Grand Prix tournament discussion thread

[Maija]

And here's one for the tournament chatters! Needless to say one filled with spoilers

Eurosport coverage should kick in now.

Telly table #1: Robertson v Michie
Telly table #2: Ebdon v Liu

Selby v Harold 1-0 (0-25*)
Ebdon v Liu Song 0-1
Stevens v Delaney 0-2
Perry v Mark Davis 1-0
Lee v Swail 1-0
Robertson v Michie 0-1

Hmpf. My stream died

[Ekphantos]

Robertson lost... not a good start.

[nardiello]

yes..good start by robertson..

[austrian_girl]

yes..good start by robertson..

hihi, a Jimmy Michie fan methinks...

Any other results?

[Ekphantos]

http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk...rix-stage2.htm
Everything there!
Matthew Stevens won his first match!

[Sam147]

Any other results?

yeah, Peter Ebdon is staging a good fightback against Liu Song, coming back from 3-0 down & could possibly be 3-3.... 'mon Pete

Edit : respotted black in frame 6 *nail biting*

Edit 2: Ebdon potted the black for a 3-3 & a shot at the final frame

[Ekphantos]

I think these matches are too short for Peter Ebdon
He needs some time to get started.

3:3 now

[austrian_girl]

Probably!

Argh, I hate respotted blacks!

edit: Thank God Liu lacks experience... Ebdon takes the match into a decider...

[Sam147]

Peter Ebdon just finished off Liu Song 4-3



Edit : Dom Dale leads Tom Ford 2-0

Edit 2 : Dale v Ford 2-2 now ('mon Maija & Sølvi, get ya act 2gether)

Edit 3 : Dale & Ford on a respotted black in frame 5

Edit 4 : Dale leads 3-2

[Ekphantos]

So he finally woke up !
Dave Harold beats Mark Selby, another unexpected result.

[nardiello]

haha frame 1 ding!!never ever ever make mistake when u play ding!!!..1 mistake then ure done..he's ding junhui!he whitewashed RONNIE O SULLIVAN!HAHA

[nardiello]

4-0 for ronnie..7 frames fastest new record??

[Sam147]

Dominic Dale has just secured the final frame with a half century...
way 2 go Maija/Sølvi

[Maija]

Dominic Dale has just secured the final frame with a half century...
way 2 go Maija/Sølvi

We're just grrreat, arent't we? Sølvi should be celebrating by now (seeing as Matthew won, it's clearly her day.)

Although Joyce lost, I still quite liked some of his shots. He had some very nice long reds, as far as I can remember.

Harold beating Selbz was most unexpected, but Ebdon's comeback was class. He just doesn't ever give up, does he?

The results so far:

J Perry Eng 4-1 M Davis Eng
J Swail NI 4-2 S Lee Eng
M Stevens Wal 4-3 J Delaney Ire
J Michie Eng 4-2 N Robertson Aus
M Selby Eng 2-4 D Harold Eng
P Ebdon Eng 4-3 L Song Chn
R O'Sullivan Eng 4-0 M Joyce Eng
S Pettman Eng 4-0 S Bingham Eng
S Murphy Eng 4-0 B Woollaston Eng

Is it just me, or does it seem like the Stuarts are playing each other quite often?

[Alex0paul]

It was good to see Ding carrying on even though he needed 3 snookers. Hopefully he is turning a corner.