2018 World Championship

[Stormwatch]

Ding is the new Jimmy White,destined never to be World Champ.

He will be when he manages to win 6 WC semifinals...Not there yet.

[cidermaster]

Ding is the new Jimmy White,destined never to be World Champ.And yes a really good match between Higgins and Trump,i still go for 13-10 to Higgins

[P.Smith]

What a session that was between Trump and Higgins!

[djax]

Trump was critical of Walden's shot to middle bag, then proceeds to attempt full length double on 're-spotted black - eh!

[jrc750]

I cant c trump winning another frame..

Say again

[Dark]

Only in your opinion of course

Yes, of course only in my opinion. Why on earth would I be posting someone else's opinion? I would be surprised if many on here wanted one sided quarter finals no matter who won, which is the most disappointing part of the results even if I also predicted Allen and Ding to win. I have nothing against Wilson or Hawkins, they both can play very good snooker.

[Mark187187]

Really good session. The way things were going, even from 7-3 up, I think Judd will be relieved he didn't end up 9-7 down. Hopefully they both produce the goods this evening.

[CueAntW147]

Good match this all square now I hope Judd beats Horrid Higgins .......;-)

[JimMalone]

Five frames in a row for Higgins. The safety game is making the difference right now. He hardly gives Trump a chance and puts him under pressure permanently. Higgins' break-building is still far from his best, but at the moment his tactical game is good enough to make up for it.

Just as I write this Higgins gifts Trump an easy chance.

[warren132]

I cant c trump winning another frame..

[JimMalone]

I've been feeling this tournament hasn't really caught fire, and I think it's because there's only been a couple of really close battles - O'Sullivan's comeback vs Maguire, Trump vs Wakelin and Murphy vs Jones were great, but generally it's been one player building a heavy lead and not getting caught.

Yeah, so far it's a bit underwhelming. But Trump - Higgins could be a close match now.

[gavpowell]

I've been feeling this tournament hasn't really caught fire, and I think it's because there's only been a couple of really close battles - O'Sullivan's comeback vs Maguire, Trump vs Wakelin and Murphy vs Jones were great, but generally it's been one player building a heavy lead and not getting caught.

[JimMalone]

That's quick maths

Yeah, thankfully I had a calculator.

[jrc750]

If Higgins hadn't missed that black it would now be 5-6 instead of 4-7.

That's quick maths

[ken147]

Ding doesn't need Terry as a mentor/coach. He needs some Chinese speaking professional sports psychologist so he will fully understand and absorb the advice. No disrespect to Terry, he had 2 players in his corner today Ding and Hawkins, how is he going to be not bias in his mentoring them. Ding needs a Chinese Steve Peters.