What a miss on the black that could be, I was typing all wrapped up and done 10-9, but the show aint over yet...
World Snooker Championship
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Trump wins 10 - 9
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Trump 7-1 up against Robertson.
9-3 now. Not pretty.
all done 10-4.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Higgins 7-0 down against Zhao. 
Session finished, 8-0.
Session finished, 8-0.
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Good, cheat.Higgins 7-0 down against Zhao.
Session finished, 8-0.
10-1
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Zhao will retire the Crucible curse.
I think he will romp to another title. The others are so in-and-out it's ridiculous. Higgins is having a great season, but he can't win big titles. He's beating people who are more up and down than mercury, like Selby, who will take you to the cleaners for five or six frames and then go AWOL for the next six. I have no idea what's going on in his head, but he looks like someone who can't concentrate for longer than a session. Higgins, meanwhile, ploughs on on talent alone: miraculous at his age. But not enough to win.
Trump won't put it together over a tournament. He hasn't done so in over a year. Will he tomorrow? He's certainly due. But in Sheffield I can't see him doing enough over the long haul - and he's due to meet Selby in the last eight if Selby can somehow manage to get there.
O'Sullivan-Higgins is slated for the last 16. But which Ronnie will turn up? Robertson is a top four seed and being schooled regularly in big matches...
So, Zhao by default for me.
I think he will romp to another title. The others are so in-and-out it's ridiculous. Higgins is having a great season, but he can't win big titles. He's beating people who are more up and down than mercury, like Selby, who will take you to the cleaners for five or six frames and then go AWOL for the next six. I have no idea what's going on in his head, but he looks like someone who can't concentrate for longer than a session. Higgins, meanwhile, ploughs on on talent alone: miraculous at his age. But not enough to win.
Trump won't put it together over a tournament. He hasn't done so in over a year. Will he tomorrow? He's certainly due. But in Sheffield I can't see him doing enough over the long haul - and he's due to meet Selby in the last eight if Selby can somehow manage to get there.
O'Sullivan-Higgins is slated for the last 16. But which Ronnie will turn up? Robertson is a top four seed and being schooled regularly in big matches...
So, Zhao by default for me.
I agree he can turn up and rinse whoever, not seen that aura since Hendry, in that he's the youngster mixing it up. He misses less than Hendry did but we've not yet seen him crucified and left for dead. O'Sullivan still has the game to do it but not the patience or temper to force his best when required. It's not the old guard I see as the hurdles for zhao, it's his fellow chinese that aren't that far behind him. The fat kid from the masters for instance. bingtao has 18 months of ban left.
zhao in range straight off, and first frame wrapped up no sweat. Trump looking for snookers...
That black up the top cushion isn't a liberty but it is a statement to Trump that he believes he's gonna steamroller him regardless.
That he missed it, means Trump needs this in one to remind zhao that he isn't playing a bum on skidrow.
That he missed it, means Trump needs this in one to remind zhao that he isn't playing a bum on skidrow.
Not sure but I think it's murphy on comms who has just tried to equate tournament wins in early career for zhao alongside S Davis, N Robertson and at least an other.
Which totally overlooks the suspension and ban zhao earned from the match fixing criminality that he 'knew about' back in 2021-22.
It's not sports washing but it's history averse.
Which totally overlooks the suspension and ban zhao earned from the match fixing criminality that he 'knew about' back in 2021-22.
It's not sports washing but it's history averse.
zhao had 147 on his mind there.