China Open 2007 - Results and Discussions

[Maija]

Stevens goes off to his tea break at 4-0.

Edit: Ali Carter & Yu Delu have split the frames more fairly: 2-2 and teatime there too.

[April madness]

i see - i could record it and e-mail it to you but its a bit of a hassle! 3-1 interval

Oh, that would be too much to ask. I am hoping maybe somebody will put some matches on the billiards tracker, that would be just perfect.

[ADR147]

guy has just gifted ronnie a chance

[ADR147]

which ronnie has buggered up!

[ADR147]

they are now both playing like donkeys!

[Alex0paul]

Ronnie is missing some very easy balls here. But it does help that Liu is playing even worse.

[ADR147]

4-1 unless something surreal happens

[ADR147]

playing like me last week !!

[Alex0paul]

Stevens wins 5-0. Could he finally be back to his best?

[littleminx147]

Stevens wins 5-0. Could he finally be back to his best?

I would love to believe that but we have to look at the quality of his opponent.

[ADR147]

ronnie wins

[Alex0paul]

I would love to believe that but we have to look at the quality of his opponent.

At least he doesn't have to play a top 16 player in the last 16 so hoepfully he can show that he still has the game to do well. He really does need a good run in this tournament to get back in the top 16.

[missneworleans]

So bad that Hendry has lost....
Fu showed good play there!

[Black_cat]

OMG! Ronnie won a match in China! Unheard of since 2001. So wow! (Irony present.)
Hesitant at first, lovely break of 100 then, some very strange misses on (relatively) easy balls, an appaling miscue - hope the cue tip wasn't damaged - , an audacious, lovely brown in the 3rd frame I think, missed blacks off their spots (self-censored) and a 5-1 win. Well done to the poster who predicted that.
Liu is a fantastic long potter. Courageous, too.
The standard wasn't very high but anyway...could have been a lot worse. And I am being mild here. *smiles*

And Matt? Whitewash? 1900 points? Woooooop! So happy for Matt.

[Maija]

I've just watched Higgins' post-match interview. Bless him for speaking slooowly! I'm hoping there will be more interviews available soon!

Great to see that Matthew's finally winning again and apparently Carter's through too now (4-3, 90 and still potting - 0)