#20

Super Barry Hawkins :heart:

#21

Thereā€™s no greater sight in snooker than seeing Murphy straining his massive head trying to smile whilst getting a thorough pasting. I donā€™t know why i hate the man so much.

Selby now, youā€™d think.

#22

In 2005 or so when Paul Hunter was starting chemotherapy for his stomach cancer, it was put to a players vote as to whether or not to freeze his ranking for a year so that he didnā€™t tumble down the rankings because of his treatment. Only 2 pros voted against this. Donā€™t know who the other one was but itā€™s a reasonably open secret that the other one was Shaun Murphy. So you can hate him with impunity now.

Selbyā€™s the favourite for sure but I can see Fu winning this. I really can.

#23

SELBY - OUT

#24

BAZZA :bangbang:

#25

My next door neighbour is Hawkins doppleganger. Apart from the snooker playing (I assume).

#26

This ā€œDriving with Davisā€ thing with Ding is the worst thing Iā€™ve ever seen on telly.

#27

Should be a corker this.

#28

I think i prefer watching the Masters to the UK or Worlds. More digestible games, seems a bit more relaxed, idk. Big fan.

#29

Yeah Iā€™d agree. Iā€™d it goes masters, UK them worlds for me in terms of enjoyment of overall tournament. Quality at the masters canā€™t be done at any other tournament and the big draw at UKs letā€™s you see a lot of people you wouldnā€™t usually see.

Though you canā€™t beat a good long close final at the World Championship.

#30

Nicely poised 4-4 at the start of the evening session. Perry must be kicking himself a little having been 4-1 up at one point this afternoon.

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#31

Bit of shame the standards not been a bit higher. Was probably spoiled in the 2nd half of the Fu v Ronnie match

#32

Yeah, not been great quality, sadly. Perry has been looking particularly poor this evening.

#33

canā€™t see perry catching him

#34

Looks a bit too much like Martin Petrov for my liking.

#35

reckon steve peters has been name checked every time ronnieā€™s played at a major tournament for the last five years. give it a rest.

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#36

proper legend

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#37

At least the quality picked up a bit after the mid session interval. Not a classic by any means.

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#38

:smiley: stevedawson

#39

Nah. Pretty engrossing though. Good to see Ronnie digging in hard to win all the same, even if it didnā€™t make for the most free-flowing final.

The Masters is always the best tournament. And the standard across the top 16 in the sport now is probably the highest itā€™s ever been.