Malta Cup – Results and Discussions

[Stormwatch]

How old is Higginson?

[hegeland]

How old is Higginson?

36 years and 1,5 months

[Semih_Sayginer]

Indeed. When was the last time a player ranked 77 got to a quarter-final??

Still very far from over though.

there wont be too many of 77 and above getting to 1/4 finals in ranking tourneys (too many not meaning none. i dunno)

kens got the t-shirt, so he wont buckle, but need to stop giving Higginson chances

Doherty leads 32-1 in frame 3

[Robert602]

How old is Higginson?

According to worldsnooker he's just gone 29.

[Semih_Sayginer]

2-1 now as ken takes frame 3

[Semih_Sayginer]

According to worldsnooker he's just gone 29.

and here - http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk..._higginson.htm

[Stormwatch]

Well, he is getting famous quite late......or do I miss something? I mean , I hadn't heard anything of him before the Malta Cup (before winning Jimmy in the qualifiers, to be precise)

[Semih_Sayginer]

2-2 with Ken and Andrew. mid session interval

has AH missed his bus in this match?

[hegeland]

According to worldsnooker he's just gone 29.

feb 2007 - dec 1977 = 36, eh??

[Robert602]

feb 2007 - dec 1977 = 36, eh??

Close enough

Is anyone still keeping an eye on King-Holt? It's still going, now in a deciding frame. Seems to have gone extremely scrappy, the highest break I've seen in the last couple of frames is something like 20.

Good stuff from Holt though, fighting back from 3-0. He's in at the moment, leading 38-37 and on 14, though you get the feeling the break won't last.

Update: Holt broke down on 14

... And that looks to be it, King potted blue and pink to win the frame 48-38. Grinding stuff.

[The Statman]

I was just about to kickstart this thread again. Indeed the break didn't last – with that he finished the break. 38-37 to Holt, but King in on 11 and counting.

38-48 now.

[The Statman]

And Mark King wins the match.

The 11 must have been blue and pink, unless it was an early concessin.

[April madness]

well done Mark!

[Robert602]

And Mark King wins the match.

The 11 must have been blue and pink, unless it was an early concessin.

Pretty certain it was the former, I saw the break go to 5 before 11. It'll be interesting to read the post-match interviews when they pop up on worldsnooker.com, the impression I got from live scoring was that the match entered Griffiths vs Thorburn territory, not something you'd expect from these two.

[Maija]

Well, he is getting famous quite late......or do I miss something? I mean , I hadn't heard anything of him before the Malta Cup (before winning Jimmy in the qualifiers, to be precise)

You're not the only one:

"I said before the match that I didn’t know who Andrew was until he was pointed out to me at the airpot when we arrived," said world No 2 Doherty. (worldsnooker.com)