Ronnie O Sullivan v Neil Robertson - Quarter Final

[montoya10]

It's completely O'Sullivan's mistake to be left in that position. He missed a sitter of a red, got back somehow, then missed another sitter of a blue, which was actually the frame ball. He did everything to throw away that one.
Anyway, final frame of the session was a little bit more enjoyable than the first seven. Hope the match gets better.

[Ronnie's tip]

What time do they start tommorow?

[breakman16]

It's completely O'Sullivan's mistake to be left in that position. He missed a sitter of a red, got back somehow, then missed another sitter of a blue, which was actually the frame ball. He did everything to throw away that one.
Anyway, final frame of the session was a little bit more enjoyable than the first seven. Hope the match gets better.

couldnt agree more, ronnie has no one to blame but himself, he ALLOWED the luck to come into play by missing twice, he needs to win the next session I think! This is another thing with Ronnie and his ranking, now he's in the bottom quarter (number 4) he has to play tomorrow afternoon and then the evening, that's usual for final quarter final, with a higher ranking he wouldn't be needing to do that

[Odrl]

Excellent session, and an excellent steal from Robertson in the final frame. Could be crucial, not just the two-frame advantage, but the early psychological blow as well.

Back-to-back sessions tomorrow... Not sure to who's advantage that is, perhaps Robertson's, as his powers of concentration are much greater that O'Sullivan's. Looking forward to the conclusion.

[brusque]

it was not a steal at all ... One has to work for stealing .. this was gift wrapped .. not once but twice ... Even I could have potted both those balls 100 out of 100 even if it was crucible pressure ... unforgivable .... simply UNF****GFORGIVABLE I say. Mental weakness???

I am a big time Ronnie fan but I do agree with someone here somewhere ... Ronnie is a bully but the moment he comes across a top player like Higgins, Selby, Robertson .. he just wilts under pressure .... I hope Robertson starts feeling the heat more than Ronnie in the closing stages ... otherwise Ronnie has no chance. 2011 Higgins B game would have been at least 6-2 considering the mistakes by Robertson that went unpunished. ?

[Ronnie's tip]

I don't think either player was great today - Robertson was clearly the better player though. Ronnie was so careless at times. I said the other day that he has been hitting the green/brown/yellow far too often from his safety's but Ebdon + Williams weren't good enough to punish him. Robertson will. Also Ronnie's break off shot is terrible. I'd say atleast 75% of the time he leaves a pot on for his opponent.

Robertson has won all of the tight frames so far, which is a bad sign. All of Ronnie's chances bar the last frame came after Neil missed first. He can't win like that, as he showed against Higgins

[montoya10]

Excellent session, and an excellent steal from Robertson in the final frame. Could be crucial, not just the two-frame advantage, but the early psychological blow as well.

Back-to-back sessions tomorrow... Not sure to who's advantage that is, perhaps Robertson's, as his powers of concentration are much greater that O'Sullivan's. Looking forward to the conclusion.

I think back-to-back sessions may end up not being a significant factor in this match. It all depends on the afternoon session, though. If Robertson can either keep or build on his lead, things will get tougher for O'Sullivan in the final session.
That said, O'Sullivan likes to play the evening sessions, so, he may stage a comeback even with a deficit.

[Masterdoctorgenius]

I think back-to-back sessions may end up not being a significant factor in this match. It all depends on the afternoon session, though. If Robertson can either keep or build on his lead, things will get tougher for O'Sullivan in the final session.
That said, O'Sullivan likes to play the evening sessions, so, he may stage a comeback even with a deficit.

only if he forgets the last frame very quickly, it has happen so often that one stolen frame had a huge impact like higginson -jones match

[montoya10]

I don't think either player was great today - Robertson was clearly the better player though. Ronnie was so careless at times. I said the other day that he has been hitting the green/brown/yellow far too often from his safety's but Ebdon + Williams weren't good enough to punish him. Robertson will. Also Ronnie's break off shot is terrible. I'd say atleast 75% of the time he leaves a pot on for his opponent.

Robertson has won all of the tight frames so far, which is a bad sign. All of Ronnie's chances bar the last frame came after Neil missed first. He can't win like that, as he showed against Higgins

In first round, he gave Ebdon quite a bit of chances out there. If Ebdon was on his game, things would have really been different. Against Williams, he gave away less chances and Williams was far from his best to make the most out of those. Also, when he got his own chances, he executed brilliantly.
But today, he wasn't flawless and Robertson was better at taking the chances being represented to him.

[Looki]

Expected result after the first session, if you ask me. I fancy Robertson to win it. It'll be close, probably.

[breakman16]

I don't think either player was great today - Robertson was clearly the better player though. Ronnie was so careless at times. I said the other day that he has been hitting the green/brown/yellow far too often from his safety's but Ebdon + Williams weren't good enough to punish him. Robertson will. Also Ronnie's break off shot is terrible. I'd say atleast 75% of the time he leaves a pot on for his opponent.

Robertson has won all of the tight frames so far, which is a bad sign. All of Ronnie's chances bar the last frame came after Neil missed first. He can't win like that, as he showed against Higgins

I don't know why players break like they do, SOOO many times they leave a shot to nothing or some other pot if they dont get it spot on, the break off shot is supposed to be a safety shot after all!

[Ronnie's tip]

In first round, he gave Ebdon quite a bit of chances out there. If Ebdon was on his game, things would have really been different. Against Williams, he gave away less chances and Williams was far from his best to make the most out of those. Also, when he got his own chances, he executed brilliantly.
But today, he wasn't flawless and Robertson was better at taking the chances being represented to him.

Ronnie has played 5 sessions so far, and only one of them were when he was 'great', creating his own chances, finishing them off - he was amazing. Every other session (including last night's 3 frames) he was gifted chances. That's why I don't buy him being the favorite.

I'm the biggest Ronnie fan in the world, but the hype he get's is ridiculous. He's still one of the best players in the world, but he can't beat Higgins, Robertson, Selby ect. He is a 'bully', in snooker terms. He was always going to beat Ebdon and Williams - this was his test. Robertson won't get tight so ROS will have to keep him off the table by creating his own chances, and taking them.

To be honest as a Ronnie fan, I feel a bit sick after that last frame.

[DamienB]

that long red ronnie pot in the last frame MY GOD ! share the feeling sick sentiment as well lol

[stephenm2682]

5-3 isn't to bad, but realistically ronnie should of been 3-1 at the interval, he had robertson under pressure but gifted him the fourth.

the first frame tomorrow will be important as usual, but today ronnie failed to win the first frame of both mini sessions.

[Cue_Seeker]

Neil is mad annoying, he sounds annoying, talks annoying, looks annoying. so go Ronnie!