NI Trophy last 32 discussion

[Gothic35]

Well for anyone who is interested Harold has just leveled the match against Dott 3-3.

[Robert602]

Keep up the good work Robert602

Cheers. If anyone else wants to chip in feel free .

Frame 3 now. Mark snookers Murphy with his break but Murphy hit's a good two cushion return to baulk on his second attempt. Aggressive safety from Mark played very well and Murphy fails to find a difficult return. Middle distance starter for Mark safely put away, first chance of the frame...

Every shot is awkward at the moment as Mark struggles to work his way into position, but a couple of good recovery pots go in and he's now perfect. That said - he misses the easiest of the lot to break down on 22 and leave Murphy in again.

Another easy red missed ! Murphy breaks down on 18 but leaves them safe again. Safety shots follow, Williams gets away with a double kissed shot to nothing, more safety. Murphy is forced into a long red, misses and Williams is well in again.

Williams mops up the easiest reds with colours to lead 59-18, but misses one off the black spot. More safety follows...

Murphy gets the first look at a long red but, commits but misses leaving Mark the easiest of reds over the middle. No mistakes this time as Mark quickly finishes off the remaining reds, a lovely exhibition shot to yellow, another to pink and he takes the frame with 50. 109-18 (I think), the match now 2-1.

[snooky147]

Harold is on a max...on 80 atm.

[Gothic35]

Harold missed the black at 81.

[crucible77]

Neil Robertson is also struggling, 4-2 down against Ian McCulloch and 55-19 down in frame 7.

Other scores are:
Mark Williams 1-1 Shaun Murphy (98-18 in frame 3)
Dave Harold 4-3 Graeme Dott (8-1 in frame 8)

[spike]

Can anyone tell me who's doing the commentary on the Williams v Murphy match as i'm not at home at the moment

[João]

Man.. gotta love Mark Williams' exbibition shots when the frame is safe. So easy on the eyes.

[Robert602]

Can anyone tell me who's doing the commentary on the Williams v Murphy match as i'm not at home at the moment

I'm watching on TG4, a couple of Irish commentators (man and woman) I don't recognise. Eurosport 1 is showing tennis at the moment.

Meanwhile in frame 4 Mark got in early and has already taken 7 reds with blacks. Lovely plant for the 8th red. Chance for the maximum. Mark attempts a split off the 9th black but doesn't quite get position. He has a red but with no angle to get round for the black. He drops the red in for position on the brown, making sure of the frame.

Misses a red to middle on 85 but the frame is his, 85-0 and by far the quickest of the match. Interval with Mark leading 3-1 then. The way Murphy has played Mark would be disappointed with anything less than 3-1 but both have made too many mistakes to look a threat to the tournament.

[snookersfun]

Man.. gotta love Mark Williams' exbibition shots when the frame is safe. So easy on the eyes.

...gotta love the score as well (3-1 to Mark now) Good to see him back in form!

unfortunately Neil not so lucky

[João]

Chance for the maximum.

He was so unlucky with breaking the cluster. At least 3 or 4 attempts and next to nothing left.

[Gothic35]

...gotta love the score as well (3-1 to Mark now) Good to see him back in form!

unfortunately Neil not so lucky

Yeah, I predicted murphy to win but thats a prediction I would be glad to get wrong.

[Monique]

And now Ebdon vs Liang... that will be a clash of styles

[Gothic35]

Too bad it's not on TV, I really wanted to see that.

[Robert602]

And now Ebdon vs Liang... that will be a clash of styles

I fancy Liang in that one - Ebdon's not usually on his game at this time of the year and for the smaller events, and Liang seems to have some momentum behind him. It would be interesting to watch though.

Just for the record, the other matches finished:
McCulloch 5-2 Robertson
Harold 5-3 Dott

Back to Williams-Murphy. Williams starts us off with a good shot to nothing double, he's on the black.... But misses the second black while attempting to split the pack. Mark has the luck this time though and leaves nothing for Shaun. Safety. Reds now all over the table as the players attempt to return the white to the black cushion, Murphy leaves his short though and a golden chance for Williams to middle... which he puts on the far jaw. Murphy has a trickier starter which he too misses and Mark, after all that, is the first one in.

Mark gets a kick on a black leaving him with a difficult next red, but he strokes it in. Now on a break of 45 leading 54-0 with 67 on. Awkward blue to corner safely away... but he misses an easy straight red with the next shot! Higgins in the studio thought the pockets looked tight, I'm inclined to agree as the players seem to be playing easy shots a little too casually and they're not dropping as you'd expect. Maguire didn't have any trouble though.

Anyway, Murphy runs out of position on 20, 59-20 behind and plays a mediocre safety. Mark mis-hits his reply and goes in off. Both remaining reds are in baulk - great chance for Shaun.

Shaun fails to get on the right side of the yellow which forces him to leave a tough cut green along the cushion. No mistakes this time though, and he clears with 37 to take the frame 61-59.

3-2

[João]

Murphy is simply unrecognizable at the moment. I don't remember him doing so many mistakes in the last 3 years.