World Snooker Championships Discussion

[SnookerFan]

Once again, Ding disappoints. I think he saw the draw opening up and put himself under pressure. He should have made the final easy.

Bingham is no mug though. He has been playing well this week.

[carlosportsman]

Partly. Mainly because he's a different class to the other three players, and vastly more experienced.

In break building maybe but he is in no way a different class to Hawkins when it comes to any other facet of the game, to be fair both Hawkins and Walden have been journeyman types until the last 18 months when they have developed into solid players

[SnookerFan]

Ronnie has spoiled his own victory.

He should have won this 13-1. Now, he has to come back tonight.

Little things like this seem trivial, but this could annoy Ronnie and put him in a bad frame of mind for his next match...

Hard to know how Ronnie thinks...

Imagine Bingham won 9 in a row tonight.

[Holden Chinaski]

Ronnie has spoiled his own victory.

He should have won this 13-1. Now, he has to come back tonight.

Little things like this seem trivial, but this could annoy Ronnie and put him in a bad frame of mind for his next match...

I think Ronnie is more mature now. He has Dr. Steve Peters by his side. He will be a little bit annoyed but he won't let it spoil the Championship.

[SouthPaw]

Once again, Ding disappoints. I think he saw the draw opening up and put himself under pressure. He should have made the final easy.

He plays like he has the weight of China on his shoulders literally, and in the longer format matches he crumbles maybe too much time to think negatively between sessions/matches, also believe he should see Dr.Peters to get past this psychological barrier he seems to face at the crucible

[Masterdoctorgenius]

Hard to know how Ronnie thinks...

Imagine Bingham won 9 in a row tonight.

come on quite unrealistic that ronnie would slip up this kind of lead

[greysquirrel]

Does anyone else think that the final could be a bit of an anti-climax this year? I have tickets for the final and hoped to see the likes of Trump v Ronnie but due to some high calibre players being knocked out early on in the second group, the semi finals will see judd against Ronnie and could leave us with just 1 entertaining player in the final. Hawkins is playing quite boring snooker and with 2 of the 4 quarter finalists in that half having never been there before, I think I may be watching a fairly dull final.

[FOXMULDER]

Ronnie/Trump/Murphy.

There's your world champion. Probably Ronnie.

No disrespect to the other three players, but they are about to enter deep water. The single table format at the Crucible is pretty terrifying, I imagine.

[SouthPaw]

Does anyone else think that the final could be a bit of an anti-climax this year? I have tickets for the final and hoped to see the likes of Trump v Ronnie but due to some high calibre players being knocked out early on in the second group, the semi finals will see judd against Ronnie and could leave us with just 1 entertaining player in the final. Hawkins is playing quite boring snooker and with 2 of the 4 quarter finalists in that half having never been there before, I think I may be watching a fairly dull final.

I think if Hawkins makes it to the final it could be a dull affair, if Waldo makes it, it should be entertaining, he's a very attacking player and hopefully against Ronnie or Trump it should at least make a decent final to watch, no disrespect to Hawkins but he isn't easy on the eye playing wise as the others mentioned...

[greysquirrel]

It's just a shame that the draw has worked out as it has. Although I suppose if Robertson or Selby hadn't been knocked out then the final would have been a belter.

[CueInAction]

I think if Hawkins makes it to the final it could be a dull affair, if Waldo makes it, it should be entertaining, he's a very attacking player and hopefully against Ronnie or Trump it should at least make a decent final to watch, no disrespect to Hawkins but he isn't easy on the eye playing wise as the others mentioned...

Would definitely want to see Walden in there too (not least because it pays me more money), he has a nice flow to his game so when he is potting well he makes the game look easy. On the other side of the draw we have probably the 3 most attacking players in the current game so we're not in for a boring final whatever happens.

Either way, we're looking at a great conclusion to the Trump Murphy match, & then got a great semi with one of these guys playing a Ronnie playing near his peak

[Stormwatch]

Ronnie has spoiled his own victory.

He should have won this 13-1. Now, he has to come back tonight.

Little things like this seem trivial, but this could annoy Ronnie and put him in a bad frame of mind for his next match...

Maybe he's having the 147 in the back of his mind...With such a big difference he can take his chances.
Btw, how much does the maximum worth?

[stephenm2682]

£10,000.....

[Stormwatch]

£10,000.....

[Odrl]

I was surprised to learn O'Sullivan failed to secure the match in the last three frames. I gave up on checking the results when Ding lost, and O'Sullivan was leading 12-1 at that point. It must be frustrating for him to have to come back tonight, and even more so if Bingham scrapes out a frame or two and prolongs the match.

You never know in snooker, Ricky Walden has already beaten O'Sullivan in a ranking final, so you can't say it absolutely won't be an interesting final. But yeah, the match that will probably decide this championship starts tomorrow. :smile: