UK Champ. 2009 - Semi-final Discussion

[Looki]

Well played John! It would've been bitter juice to swallow for Higgins if he had lost. You got feel sorry for the loser in these kind of matches, if you comeback like that only to lose decider or if you have led like Higgins did and then lose, must take a while to get over it.

[HunRon]

I'm very sad.

But congrats and good luck Higgins.

[Erwan_BZH]

Well played John!!!!!!! What a game!!!! Hats off to Ronnie for his comeback, an amazing performance, but to say I'm delighted to see John as the winner is an understatement!!!

[wildhoney28]

John Higgins was clearly the best of the three players tonight. Well done.

AGREE!
Verhaas should be ashamed of.
Well done John.
What a match!

[Peter147]

Wow, what an absorbing game that was! Well done John. Commiserations Ronnie.

[spike]

A truly great match! Congrats to John Higgins with the way he held himself together in that final frame with all the pressure that must have been on his shoulders.

Respect to Ronnie O' Sullivan with the fine performance he showed, and the bottle he has under the most severest of pressure.

I hope that this match does not become overshadowed by what happened in the 13th frame, and will instead be best remembered for the outstanding standard both players produced..

[Wim]

I'm very sad.

But congrats and good luck Higgins.

No need to feel sad, OSullivan showed us what he can do when he really wants to. But the hard working Higgins deserves all resqpect !

[tenchylfc]

Does anyone actually know what happened there with Verhaas.

As i understand it (from watching it on the Internet with NO commentary while the X-Factor was on) Ronnie egot down to address the shot and then fouled on a ball he was cueing over. So why did Jan start to move the white? Surely the white didn't need moving. I know he should have called a miss anyway but could someone clear this up?

[visionaire]

AGREE!
Verhaas should be ashamed of.
Well done John.
What a match!

What did Jan do wrong?

[The Boss]

Double Dutch or Double sure?: Verhaas' controversial call ignited the Rocket's comeback

[montoya10]

I hope everyone that was moaning about a boring match learned their lesson tonight.

This was the second most exciting match I've ever seen. The pot on the black where Higgins was cueing over two reds? In my opinion the shot of the season so far, under the circumstances. And then the long green he took... Balls of steel!

But it took two players to create the magic tonight, so I take my hat off to Ronnie O'Sullivan. What a player!

I took my lesson, sir

And it was one of the best blacks ever by John Higgins under such pressure..

Actually, I'm done with the words at the moment. I don't want to watch the final anymore. This match perhaps made the things a little bit bad for me, as I'm not going to get excited for quite some time watching snooker.

Anyway, hats off to both.. What a great match!! Now, did you get what I tried to mean before the match, I mean I had a post explaining that neither of their latest matches had been classics.. This is now a true classic. It is going to be remembered for years, it's certain.

I don't think we will ever have a match again for quite some time...

[Wim]

At the end of the day it's only a game snooker,a very nice one but...

[HK1]

Very exciting comeback by Ronnie, but I felt he should not have conceded so quickly (especially since he won 6 consecutive frames) - he only needed 4 points.

[Odrl]

At the end of the day it's only a game snooker,a very nice one but...

Yes, but it's the kind of game that makes you realize there's order and meaning to the universe.

[ja.]

Very exciting comeback by Ronnie, but I felt he should not have conceded so quickly (especially since he won 6 consecutive frames) - he only needed 4 points.

i think he felt a bit guilty for that black ball episode thats why he didnt go for snookers