Ronnie O Sullivan - Ali Carter - final

[montoya10]

It looks like the end now. Carter with a golden chance.

[daffie]

It looks like the end now. Carter with a golden chance.

And if he fails to take it, then if will be the first breakdown...so common Ali, make it count!

[cally]

Oops.................

[Masterdoctorgenius]

ali is a type of player which doenst make things happen

he let them happen

[daffie]

Btw what's that black armband on Ali's arm? Something Ebdon cooked up, maybe some positive-energy band of some sort?

May The Force Be With You!

[montoya10]

What poor safety play in this first mini-session from O'Sullivan. Apart from the century, he didn't really play decent enough for the world final out of the first four.

[cally]

It's them silly magnetic band things, i forget the name now but they are a big con and was removed from lots of shops that sold them...lol

I noticed hendry and a few others wear them to..

Placebo and nowt else

Silly buggers...lmao

[daffie]

Ah yes I thought it might be something like that...but hey, whatever works for ya...good on ya.

[LittleMissAlexa]

Carter has to win to get back into the sixteen so a lot riding on it

[Odrl]

It was important for Carter to get back to 2-2, he doesn't want to go behind early. He looks very composed at the moment.

But we've seen this week how dangerous O'Sullivan can be coming back from the interval. I think the fifth frame could be an important one.

[zombieman]

Carter has to win to get back into the sixteen so a lot riding on it

Yeah, because being not having to qualify for the next 3 or 4 ranking events is more important than a world title. Don't be silly.

[The Rook]

I think Ali deserves great credit for the way he has played in the first 4 frames. He was very unlucky in the first, and could have very easily been blitzed early. Carter showed great resilience to hold on, and hasn't made things easy for ROS. Ali has virtually no chance of out scoring Ronnie in open play, so I think it's important for him to keep things tight. Very early days, but hopefully this match will stay close!

[CueAntW147]

Nice feature at the interval about Alex Higgins, by his lovely daughter, nice to see 30 & 40 years after his titles he is remembered great stuff .;-)

[breakman16]

Bless beautiful lovely Lauren Higgins, hug for her!! lol

[daffie]

Tears in my eyes watching the between-frames-feature with Lauren Higgins about Alex, and also the interview with ROS. Fantastic to see Ronnie is such a positive and healthy frame of mind. I know how difficult depression can be to deal with, so great to see Ronnie getting on top of it (or at least a handle on it) after some rough years.

On with the match...very enjoyable so far. Ali keeping things tight and 2-2 is a good score for the first part of the 1st session.