrington has a chance to be another upset. Liang looks really nervous out there.

[screw-back]

Big call on the push by the ref.
Hope it doesnt spoil the match.

Anyone got a link to this incident. Appears opinion is divided as to whether or not it was a push.

[gavpowell]

Dott and Carter is a tossup

Carter is a different league to Dott in my opinion - should be a formality.

[Stony152]

Carter is a different league to Dott in my opinion - should be a formality.

Maybe. Dott just seems to raise his level at the crucible. If he stays close in the first session he could make it interesting.

[DeanH]

Anyone got a link to this incident. Appears opinion is divided as to whether or not it was a push.

see
http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...atch-yesterday

[Odrl]

Carter is a different league to Dott in my opinion - should be a formality.

I tend to agree with that. A lot of people are saying that this is one of the matches where the seed could have problems, but there is quite a dramatic difference between the two players this season. Carter has been to the business end of several major events, including a win and a final, whereas Dott hasn't done anything notable in well over a year. Dott is an experienced player and a great competitor, so I would by no means rule him out here, but I think Carter is still a strong favourite at this point in time. :smile:

[Byrom]

Stuart Carrington wow