2018 German Masters

[JimMalone]

Do you know at what time each of the semis is scheduled to start? Another thing - if Trump gets that far will he be in the early or the late one? If it's the first that'll be reason enough for me to steer clear of Berlin at all costs ....

Funnily enough the saturday with the semifinals is the only day where I don't find the starting times of the matches.
I guess Trump would play the first semifinal. At least his semifinal would be listed as #29 on worldsnooker.org as opposed to the other semi being #30. But don't know if they might change the order for the semifinals depending of the popularity of the players involved.

[Odrl]

It's 2pm and 8pm local time.

[crocodile]

It's 2pm and 8pm local time.

Thanks a lot, should help me make up my mind ...

[Dave Walton]

Mark Allen was a bit frustrated:
"So may hate/hate affair with the German masters continues. Seriously hate the event!! So distracting for all players who aren’t on table 1. Will not be back at the event until the setup changes!! Shootout up next in a week"

He's a vile little man

[PatBlock]

He's a vile little man

He's not that little.

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[lennon11]

He's a vile little man

When he wins he'll tell all he's great, when he loses there's always an excuse.

[JimMalone]

When he wins he'll tell all he's great, when he loses there's always an excuse.

He's not the only one, though. Many athletes behave this way. Judd Trump for example.
Even Roger Federer - especially in his early years - was always telling, that he "didn't feel well that day" or "something disturbed him". It's rarely that the other player was simply better that day.

[fkhan]

Such lovely comeback by Dott.

[Rane]

Well, I had been thinking of popping over for a visit to one of the semi-finals (only 2-3 hours by train from here), but the field's been decimated even further with the early exit of Mark Allen ..... However, if a cracking semi should be in prospect maybe I'll give it another thought ....

Has anyone on the forum actually been to the German Masters before and has anything to report? Rolf Kalb's always going on about what a great atmosphere it is, but in view of one or two of the posts below maybe he's just trying to make it out to be something which isn't necessarily true.

Except Allen the players usually praise the event and the atmosphere but I haven´t been there. From what I saw yesterday, Selt was playing well and Allen was far from the form that won him the masters. So yes sour grapes.

[Odrl]

Gilbert-Joyce looks like it might have been a good game. Gilbert had breaks of 84, 101, 68 and 84, while Joyce had 136, 86, 91, 79 and 76. :smile:

[Dave Walton]

He's a vile little man

He's not that little.

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Haha true, he's as wide as he is tall.

[PatBlock]

Good response by Ding from being 2 frames down, 2 missed blacks from Ricky, 2 one visit frames for Ding to go 2 - 2.

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[DeanH]

Good response by Ding from being 2 frames down, 2 missed blacks from Ricky, 2 one visit frames for Ding to go 2 - 2.

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Eh? Watch on Eurosport tv and the score is 3-1 to Ding?

[PatBlock]

Eh? Watch on Eurosport tv and the score is 3-1 to Ding?

Really? I'm watching on my PC so I'll blame Gates for the delay. 3 - 2 now

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[DeanH]

2018 German Masters


Yep Walden won the first after the MSI.
scrappy 6th frame so far....