China Open 2007 - Results and Discussions

[Skypigeon]

Wooooo Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

[austrian_girl]

Well done, Graeme and Tarzan!

[elvaago]

Fu is about to make it 4-2.

That rhymes.

[DeadQueen]

Woohoo, Ronnie won! So good to see him fighting it out and making a comeback

[gavhay]

Well done Dott, Higgins and O'Sullivan

Come on Marco, keep up the Asian interest!!

[elvaago]

Surprised to see Ronnie come back to 5-4. But well done to him. (And good for my predictions, which have been abysmal so far.)

[Nina]

Although I'm happy Ronnie won in a way, it's going to cost me a whole lot on a bet!
And that ought to teach me not to bet out of spite!!

[elvaago]

Matthew pulls one back to make it 4-3 to Fu.

[snooky147]

I believe it was a high quality display by Dott. A 60+ break in 4 of the 5 frames he won, including a century.

[RaNeN]

Yay!!!! I am sooooo happy Ronnie won! It gave me a lot!!!!

[elvaago]

Fu is on 63 in frame 8, Matthew has scored 24 points.

[elvaago]

And it's 5-3 to Fu. YES!

[elvaago]

Not a bad score. 4 points out of 4 matches for me.

[April madness]

A lot of people have said Ronnie will throw in the towel when Ding went out. It seems to be true. Does he really think of Ding as the only worthy opponent in the playing field?

Well, a little bit too early to conclude that, but if he keeps playing like this and won't improve his long potting, he'll fly home right after the match with Fu.

and regarding the question - I don't think he thinks of other players being more or less worthy, but maybe Ding seems more interesting to play against for Ronnie?

[elvaago]

He seems to get bored when playing lesser opponents, in general. This is why he enjoyed playing Higgins so much in the year Higgins trounced him at the Grand Prix with 4 centuries. And he has extremely high expectations of himself, so when he doesn't play to perfection, he gets disappointed and bored.