2008 Maplin UK Championship Qualifiers

[wildhoney28]

C'mon JOE!

[João]

Well done Nugget. But can't really see him getting past Ding.

[Mal]

So close for Swail again...A very good 61 point lead in a decider, but hasn't fallen over the finish line yet. Would be tough to lose again to Liang in a decider although Joe has a very good record in final frame matches.
A good win in a topsy turvy game for Steve Davis who has Ding who he tends to struggle against next.

and Wenbo is in, I wonder what the balls are like...

[gby4]

Well done Nugget. But can't really see him getting past Ding.

Three years ago they met in the final. Davis is scoring OK at the moment, and anything is bossible in snooker
GO STEVE!

[Mal]

Justice will be served if Swail wins

It may be ominous now, but a match in the last 48 of the UK does not compare in ranking points to the crucial match they played in last 16 of WC. Joe has had a bad start this season. if he had won that match he would be in top 16 at the expense of Mark allen and both ranking points automatically due and psychologically would have been in better shape I think he may have had a better start

Oh dear...Wenbo is still going...Joe has made good breaks throughout this match, but Wenbo has snatched a few frames and looks like he is going to snatch the decider...

[In-off]

You can guarantee this match has more emotion about it than most that will be at Telford

Wenbo is destined to win it on the black!

[Goldspark]

Ding is hardly the worst draw at the moment.

[In-off]

Liang breaks down 14 behind!

This should be on a webcam!!!

[In-off]

Swail wins!

[Sarmu]

Missed the last colour

[Odrl]

Swail gets his revenge then, too bad we couldn't see it.

[Mal]

Even though Ding is struggling, he tends to wipe Davis aside and Davis struggles against the fluent players these days.

Wenbo breaks down... and has Joe now done enough. Surely it is all over...!!! Great match and really glad Joe won.

[Matt_2745]

Just got back from the EISS, seriously that match was absolutely amazing, best finish to a live sporting event I've seen I think, even topped Hendry/Allen at the Crucible.

Will get cracking on a review and try to remember as much as I can about the last two frames of Wenbo/Swail.

[Matt_2745]

Here you go, hopefully it fleshes out the end of the Swail match a bit

[Rane]

It seems like the blog is down. Too much trafic ?

Must have been a great match to watch, though I prefered Wenbo. I hope we will have a televised match with those two again soon. It was far the best match at this years cruicible.