Shanghai Masters Discussions Thread

[Ellena]

Ty Miss, April. Mon Mags !

[JPK123]

And Ali Carter trailing 1 - 3 behind to Gunnell *ooh* Mon Ali!

Something's up with Ali. His head's just not in the right place. Just take a look at his pic on the live scoring.

[Miss Walker]

and still 3 - 1 to Gunnell and 29-15, though Carter on a break

[Miss Walker]

Something's up with Ali. His head's just not in the right place. Just take a look at his pic on the live scoring.

Have they not had that same picture for quite some time now? I think I've seen it there several times...

But I agree he's not playing like I expected he would (as far as I can judge from arrow-heads and numbers moving on the live scoring... )

[Alex0paul]

Something's up with Ali. His head's just not in the right place. Just take a look at his pic on the live scoring.

I think hes opeted for the Drew Henry style.

[hegeland]

Haha, I fell asleep in front of the TV ( I always sleep like a baby in front of a good old slow snooker match), and all I have missed is one half frame with Davis and O'Brien.

Any good breaks in the Ding-Delu match?

[Nanon]

and still 3 - 1 to Gunnell and 29-15, though Carter on a break

4 - 1 for Gunnell now. Now there must come a really good comeback from Carter, I hope.

[hegeland]

Ah, that's a bad miss from Delu. Ding closing out the match now?

Edit: Indeed. Match over.

[snookersfun]

yes, so:
5-2 Ding Junhui v Yang Qingtian
2-2 Steve Davis v Fergal O'Brien
1-4 Ali Carter v Adrian Gunnell
4-1 Stephen Maguire v Xiao Guodong

[Alex0paul]

Gunnell is really playing well this season. Came through qualifying beating Judd Trump and now looking set to beat Ali Carter. He does like China and is worth a bet to win his quarter especially as Ebdon is out.

[Ellena]

5-2 to Ding .. look like an easy win for Ding tho it wasnt at all like that.
I liked the match on the whole.. except for the last frame maybe-there were to many mistakes on both sides , they missed a lot. Delu looks promising- plays fast, made few great long pots and a nice 75 clearance in the 5th frame. He still has a lot to learn and lacks experience..but..all in all i enjoyed his game.
Ding..well..not by far the 'perfect' player he was at the beginning of the prev. season - not the same 'perfect ' long pots, nor the 'perfect' control on the white ball, looked a bit careless to me , made easy mistakes ... Dunno exactly who is going to play against in the next round , but i cant see him getting to far in the tournament if he keeps playing like that..

[JPK123]

Carter looks as good as out. My spidey senses tell me that it's more Gunnell in good form than Ali having a bad patch. He beat Jin Long similarly easily, and I think has made two century breaks.

EDIT: Just seen Alex's post. Great minds think alike, eh?

[Maija]

5-2 to Ding .. look like an easy win for Ding tho it wasnt at all like that.

I agree with you Ellena, he'll have to raise his game to keep up with the others... and with the legend of himself.

Mags v Xiao Guodong 4-1 (62-13, Mags on the table)

[Miss Walker]

and Carter is now officially out at 1 - 5

[Maija]

and Carter is now officially out at 1 - 5

Awww

Mags won 5-1 with a 124 break, though. At least one prediction went ok