Ronnie V John Higgins

[Marc]

Funnily enough I still have long nails. Dunno how they stay alive, because this is nerve-wrecking

I was going to trim my toe nails just now, but i will save them for you just in case

[Blondie]

Hi guys,

..........4 - 3 Higgy....lol xx

[Black_cat]

WANTED! RONNIE'S LONG POTTING! DEAD OR ALIVE! (preferably the latter )
Mon, Ronnie. I want both sessions tomorrow, not just one.

[Maija]

I was going to trim my toe nails just now, but i will save them for you just in case

Whilst I do understand that you might want to put off trimming your toe nails until after the end of the session I would like to NOT take you up on that kind offer. Thank you ever so much, though. I have plenty of FINGER NAILS left

4-3!

[April madness]

4-4, I think pretty fair result, both players looked good at certain points of the match, playing very carefully.

[Blondie]

Hi guys,


.........4 - 4 [yippee!].... lol.xx

[Black_cat]

Higgins started this session fantastically.
Some fresh percentages courtesy of Eurosport :
Ronnie 92% pot success; Higgins 90% (hope I am not mistaken and if I am blame it on my wearing glasses or wishful thinking )
Ronnie 50% long pot success; Higgins was on 75% last time.
What pleases me is that Ronnie slowed his game down. I'd be curious to know about average shot time for both. He's extremely careful when in the balls and rarely loses position. As for Higgins...his main weapon today has been his tremendous long potting.
4-4...couldn't be fairer...And we do get two sessions tomorrow.

[Wim]

WANTED! RONNIE'S LONG POTTING! DEAD OR ALIVE! (preferably the latter )
Mon, Ronnie. I want both sessions tomorrow, not just one.

yeah , though even with this handicap Higgins is not the better one.
But he is deadly in the 'zone' and this compensates a lot. A morning session as well tommorow, the previous one Robertson took nearly all the frames I think.
But he will do ok, JH not that impressive as announced so far

[Nina]

WANTED! RONNIE'S LONG POTTING! DEAD OR ALIVE! (preferably the latter )
Mon, Ronnie. I want both sessions tomorrow, not just one.

It wasn't that bad really, you worry too much! Ronnie will do just fine, at 4-4 you have no reason to believe there won't be a third session!!

[zong]

yeah , though even with this handicap Higgins is not the better one.
But he is deadly in the 'zone' and this compensates a lot. A morning session as well tommorow, the previous one Robertson took nearly all the frames I think.
But he will do ok, JH not that impressive as announced so far

deadly in the 'zone', yeah, hopefully his long potting will be back tmw, he needs to be deadly from long range too to take care of JH

[ADR147]

i suspect ronnie is the happier at 4-4 - this is going to be a classic i think!

[zong]

i suspect ronnie is the happier at 4-4 - this is going to be a classic i think!

i'l second that

[ADR147]

you have to imagine the winner of this match is going to take home the silverwear.

[Blondie]

you have to imagine the winner of this match is going to take home the silverwear.

Hi Ad,

.........I agree, and really enjoyed the first session today, and made me smile how Ron took note of every little shot that Higgy played, and vice versa, they have a great respect for each other. [I know Ron has often said in interviews that he's finds Higs and Hendo the most challenging to play against, which I agree with.]

And must admit too, that even though I'm a die hard Hendo and Ron fan, always supported Higs as well. It's a shame that they have to meet in the quarters as it would have made a brilliant final, but that's the luck of the draw, I suppose.

And look forward to the next session now.......

[moondan]

Ronnie will be the happier, John could have been 6-2 up and may have missed the boat. Its nervy stuff.
With Ronnie not comfortable with his long game, this could just be Matthews year anyway.
Interesting session tonight.