Grand Prix 2009 - 1st round discussions!

[spike]

Another seed bites the dust..

[miscuehamburg]

Great job done by Barry. Nice to see him in some form again & the match was very enjoyable

[RocketRoy1983]

Well battled Pinches but poor poor stuff from Murphy to miss that yellow in fr7 and allow Pinches back in. It really was a bit of a nightmare as a defeat to a player ranked 50-something is nothing short of disastrous.

[Mal]

Another seed drops out - Five of the twelve have gone. In a standard draw there would be one half probably quite open, but the the random draw could make things interesting round by round.

[Mal]

Come on Shaun! All 4 players from my snookermanager.com dream team have gone through (Doherty, Allen, Cope & Ebdon) just hoping Murphy does too to gain more points.

Well, I've got Doherty, Allen, Robertson, Hendry and Ebdon, so I can't complain!

[Odrl]

Good match, plenty of drama in the last couple of frames. Only one top8 player through so far, with O'Sullivan and Maguire still to play.

[redabby]

It was quite funny, only last night I was thinking that I hasn't seen Barry Pinches for a long time so I was so pleased to see him playing and winning tonight. He is a real battler well done Barry. Claire.

[dannyd0g]

well done Barry. Claire.

Is this the return of Murphy's ex or just a co-incidence ?

[Nat5guns]

Well done Barry! So pleased for him, he's such a nice guy and his ranking position doesn't reflect his ability, hes easily top 48. I'm just waiting for the Murphy interview, lemme guess Barry played too much safety

[darrus]

Great and Mighty Barry Pinches has won!!! Yesss!

[Looki]

Congratulations to Barry and Mark! I had to retire to bed before the matches were finnished, it was so late and I had to go work...

[very.tee]

Yes! well played to Barry and well played gotten over the line to Mark

Congrats Mark on being my first and only favourite through

[Monique]

Congratulations to Barry and Mark! I had to retire to bed before the matches were finnished, it was so late and I had to go work...

Same here about bed and work ... I'm delighted for Pinchy, who is a nice, humble person and this is a well deserved highlight. Most of those guys in the "middle rankings" are hard workers and almost never seen.
I'm a bit sad I must confess about Ian Mc Culloch. Nothing against Mark Allen but I like Ian and he's gone through some rough times recently (health problems). When Ian missed that blue in the 7th, he had that philosophical little smile ... sad and self-mocking. I knew from then on he's lost that match ...

[matoski]

A tip for all of you looking for a livestream link:
Go to www.fromsport.com, chose other sports, and there you'll find both matches from this afternoon. Cheers!

Too bad i'm at work till 20:00h

[Odrl]

Hm, O'Sullivan-Burnett and Williams-Bingham this afternoon...

I haven't seen Burnett play well against a top player for a long time, so I'm thinking O'Sullivan will win comfortably. I predicted 5-0.

Williams and Bingham should be a close match, especially with Williams probably still not at 100%. I predicted 5-3, but won't be surprised if it goes the other way.