Stephen Maguire v Ali Carter - Semi Final

[daffie]

gaan goed dankie my knowledge of dutch actually comes from afrikaans i have a lot of south african friends

Aha! Afrikaans lijkt inderdaad erg op Nederlands.

Anyway...nice interlude Back on-topic it is...

Now I can finally catch the last frames of this session, as those are now on repeat on bbc...

[missneworleans]

I'm happy with Ali but if he wins it will mean O'Sullivan will win the tournaments almost sure...thats not good

[paddybhoy30]

Maguire has played very poor so far, if he does'nt step up a gear he will go out.

[wake_up_bomb]

Who had ten quid each way on Carter then? I can't say that I did!

[Ronnie's tip]

Wow...10-6.

Well done Carter so far I guess. Did he continue his cautious tactics?

[montoya10]

Will Maguire finally start to outplay Carter? He's slowly running out of time. Must win session it has turned out to be for him.

[daffie]

Will Maguire finally start to outplay Carter? He's slowly running out of time. Must win session it has turned out to be for him.

Yes agree. Like I said earlier minimum 5-3 win...6-2 even better.

[Odrl]

Well, the worst Maguire has done so far is a couple 5-3 sessions against him, unfortunately both in this match. I thought he could compensate for something like that with one of his good sessions, in this case winning it 6-2 would put him level. But he has to do it... He won't win this with his B-game alone. He can't win by just hanging in there, not Maguire. He has to produce his best stuff!

[montoya10]

What a timely fluke for Maguire!

[breakman16]

Saw all today's play, scrappy first session, awesome 142 from Maguire, desparately needed that frame, Carter doing his usual tight hard matchplay style, cant blame him though!

[montoya10]

What a bad luck there for Maguire, but Carter gets a horrific bounce from the cushion. How many times have we said this already?

[montoya10]

Some bad shots by both. Tense frame.

[Masterdoctorgenius]

even stevens would beat them

[jonplayer]

Ali has more bottle and is a better match player IMO of the two.
Him and Ronnie would make a great grudge match final.
Come on the captain

[wordsworth]

Anything but a repeat of the 2008 final. Probably the worst of recent years, that one.