Bank of Beijing China Open Final Discussion !!!

That's a brilliant snooker.

DING

Ding has been clinical but Robertson making hard work of every chance he gets

Should that be called a miss?

Discuss

Well for me least it shouldn't, and therefore Ding wouldn't have been left with that easy opener.

Robbo didn't have any other escape route there so the ref was wrong I think.

Anyway....

5-1. A lot of anticlimax finals recently.

Looks like all the finals between the real top players in 2014 are one sided. Ronnie - Selby, Ronnie - Ding and now Ding - Robertson.

i really question the miss rule sometimes because as phill studd said he didnt have a prayer to leave it safe after he said it was a miss.

but that is a contradiction.

if a snooker is too hard to hit and leave it safe the ref has to take that in to consideration when judging a miss and his second attempt was a great effort

Snooker Overdrive wrote:Looks like all the finals between the real top players in 2014 are one sided. Ronnie - Selby, Ronnie - Ding and now Ding - Robertson.

This session can still end 5-4

And Ding - Trump of course

Anything worse than 6-3 and Robbo has pretty much lost this Final i think.

Finally a long one goes in.

He was also 5-1 down at UK Final remember but like SO said, Ding is no Selby.

what luck there

How has Ding not left anything on there

Come on Robbo. Think of your century tally....

Remember when Robertson was undefeated in ranking event finals?

SnookerFan wrote:Remember when Robertson was undefeated in ranking event finals?

SnookerFan wrote:Come on Robbo. Think of your century tally....

how is thinking of centuries going to help him lol

Well a few centuries wouldn't go amiss. Make Ding think a bit and keep him cold in his chair for a while.

Robbo

Skullman wrote:Well a few centuries wouldn't go amiss. Make Ding think a bit and keep him cold in his chair for a while.

Robbo likes to keep his chair warm

Thought Ding had missed that...

Skullman wrote:Well a few centuries wouldn't go amiss. Make Ding think a bit and keep him cold in his chair for a while.

theres a different in making centuries and thinking about centuries.

But whatever happens here Robbo is 2nd favourite for Crucible.

Andre147 PGC wrote:But whatever happens here Robbo is 2nd favourite for Crucible.

Why? I my book, the winner of this, will be the contender no. 2 for the Worlds.

Careless in off and a glimmer of a chance for Robbo.

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

Andre147 PGC wrote:But whatever happens here Robbo is 2nd favourite for Crucible.

Why? I my book, the winner of this, will be the contender no. 2 for the Worlds.

Ding can't perform against Ronnie and doesn't really do that well in Sheffield, 2011 excepted.

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

Andre147 PGC wrote:But whatever happens here Robbo is 2nd favourite for Crucible.

Why? I my book, the winner of this, will be the contender no. 2 for the Worlds.

No, Robbo will always be 2nd favourite, Dign hasn't got a great record in those session matches at the Crucible and something seems to be missing, Robbo is more consistent, but I hope you're right and Ding has a great Worlds, ideally a semi between him and Ronnie, or of course winning the title if they don't meet.

6-1 barring snookers. Looks like we'll have to wait until the Worlds for close matches between top players.