The Welsh Open

[Looki]

I enjoyed the match! O'Sullivan had absolutely zero chance there. Tbh, the run of the ball was on Selby's side but the better player on the day tends to enjoy the run.

[gazza147]

It seems theres a trend Going on here when The Player Should be Out of the Tourny then Going onto Winning it as I Predicted with Ronnie when he came back from 4-0 down against Andrew Higginson and then went onto Winning German Masters!

I will say the same with Selby he should have Lost 4-2 to Sam Baird in 1st Round as Sam Missed Simple Blue in Middle Pocket, Now I will put my Head on the Block again and Say Selby to Win as thats what seems to be happening!

Althou I will just say if Selby Plays like he just did against Ronnie he will lose!

Gaz.

[cally]

I cannot beleive the Way Ronnie Played tonight unreal! I know selby had alot of luck but Ronnie had so many Chances and didnt take them.

Ronnie did say before match he Hates Playing Selby and Selby knew this and Played right game to beat him as he prefers scrappy frames selby.

Selby was very lucky to get Passed 1st Round Baird had Selby Beat Missed simple Blue!!

I wont be Interested in tomorrows final and I just Phoned Newport Centre to Release my Final Tickets to somebody else which I have a feeling it wont be that busy tomorrow well not half as busy as RONNIE v DING!

Shame eh, gutted ron didn't turn up today..glad i ain't attending now, selby is not in my top 10 to watch players...


Who did you phone to release the tickets? the ticketline closed at 6pm..

Hope your not out of pocket from it?

[doorag]

Well played Mark.

People need to calm down with all the all the Ronnie analyzing. He lost a game after winning eight in a row. It had to happen sooner or later.

[montoya10]

A dull match. I didn't even bother to bat an eyelid throughout the whole game.
No drama, no tactical beauty, no pure scoring.. Just missed balls flying around the table, making it a total mess.
Generally, in such situations I'm disappointed at my favourite player's loss. Not this time.
I'm just disappointed to have wasted quite a couple of hours watching this.

[LittleMissAlexa]

Save me refreshing the centuries board all night were there any ?

[stephenm2682]

i think ronnie missed a trick before the interval, should of led 3-1.

absolutely shocking performance, and again underlined what a boring talent selby is, the worst player ever to be no1, worst cue action to be no1.

it brings us back to the days of cliff thorburn etc.

[tomedwards]

Clive's commentary was right on the money the whole match.

Where was Clive commentating?

[Smiffie]

We have all played this game and know that when the run goes against you everything else follows it.

At least Ronnie kept his cool and suffered in politeness. In my mind I thought he lost well considering how he would have performed 5 years ago.


I was frustrated watching it, Ronnie must have been piste.

[FerruleFox]

Where was Clive commentating?

He was on the Liveworldsnooker stream. Has been all week.

[Guy3103]

All I can say that at days like this you get to rethink how much time you spend following snooker and whether it's worth it. This is not about Ronnie losing or Selby winning... And I just love the nice words the commentators use to describe tonight and how optimistic they are about that "quality" final we will have tomorrow. Thanks but no thanks I'd rather go fishing in the dead sea

[Odrl]

Well played Mark.

People need to calm down with all the all the Ronnie analyzing. He lost a game after winning eight in a row. It had to happen sooner or later.

But just to analyze some more... Tonight just showed what a nice run of opponents O'Sullivan had in the last two weeks. Not easy of course, but players that suited him very well. Apart from Fu, Selby was the first opponent O'Sullivan doesn't really like playing, and he looked a completely different player tonight. To his credit, there still wasn't any nonsense from him, he tried his best throughout the match. But he just couldn't get any rhythm whatsoever.

I'm quite disappointed with today's play to be honest, two one-sided semi-finals. At 10pm when the score was 2-2 I was convinced it would be a midnight finish, but Selby just had to win 6-2. The quality was mediocre, the drama was not there either. It did have some good safety play at least, especially from Selby. But he also had some outrageous luck at times.

Maybe the final will be better. Certainly should be, considering who the players are. But let's leave that for tomorrow...

[The Rook]

There always seems to be a bout of sour grapes and melodrama when ROS gets knocked out. It's a good thing that fans of other players don't vent themselves every time their favourite loses, otherwise these forums would be unreadable.

Ding vs Selby is a better final for the neutral. The players represent two of the best in the world, have different styles, and a very even H2H. I'd much sooner see this than a possible repeat of the one-sided 2007 Masters final. I think Ding would prefer his chances against Selby than ROS.

[PatBlock]

A dull match....

I enjoyed it. Not what I expected, very strange, but fascinating all the same.

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[doorag]

I dont really buy this "Selby doesnt suit Ronnie" talk. He lost today cause he missed balls he normally dont miss, not because Selby put him in tough spots. He would have lost to any top player today.