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Venue: The Dome Doncaster
Match 1: Jimmy White Vs Shaun Murphy
Frame 1
Shaun to break; hits blue.
Jim had 2 shots; 1 poor safety & 1 missed pot, Shaun gets breaks of 32 & 92 from them; fluent play.
0 Jim 0:124 Shaun 1
Frame 2
Jim in first with 44, but ends on a missed black off the spot digging down with a lot of screw.
Shaun misses his first pot of the match! Jim misses next shot with rest tho.
53 break for Shaun but misses a difficult yellow for Jim to pot it and the pink seals his first frame of the night.
1 Jim 64:54 Shaun 1
Frame 3
Little bit of miss-itis! 85%:91% pot success halfway thru frame.
No break over 30 until Shaun finishes with cool 55 clearance scalpel-ing reds into play at every turn.
1 Jim 33:81 Shaun 2
Frame 4
Shot-clock heard as Jim's failed safety lets Shaun in; only 5 tho.
Jim fighting with his positional play.
50 break from Shaun keeps Jim sat down and without a chance to win the match.
1 Jim 12:55 Shaun 3
Frame 5
Jim's positional fails him again; only a handful from a good chaance before reluctantly trickling a safety into the pack; tables's playing fast tonight.
Few more misses but Jim rallies with 44. (50:29).
Shaun pushes the boat out too far on a difficult red; but yet again, Jim's battle with the speed of the table results in only 7 points after amazingly finishing touching-ball on his next red.
More safety & a strange miss from Shaun with a red over the hole; cushion first & hit it too far up the cushion making it too thin a contact.
Jim clears the last couple of reds including a crunching green that was a virtual scream of relief for the London man.
2 Jim 70:29 Shaun 3
Frame 6
Jim breaks.
Shaun left a long red but an astounding missed black off the spot keeps the musical chairs going.
On 30, Jim's in again and nicks a great red into the middle but needs another well controlled red cut back to bottom left.
On 59 after misjudging the pace, he flicks another good red to his now favourite middle right pocket; should level the match with enough reds in the open..... A century is possible too.... not now, missed black on 76 but smiles on a rare frame winner from Jim to give him a draw.
3 Jim 76:3 Shaun 3
Match 2: Stephen Maguire
Vs Ding Jun-hui
Mags 3, Ding 3: Draw
80:38, (50&49) 99:0, 0:112 (80), (45) 45:65 (63), 26:58, 75:40
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Few empty seats; was that after jimmy left, or were there gaps in that match too?
Match 1: Jimmy White Vs Shaun Murphy
Frame 1
Shaun to break; hits blue.
Jim had 2 shots; 1 poor safety & 1 missed pot, Shaun gets breaks of 32 & 92 from them; fluent play.
0 Jim 0:124 Shaun 1
Frame 2
Jim in first with 44, but ends on a missed black off the spot digging down with a lot of screw.
Shaun misses his first pot of the match! Jim misses next shot with rest tho.
53 break for Shaun but misses a difficult yellow for Jim to pot it and the pink seals his first frame of the night.
1 Jim 64:54 Shaun 1
Frame 3
Little bit of miss-itis! 85%:91% pot success halfway thru frame.
No break over 30 until Shaun finishes with cool 55 clearance scalpel-ing reds into play at every turn.
1 Jim 33:81 Shaun 2
Frame 4
Shot-clock heard as Jim's failed safety lets Shaun in; only 5 tho.
Jim fighting with his positional play.
50 break from Shaun keeps Jim sat down and without a chance to win the match.
1 Jim 12:55 Shaun 3
Frame 5
Jim's positional fails him again; only a handful from a good chaance before reluctantly trickling a safety into the pack; tables's playing fast tonight.
Few more misses but Jim rallies with 44. (50:29).
Shaun pushes the boat out too far on a difficult red; but yet again, Jim's battle with the speed of the table results in only 7 points after amazingly finishing touching-ball on his next red.
More safety & a strange miss from Shaun with a red over the hole; cushion first & hit it too far up the cushion making it too thin a contact.
Jim clears the last couple of reds including a crunching green that was a virtual scream of relief for the London man.
2 Jim 70:29 Shaun 3
Frame 6
Jim breaks.
Shaun left a long red but an astounding missed black off the spot keeps the musical chairs going.
On 30, Jim's in again and nicks a great red into the middle but needs another well controlled red cut back to bottom left.
On 59 after misjudging the pace, he flicks another good red to his now favourite middle right pocket; should level the match with enough reds in the open..... A century is possible too.... not now, missed black on 76 but smiles on a rare frame winner from Jim to give him a draw.
3 Jim 76:3 Shaun 3
Match 2: Stephen Maguire
Vs Ding Jun-huiMags 3, Ding 3: Draw
80:38, (50&49) 99:0, 0:112 (80), (45) 45:65 (63), 26:58, 75:40
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Few empty seats; was that after jimmy left, or were there gaps in that match too?
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