World Championship 2012 1st Round Discussion

[daffie]

Eurosport HD has the Stephen Hendry 147 on now....

[Odrl]

I think Higgins-Liang has been a really interesting match. Higgins is struggling, and he just has that look about him, like he expected it to be easier.

But Liang has played pretty well though, not much of his trademark recklessness so far. It will be interesting to see if he can hold his nerve at the business end of the match now.

[PatBlock]

The BBC cut their freeview TV coverage half way through the final session, to show "In it to win it" the same crappy quiz show they're showing on BBC1.

Way to go boys.

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[LittleMissAlexa]

yellow to green exceptional

[LittleMissAlexa]

The BBC cut their freeview TV coverage half way through the final session, to show "In it to win it" the same crappy quiz show they're showing on BBC1.

Way to go boys.

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i keep saying they can be as bad as eurosport no one believes me

[montoya10]

Cao pulled out some real shots out of the bag. Re-establishes his three frame cushion.

[Odrl]

yellow to green exceptional

That whole clearance was ridiculous. Great opening red, excellent positional shot from yellow to green, followed by an excellent green down the cushion with the rest.

I wonder how much damage Cao can do in the first session now...

[trains]

Great clearance from Yupeng,4-1,hope most of this on bbc 2 live tomorrow.

[PatBlock]

yellow to green exceptional

Incredible shot! This lad is rattling Allen.

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[PatBlock]

Liang 8 - 6 up now....

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[Masterdoctorgenius]

wenbo showing tremendous character

but we know higgins plays his best when his back against the wall

[montoya10]

Awesome cross-double by Cao!!

[montoya10]

He handed Allen the frame a couple of shots later, though.

[Masterdoctorgenius]

higgins shwoing what he is capable of

one visit snooker, dangerous for wenbo but still in front though

[cueman]

Well so far what we have seen today, apart from Robertson against Doherty, all the players who have qualified look far stronger than the seeded player. I actually think that this year we may well see more qualifiers get through than seeds in the first round. Its not that the qualifiers are necessarily better players but I think the standard to qualify means that they are much better prepared than the seeds and the fact that they have nothing to lose.
IMO Hendry would never have played that well had he come here without the match practice and preparation, so being outside the top 16 has ironically given him a genuine chance of winning the title. Ebdon won China as a qualifier, who'd bet against another qualifier winning the WC title this year!