Grand Prix 2009 - 1st round discussions!

[spike]

First blood to McCulloch.

C'mon on Mark!

[very.tee]

loads of mistakes from both mark and ian in the first frame...

hopefully mark'll be able to show his class in the next frame

[spike]

71 break from Mark Allen brings the match all square at 1-1.

[Looki]

McCulloch playing a bit of mind games there..

[spike]

McCulloch playing a bit of mind games there..

Yeah, notice the wry smile from Allen.

[dantuck_7]

Anyone here notice the stance of Barry Pinches. His feet are near enough touching... Pelican like! But, he's doing okay with it... about to make a ton.

[Looki]

Weird choice of shot from McCulloch trying to develope the black. I think he had a red to the middle as well..

[Rane]

Pinches levels the match. Murphy should wake up, or we could see another seeded player leave the tournament. In the last frames Pinches has been the best player.

[very.tee]

I can't believe Mark's come out of that 3-1 in front! How pleasing!

And as for the Murphy match is he playing badly or is Barry playing well?

[spike]

Allen without playing really that well goes into a 3-1 lead, but Mcculloch has been disappointing thus far..

[Rane]

I can't believe Mark's come out of that 3-1 in front! How pleasing!

And as for the Murphy match is he playing badly or is Barry playing well?

Murphy´s playing bad, and Pinches well. Murphy is lucky not to be 3 - 1 down. In the second frame he made a horrible safety shot that very lucky for him ended close to yellow, the only place it could be safe. Pinches missed a tricky shot and the table was all open for Murphy to take the frame, that Pinches had deserved.

[montoya10]

Murphy´s playing bad, and Pinches well. Murphy is lucky not to be 3 - 1 down. In the second frame he made a horrible safety shot that very lucky for him ended close to yellow, the only place it could be safe. Pinches missed a tricky shot and the table was all open for Murphy to take the frame, that Pinches had deserved.

I predicted a Murphy whitewash, but I would rather see him out than a get a correct prediction

[Rane]

Eurosport just showed a draw, but as I understand the draw for next round hasn´t been made yet, isn´t that right ?

[montoya10]

Eurosport just showed a draw, but as I understand the draw for next round hasn´t been made yet, isn´t that right ?

It is going to be tomorrow afternoon according to this link from the official website:

http://www.worldsnooker.com/Grand_Pr...11.htm?tid=144

[spike]

Lovely shot Mark..