Doherty V O'Sullivan - 18/1/7

[Semih_Sayginer]

frame 8

ROS make a good 29 but the break ends when he goes into the pack off a pink and the reds dont split.

the pack was to flat and he didnt get enough spin/power to generate enough movement. hard shot

anyway, a red has went into baulk so the safet is tippy tappy

DO tries a difficult pot on a red to RM. he misses.

ROS pots the red in baulk into the yellow pocket
ROS snookers DO behind the green.

ROS gets back in

break -
1
7
8
14

think he will tap this frame in

15
21
22

leads 52-0

28
29
35

red to LC. 36

frame over

39

69-0 up

the break continues but ROS has won the frame, making it

4-4 in frames

frame 9 up soon

[Semih_Sayginer]

Frame 9

DO gets in first in frame 9 and is in amongst the balls.

very good chance for a high break

91% pot success for both players
21 seconds shot duration for both players

DO is picking grapes of a bunch here...

break is 36, and counting

DO pots the black, but goes for a wee nudge on the reds and doesnt get great shape. hes bridging now...

DO takes his break to 58...another charity one, as was ROS break in the last frame.

to 65
66

on black to RC. potted

thats the frame over now

break ends on 81

5-4 to DO

frame 10 up soon

[austrian_girl]

Come on, Ronnie! We wanna see a decider!!!

[Semih_Sayginer]

Frame 10

ROS comes out fighting, playing quickly...

he makes a 31, but failed to go into the pack of reds off of the pink
he then does a little shuffle with his feet
he then plays safe. not a great effort

DO pots a red from the safety
DO pots a blue to LM
DO pots a good red to RC
DO pots black to RC, and opens up the pack
DO pots a red but runs the cueball up onto the baulk line between brown and green

DO snookers ROS behind the brown

Score is 31-15 to ROS

ROS smacks the reds and leaves DO in.......

DO pots a red to RM. ROS bites his thumb nail
DO pots blue to LM

balls look good to clinch it

to continue...........

[Semih_Sayginer]

frame 10 continued

DO is still at the table and is on a break of 15

theres one awkward red, which he may not need

DO pots pink to RM pocket
DO is loose with cueball position


DO gets a kick and leave the balls on for ROS

ROS pots the red, then the black

39-36 to ROS
40-36 to ROS
45-36 to ROS
46-36 to ROS
52-36 to ROS

2 reds left

ROS pots the red, then the pink

59-36

not on the last red great

great pot by ROS

he then pots the black

frame over

5-5

Decider now about to start

[Aggrolite]

"DO gets a kick and leave the balls on for ROS"

I think that understates how desperatly unlucky and costly that kick might be. Think if that was me playing it'd throw me off completly. Hope Ken can win in the decider.

[Semih_Sayginer]

"DO gets a kick and leave the balls on for ROS"

I think that understates how desperatly unlucky and costly that kick might be. Think if that was me playing it'd throw me off completly. Hope Ken can win in the decider.

im typing the post as they take the shots. wouldnt have time to describe them all or id miss the next few

[Aggrolite]

im typing the post as they take the shots. wouldnt have time to describe them all or id miss the next few

Yeah, sorry, it wasn't really a critism of you, just a way of saying how unlucky ken was. No doubt that that has cost him the match. Now here comes the bbc hyperbole about ronnie....sigh.

[Semih_Sayginer]

Decider

DO misses a red and lets ROS in

ROS is on a good break just now

he leads 48-4

54-4 charity break
55-4
61-4
62-4

will be match over

69-4
70-4
77-4


break continues, but match over

well done ronnie o'sullivan
unlucky crafty ken doherty

good match

[Ellena]

I almost had a stroke..lol Great match . Way to go Ronnie!

Semih..thanks one more time..!

[missneworleans]

Good match, and Ronnie won in good fight, but Ken lose so many chances

[RocketBabe]

Very good match .

Excellent commentary as always Semi .

[World_No_1]

Absolutley gutting for Ken missing the match ball, but by heck well done Ronnie kept his cool and played excellent snooker in the last frame.

[Black_cat]

Thank you Sem for the accurate, detailed and sometimes funny match report! Great job!
Three huge misses: Ronnie - that relatively easy red to the middle in the 6th, Ken - when a few pots away from 6-4 or the red to the RC which got the double kiss in the decider.
Phew!
Ronnie will have to up his game a lot for Saturday. 92% pot success...very well but not extraordinary. And he'll have to get better first. Atchoo!

[Wim]

Yeah, sorry, it wasn't really a critism of you, just a way of saying how unlucky ken was. No doubt that that has cost him the match. Now here comes the bbc hyperbole about ronnie....sigh.

great stuff from Osullivan in that last frame, I noticed Steve Davis is becoming a big fan of him