International Championship Last 32 Discussion !!

the way Robbo is going Lawler v O'Brian will be on Table 2 later.

Zhao Xintong 4 nil ahead against Hawkins and could even be 5 nil

Certainly don't think anyone expected this, although it's still far from over and he has to keep it going cause Hawkins is a player well capable of coming back at him.

38 tons

WOW

Zhao now 5-0 up, while Robbo makes yet another ton to go 5-1 up. Anyone know the record for most centuries made in a ranker outside the worlds. He could beat it if he keeps going like he has been going.

who would have predicted Barry Hawkins 0-5 Zhao Xintong

Skullman wrote:Zhao now 5-0 up, while Robbo makes yet another ton to go 5-1 up. Anyone know the record for most centuries made in a ranker outside the worlds. He could beat it if he keeps going like he has been going.

i think its 12

Never seen robbo play to this level on a consistent basis.

Hes now playing at a far higher level than when he became WC.

Un-Nooh has thrown this match against Robbo

6-1 WIN

COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

It was fixed GJ

I honestly doubt it. I watched the whole match and there was maybe one or two shots that were odd but they're the kind the risky shots a lot of the younger players play. Robbo was just too good. Plus the expected scoreline was 6-2 wasn't it?

Sonny wrote:It was fixed GJ

robbo made 2 centuries due to skill , cant see how fixing affects things when robbo is at the table

Skullman wrote:I honestly doubt it. I watched the whole match and there was maybe one or two shots that were odd but they're the kind the risky shots a lot of the younger players play. Robbo was just too good. Plus the expected scoreline was 6-2 wasn't it?

unnooh attacks all the time

Sonny wrote:Un-Nooh has thrown this match against Robbo

doesent matter if it was fixed or not nobody fixed Robbo to make 3 tons.

Barry Hawkins 1-5 Zhao Xintong
Peter Lines 2-2 Mark Selby
Neil Robertson 6-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Stuart Bingham 4-2 Martin Gould
Liang Wenbo 2-3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Peter Ebdon 2-2 Mark Joyce

The scoreline was going to be 6-1 or 6-2 before a ball was struck. It's depressing. Robbo would've won anyway but it's not a result to celebrate.

Wildey wrote:

Sonny wrote:Un-Nooh has thrown this match against Robbo

doesent matter if it was fixed or not nobody fixed Robbo to make 3 tons.

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So was he handed the chances with balls nicely spread?

Sonny wrote:The scoreline was going to be 6-1 or 6-2 before a ball was struck. It's depressing. Robbo would've won anyway but it's not a result to celebrate.

Sonny, did you actually watch the match? Because as far as I could see Un-Nooh played his normally game and was just outplayed by Robbo.

Robbo's performance was so good no TV Evidence will be good enough for a conviction in this match Thepchaya hardly got a look in.

I didn't see a ball but everyone knew the scoreline before it started. It's easy to fix and not make it look fixed when you're up against a player in Robbo's form. It was the most likely score anyway, well I'd have gone 6-2 or 6-3 but even so, it was fixed. It's depressing but it's true.

Barry Hawkins 1-5 Zhao Xintong
Peter Lines 2-2 Mark Selby
Neil Robertson 6-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Stuart Bingham 5-2 Martin Gould
Liang Wenbo 1-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Peter Ebdon 3-2 Mark Joyce
Fergal O'Brien 4-4 Rod Lawler

Sonny wrote:I didn't see a ball but everyone knew the scoreline before it started. It's easy to fix and not make it look fixed when you're up against a player in Robbo's form. It was the most likely score anyway, well I'd have gone 6-2 or 6-3 but even so, it was fixed. It's depressing but it's true.

people in the know obviously felt it was a fix so we have to assume something gone on

Selby's match dragging on a bit, slower than Ebdon's.

Really saddened to read all this talk of fixing :(

The Ding/Guodong final made me think twice too. It is in the financial interests of almost all players on the tour if the sport gets even bigger/stays big in China...

Stuart Bingham 5-3 Martin Gould
Liang Wenbo 2-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Peter Ebdon 3-3 Mark Joyce
Fergal O'Brien 5-4 Rod Lawler

Dan-cat wrote:Really saddened to read all this talk of fixing :(

The Ding/Guodong final made me think twice too. It is in the financial interests of almost all players on the tour if the sport gets even bigger/stays big in China...

so what your actually saying World Snooker fixed the shanghai masters

Zhao Xintong beats Barr Hawkins 6-1. Great result and the 16 year old has only dropped four frames in the three matches. Hope he gets a visa for Q-School this time, as he deserves a chance to get on tour.

Wildey wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:Really saddened to read all this talk of fixing :(

The Ding/Guodong final made me think twice too. It is in the financial interests of almost all players on the tour if the sport gets even bigger/stays big in China...

so what your actually saying World Snooker fixed the shanghai masters

No, that is not what I'm saying. If this fantastical plot existed it would have been formulated without World Snooker's knowledge. I didn't type the above lightly, this is a sport I've loved since 1982 when I was 9 years old, but recent events have unfortunately made me question.

Skullman wrote:Zhao Xintong beats Barr Hawkins 6-1. Great result and the 16 year old has only dropped four frames in the three matches. Hope he gets a visa for Q-School this time, as he deserves a chance to get on tour.

his performance in the Asian Tour event been

AT1 Last 128 Lost to Michael White 4-3

AT2 Last 128 Beat Wai Ho Chung 4-0
AT2 Last 64 Lost to Hu Hao 4-3

AT3 Last 128 Beat Zhang Hanxuan 4-1
AT3 Last 64 Beat Yu DeLu 4-0
AT3 Last 32 Lost to Liang Wenbo 4-0

So his chances of getting on tour this way is very slim unless he wins AT 4