Why did Ronnie O Sullivan deliberately lose his match in CHina open?

[Rane]

No comment on Ronnie's motives... but go to the link above at 3:56; and the link to Ronnie's miss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjgU0J7QQg4) at 0:14.
The white is actually nearer the cushion for Ronnie's shot, but the pot is straighter.

Anyone remember Drago missing a straight black for the match in a World Championship 1st round? Think it must have been 1997 (v Dale).

From seeing this I don´t think he misses deliberately. He goes down much too quickly, and if you follow his cue it´s quite obvious that he actually follows the ball until he´s certain that the shot is missed. To me it looks like a situation where he´s thinking "Oh how did I miss that one". And another explanation, he wanted John Higgins to get on top of the rankings And so he is, and I for one enjoy it

[gazza147]

Yeah he Followed the ball ok But was ...PREYING IT MISSED - THATS WHY HE PLAYED IT TO RIGHT JAW!!....And Playing it that Pace and the way he Played it....Nothings gonna Change my Mind!

He did not want to Continue Simply AS!

I have Never seen Somebody Try and Drag a White before hitting the Black off the Spot Right Behind it for Frame Ball!

Yes they play them slow after Frames Won....But Not on Black Ball Game to Stay in the Match!!!!

C'mon Guys its Surely not just me Thinking this! 99% of the World is Saying it.

Every Forum & Internet site I have been on is Talking about it.

[Matthew01]

Definitely right there Gaz, he blatently missed it deliberately.

[goldengirl]

Well you could look at it that Ronnie has done his job once again - he's got the whole world talking about snooker!!

[ncyaa]

Not only did he deliberately miss that black, he deliberately lost it 5:3. He had a ball in hand when Tian went in off after potting the yellow, and he missed that shot by a mile. I think World Snooker should ban him from playing for a year or two, he is going to damage the sport.

[Nugget]

Yeah he Followed the ball ok But was ...PREYING IT MISSED - THATS WHY HE PLAYED IT TO RIGHT JAW!!....And Playing it that Pace and the way he Played it....Nothings gonna Change my Mind!

He did not want to Continue Simply AS!

I have Never seen Somebody Try and Drag a White before hitting the Black off the Spot Right Behind it for Frame Ball!

Yes they play them slow after Frames Won....But Not on Black Ball Game to Stay in the Match!!!!

C'mon Guys its Surely not just me Thinking this! 99% of the World is Saying it.

Every Forum & Internet site I have been on is Talking about it.

We have to consider all the options in a case like this:

1. He forgot how to play snooker.
2. He wanted the black to get there slowly, creating suspense.
3. He wanted to play the shot in such a way that it might miss, not knowing if it would as he struck it. He wanted a surprise.
4. He thought that after not missing a black off the spot for a couple of decades that he couldn't miss one if he tried. He was wrong.

[noel]

We have to consider all the options in a case like this:

1. He forgot how to play snooker.
2. He wanted the black to get there slowly, creating suspense.
3. He wanted to play the shot in such a way that it might miss, not knowing if it would as he struck it. He wanted a surprise.
4. He thought that after not missing a black off the spot for a couple of decades that he couldn't miss one if he tried. He was wrong.

L0L.
I like these but could there be a Number 5 mate... [ if you don't mind ] ?

5. He made a heroic effort to play like us mortals. And did.


=o)

Noel

[RI31]

Yeah he Followed the ball ok But was ...PREYING IT MISSED - THATS WHY HE PLAYED IT TO RIGHT JAW!!....And Playing it that Pace and the way he Played it....Nothings gonna Change my Mind!

He did not want to Continue Simply AS!

I have Never seen Somebody Try and Drag a White before hitting the Black off the Spot Right Behind it for Frame Ball!

Yes they play them slow after Frames Won....But Not on Black Ball Game to Stay in the Match!!!!

C'mon Guys its Surely not just me Thinking this! 99% of the World is Saying it.

Every Forum & Internet site I have been on is Talking about it.

Too right he missed that and left it on purpose.
No doubt.

[Nugget]

L0L.
I like these but could there be a Number 5 mate... [ if you don't mind ] ?

5. He made a heroic effort to play like us mortals. And did.


=o)

Noel

I like it! It has to be one of these...

[hotpot]

I think he did too , the only thing that baffles me is if he wanted to throw the game why did he make it look so obvious .

Why did he finish perfect on the black , unless he did,nt mean to hit the pink as well as he did , which could explain things as he had a simple run through on the pink but opted to play a very hard stun run through .

If he meant to throw the game then he didnt mean to finish that good on the black .

[ore]

Well you could look at it that Ronnie has done his job once again - he's got the whole world talking about snooker!!

But for the sake of snooker, it'd be way better he'd done something like this a bit later than R1

It should be investigated if he had booked a flight on the same day

[ore]

I think he did too , the only thing that baffles me is if he wanted to throw the game why did he make it look so obvious .

Why did he finish perfect on the black , unless he did,nt mean to hit the pink as well as he did , which could explain things as he had a simple run through on the pink but opted to play a very hard stun run through .

If he meant to throw the game then he didnt mean to finish that good on the black .

Well maybe his playing-snooker-instincts are so deeply embedded that's it was quite a hard feat to lose the match...
Or after seeing how Tian/snooker-goods are gifting him like 5 or 10 or well a lot of attempts to stay in the match in that last frame, this was the best option - to take things till the very very end when Tian will not be able not to win it anymore

[chalkytip]

The only reason Ronnie made the 12 flight to Asia was to honour both contractual obligations and commercial agreements, he never had any intention of expending any time in this country or tournament unless he was forced to.

We are all fully aware of some of the excuses that Ronnie has come up with over the years to avoid making this trip (e.g. flu, stomach bug, mentally unstable..) the list goes on and you can be sure on this occasion Barry Hearn would have enforced Ronnie’s participation without question.

I for one know that this year had it not been for Barry, Ronnie would most certainly have not made the trip and would have continued with his preparations for Sheffield locally.

I have no other comment to make whether or not Ronnie threw the match today but reading this you will get the gist of my thread and more importantly, take note that Ronnie will be sharper than ever come his first round match against Wenbo in the theatre of dreams.

I for one will be there this year to see Ronnie take his fourth world title.

[RI31]

Id be shocked if anyone in our local league missed that.
Be even more shocked if they played it like that!

And if they did the above in my team they be dropped for 2 weeks!!

[stephen povey]

He missed it ON Purpose for sure it was totally bizare. But WHY? Noy good for snooker is it!!!!!