Ronnie O Sullivan - Ali Carter - final

[snookerfran]

Has either player tapped the table to say good shot in the match yet??

I don't think this match is being played in the best spirit...

Ronnie and Ali are quite close friends aren't they? They practice together. I wouldn't read too much into ettiquette things. Mind you I missed the glare everyone's talking about from earlier!

[montoya10]

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Done that for you!

[montoya10]

Has either player tapped the table to say good shot in the match yet??

I don't think this match is being played in the best spirit...

A couple of times touching the baize with their cues, nothing more.

[jrc750]

Friendly little wager then, i bet Ali will score at least 10 frames, hopefully more

All right, then. I'll add the miscall of the season for me to my signature here if he wins 10 frames and makes me eat my words
I hope I end up losing (=

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[FOXMULDER]

Has either player tapped the table to say good shot in the match yet??

I don't think this match is being played in the best spirit...

[sklskl]

I think you should either declare yourself fit to play or not. Sometime when you have an excuse it does dampen your opponents win.

[daffie]

Makes no difference at this point. It's either going to be 15-10 or 14-11 going into tonight -- either scoreline massively favours Ronnie. Carter's a great comeback player & beats Ronnie a lot in practice, but you can't deny Ronnie's the favourite here!

Absolutely. It seems like ROS has a lesser couple of frames every now and then, but always has the lead of a couple of frames anyhow, so he seems to be able to afford those. Just picks up where he left off earlier, and wins the match in the end.

Hoping for Ali to keep focused like he is now and playing determined snooker!

[Table_of_Reds]

Makes no difference at this point. It's either going to be 15-10 or 14-11 going into tonight -- either scoreline massively favours Ronnie. Carter's a great comeback player & beats Ronnie a lot in practice, but you can't deny Ronnie's the favourite here!

Just like against Selby in the Welsh Open, and again in the Masters.

[montoya10]

it could turn again, he's still winning, do you not want any snooker tonight or something??

18-0 is the perfect score. Just saying..

[snookerfran]

O'Sullivan's head looks completely gone and Carter's steaming back, nothing much to be happy about.

Makes no difference at this point. It's either going to be 15-10 or 14-11 going into tonight -- either scoreline massively favours Ronnie. Carter's a great comeback player & beats Ronnie a lot in practice, but you can't deny Ronnie's the favourite here!

[daffie]

Excuses you think?

Nog saying they are, but could be yeah. It's just that somehow in the past I never ever heard any snooker player talk about any food poisoning, and now all of a sudden it's very common. Anyway...just an observation, might mean absolutely nothing

[montoya10]

just in time, feel free to ignore my post about not giving carter credit!

Don't bother with Ronnie-jinxing that much!

[breakman16]

O'Sullivan's head looks completely gone and Carter's steaming back, nothing much to be happy about.

it could turn again, he's still winning, do you not want any snooker tonight or something??

[montoya10]

O'Sullivan's head looks completely gone and Carter's steaming back, nothing much to be happy about.

Only one more frame in this session, so, it doesn't look like it matters that much.

[breakman16]

3 in a row. Next frame is MASSIVE.

Carter has gone from playing terrible to very good, whilst O'Sullivan is still at average.

just in time, feel free to ignore my post about not giving carter credit!