World Champ. 2009 -2nd round discussion!

[stampen]

The way John played the last three frames was the most focused snooker I've seen since he cleared up to win the Masters final in 2006. When John Higgins is this determined at the table he almost scares me. Unbelievable snooker the last three frames. These are two of my absolute favourite players so it was a bit cruel.

[Elaine]

Congrats to John!
He showed his class in this last frame and under such a pressure he seemed quite composed
and well done to Cope he knows what he is capable of, I'll keep a close eye on him in the next season.

[tony9ball68]

Fantastic performance. Class and a half. The bookies will still make selby and maguire the favourites for some reason. Higgins price went out to 20-1 when he was 12-10 down. Wont be that now people!

[attilahun]

Great match and im very glad for John, he made a superb comeback and didnt gave Cope to many chances in the last 3 frames. Indeed as others said before it was the match of the tournament so far.
I think Jonh will get mementum from this win and he will be even stronger in the quarters.

[Nat5guns]

Fantastic last 3 frames from John, he is a class act!

[Marc]

well done higgi.

but i wonder how much that match will of took out of him if hes to play selby tommorow.

will he be mentally drained after such a gruelling comeback or will he play just as brilliant?

[noel]

Best Match AGREED!

What a WC... got everything including early knockouts of the reigning Champ by a young upstart... sterling performances by legendary Hendry... even fainters in the audience!
I had thought this would be a Ronnie or Robbo WC... now since the consumate pro, Higgins has taken over the "Old Guard WC Champions" role this year (Hendry unlikely to carry form through I suspect), the wildchild card is Allen. He will need even better performances than in his win over a hampered genius to best Ryan or Mark or Neil or John or Shaun.
Cracks up to be more of a thriller in the days to come!


=o)

Noel

[lagermike]

Jamie Cope will have nightmares about the white rolling off on the slate line as he attempted to tuck in behind the yellow.
That can always happen though.
I remember seeing it happen to Ken Doherty in the early stages of his 2003 semi-final against Paul Hunter. It was instrumental in unsettling Ken and allowing Paul to build a big lead. The difference there was that Ken had time to get over it and he eventually won the match 17-16 from 15-9 behind going into the final session.
Cope didn't have time to get it out of his mind. He is only young but is already battle scarred from the crucible having lost 10-9 to Ebdon in the 1st round last year having been a pot away from winning.

[Odrl]

I didn't think anything could beat the Hendry-Ding match, but this was awesome. It was the best 2nd round match in quality as well as excitement.

What a player John Higgins is. To find that extra gear under such pressure... Didn't put a foot wrong in the last three frames and every safety was spot on. Very similar to the O'Sullivan-Allen match, but with a different result.

[Phil]

how much was the final result?

[Rane]

Hello

Can anyone of you see live streaming at the moment ?

[Odrl]

Maguire through without any fireworks. Might be some against Robertson though.

[LarrahRobertson]

Well.. //cough// Ermm.. Wait, I gotta breath!
What a match, what a match.. Fantastico captain Neil!
I was doing maths when his match was on, I think I made over 6 mistakes!
I think he showed that he is mentally strong.. and ... I won't be watching tomorrow it seems.. not the entire match ..

Good luck captain Neil! Aye aye! Hitting again against Maguire!

[spike]

Mark Selby leads 11-8 after Graeme Dott takes the 19th frame after a re spotted black.

[gby4]

I can see it here:
http://atdhe.net/index.html