Shanghai Masters 2009 - Qualifyers and WC round discussions

[Monique]

monique with respect thats patronizing the Chinese to only wanting to see their own players

its moved on and the chinese couldnt care less who they are now and would want to watch the best standards not local players for the sake of it.

as it turned out Pengfei played well but thats more luck than judgement.

I'm not patronising anyone. The standard and interest of a match is made by the combination of both players and some other factors aswell. It is natural that China wants to show some of its prospects and takes these kind of opportunities to do so, and it's also natural that people whould root for their own countrymen. Tian is no sluch. I wasn't expecting him to win but I was expecting a very close match because I know he's good. No luck there at all.
Showing a good local player in what could be expected to be a hard fought battle is a very reasonable choice.

[wildJONESEYE]

I'm not patronising anyone. The standard and interest of a match is made by the combination of both players and some other factors aswell. It is natural that China wants to show some of its prospects and takes these kind of opportunities to do so, and it's also natural that people whould root for their own countrymen. Tian is no sluch. I wasn't expecting him to win but I was expecting a very close match because I know he's good. No luck there at all.
Showing a good local player in what could be expected to be a hard fought battle is a very reasonable choice.

yes its natrual and im sorry for calling you patranizing didnt meen it in the way it came over

but i think china has moved on and watching Ken Doherty is more apealing than watching local players against un recognisable faces.

but im more interested in best match ups on paper and i did think Pengfei v Higginson was a worthy TV Match with Pengfei experianced on the main tour...

but my point is across the world watching Ronnie v a jerneyman isnt as apealing than watching Selby v Higgins but we all know whitch match they will show

[Odrl]

I think they were gambling that we would see Doherty against Robertson and Dott against O'Sullivan anyway, while the two Chinese players were arguably expected to only play this one match.

[darrus]

Actually we probably won't see Doherty with Robertson. Higgins is on the first TV table, and on second it's supposed to be Ebdon vs Wenbo. Maybe should Wenbo lose today, they'll change their minds?
And also no Hendry-Campbell match tomorrow

[JiangYu]

I think Liang will win this 5-4

[spike]

I think Liang will win this 5-4

really? i think Liang will win quite comfortably...5-2 i say..

[JiangYu]

really? i think Liang will win quite comfortably...5-2 i say..

Hm, I don't know. By the way Gilbert is playing at the moment, it doesn't look like he's really settled down and saying that he hasn't played a particularly good cannon into the pack so he's forced to take the safety.
Liang is also not playing at his best but he does seem to be the more comfortable of the two. If it becomes 3-1, I'd say it'll be 5-1.

EDIT: Haha, I made a mistake! I really meant to say that I think it will be 5-1 to Liang! . I don't know why I wrote 5-4.

[very.tee]

Actually we probably won't see Doherty with Robertson. Higgins is on the first TV table, and on second it's supposed to be Ebdon vs Wenbo. Maybe should Wenbo lose today, they'll change their minds?
And also no Hendry-Campbell match tomorrow

WHAT?! I want to see Mark Selby

EDIT: Yey, Matthew Selt's through I see

[JiangYu]

Good nervy clearance by Liang, after trailing 63-0. Well done, Liang and well done Spike for correctly predicting the match score!

[wildJONESEYE]

really? i think Liang will win quite comfortably...5-2 i say..

spot on lol

but it wasent as comfortable as the score suggest...

after 7 frames Gilbert could easily be 4-3 up.

[TIP147]

Have you see this??

http://www.110sport.com/newsroom/ind...le/article/105

EXCLUSIVE: RONNIE BACK IN TROUBLE

WORLD No.1 Ronnie O'Sullivan has suffered an injury scare ahead of the Roewe Shanghai Masters which starts on Monday.

O'Sullivan, fresh from an opening round victory over Marco Fu in the Premier League on Thursday, arrived in China complaining of a painful back.

And this was later diagnosed as a dislocated bone in the back of the three-times world champion.

O'Sullivan was treated by the official team doctor of the Chinese soccer side, who manipulated the bone back into place.

'The Rocket' hopes to be fully fit by the time he plays his first match in the tournament on Wednesday against either Graeme Dott or Mohammed Shehab.

[darrus]

Video from today's news on CCTV5 - Ronnie plays with Wenbo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTDj8DiRqgE
Back injury is a very bad thing, but at least it looks like everything is not *that* bad.

[Odrl]

Is the live scoring stuck or are the two Chinese players actually still in with a chance in the deciders?

[Mignon]

Totally frozen! Anyone with the Bond and Greene matches results, please?

[rivercard]

Totally frozen! Anyone with the results, please?

Greene lost 5-4, still no news in the Bond match.