World Championship discussion

[Alex0paul]

I think this is a very encouraging result for Hendry. He played poor bar his safety play but he still won relatively comfortable at 10-7. He also has the luxory of not having to play one of the favourites at least until the quarter finals. He will raise his game for his next game and I think if it had been a higher ranked player than Carter or Hicks then he would have been in danger but I think he can get through.

[Maija]

Nina: if watching Hendry playing today disapppointed you, and as a fellow Hendry fan I can understand that, you don't really want to watch the tape from yesterday

I quite fancy Robertson to go a long way too. He'll have to fine-tune his game a bit, as it seems, but I haven't really paid too much attention to the details in of this session.

Too many interesting games on at once!

[Nina]

Oh I'm prepared for the worst, don't worry!

Such interesting matches at once indeed, I need time off work for this!

As for Robertson, I'm pretty sure he can and will beat Day, but then he won't manage in the match against Ronnie. Just a gut feeling, I'm curious to see how things will turn out!

[Ekphantos]

As for Robertson, I'm pretty sure he can and will beat Day, but then he won't manage in the match against Ronnie. Just a gut feeling, I'm curious to see how things will turn out! [/COLOR][/FONT]

Hm, depends on O'Sullivan's mood and interest I would say.... Robertson has to improve his game, that's for sure, but I think he'd have a chance to win against O'Sullivan (providing he gets through)

[Nina]

Hm, depends on O'Sullivan's mood and interest I would say....

Doesn't that kinda go without saying? This is always the case with Ronnie.

[Alex0paul]

What a Shot! A respotted black now.

[Robert602]

I'd certainly fancy Hendry to beat Hicks but Carter's dangerous. I think he's beaten Hendry more times than not, and has been in reasonable form lately.

What Alex says is true though, the result might lift him. The last time I saw Hendry play like that was in a tight first round against Dave Harold in the UK. He played some of his best snooker following that match.

[Alex0paul]

Robertson pots the black over the hole to finish it off at just 6-3.

[Ekphantos]

Doesn't that kinda go without saying? This is always the case with Ronnie.

Well, yes you are right

[snookersfun]

wow, that was rather nervy, especially that last frame, respotted black, how close can you get? Have to get up now and walk it off!
6-3 at this point is rather fortunate for Neil. Both players showed quite a lot of nerves out there in their first session. Alltogether but a good morning

[Robert602]

Hm, depends on O'Sullivan's mood and interest I would say.... Robertson has to improve his game, that's for sure, but I think he'd have a chance to win against O'Sullivan (providing he gets through)

Just as a point of interest, I was in Cambridge snooker centre where Neil was practicing at the time of the Ronnie-Ding first session. He was popping his head in (to the bar where the TV is) every 30 seconds to see what was happening. These players might claim they only look to the next match and don't care who they play, but it didn't look like that to me .

[Maija]

Hm, depends on O'Sullivan's mood and interest I would say.... Robertson has to improve his game, that's for sure, but I think he'd have a chance to win against O'Sullivan (providing he gets through)

I think we can put some of the silly moments and shots today down to it being the first round at the Crucible. Robertson has beaten ROS before, in the Welsh open must've been the last time. Any chance of any stats? I just got bored with trying to find them manually...

[Miss Walker]

And in the Grand Prix QF as well. Both times this season when Robertson beat ROS in the QFs, he went on to win the title. That's an omen right there, maybe?

[berolina]

And in the Grand Prix QF as well. Both times this season when Robertson beat ROS in the QFs, he went on to win the title. That's an omen right there, maybe?

I see your taking comfort in Robertson now that Williams is out

[Wim]

Robertson seems to know how to play Osullivan and... upset him - in his interviews Robertsons likes to 'minimize' Osullivan way of playing. Anyway this could be the key match of this WC.