by Skullman » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Sunday 26th of October~Sunday 2nd of November in Chengdu, ChinaAnother round at the International Championships and some degree of normalcy has returned. 4 out of the 5 top 16 seeds left progressed, including five time World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, last year's runner up Marco Fu and runner up at the recent Shanghai Masters, Mark Allen. With twice World Champion Mark Williams and young rising player Michael White in the mix, who will make it to the semi finals?
DRAWQuarter FinalsMichael White v Mark Allen
1-1Mark Williams v Ronnie O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan leads 27-9-----------------------------------
Ricky Walden v Jamie Burnett
Never played beforeRobert Milkins v Marco Fu
Fu leads 6-3ORDER OF PLAY
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by Skullman » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Thursday 30th of October
6.30am
Ricky Walden v Jamie Burnett
Marco Fu v Robert Milkins
11.30am
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Williams
Michael White v Mark Allen
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by SnookerFan » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Bit surprised Ricky Walden has never played Jamie Burnett before.
With all the extra tournaments these days, you assume everybody has played everybody.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Michael White had quite an easy run to the quarters, so I expect Allen to beat him.
Ronnie - Allen over 2 sessions surely would be a great semi final.
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by Cloud Strife » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Michael White had quite an easy run to the quarters, so I expect Allen to beat him.
Ronnie - Allen over 2 sessions surely would be a great semi final.
Allen doesn't fear him so it should be a good match if it happens.
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by Skullman » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Just because he doesn't fear him it doesn't mean he'll play well against him.
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by Clara8633 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Michael White had quite an easy run to the quarters, so I expect Allen to beat him.
Ronnie - Allen over 2 sessions surely would be a great semi final.
Allen doesn't fear him so it should be a good match if it happens.
How did you know Allen doesn't fear ROS?
So that just shows Allen's got bottle
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by motorhead » 29 Oct 2014 Read
probably already discusses but in case Ronnie makes it to the final that means he'll have two days to rest before his CoC match including the travel from China to UK?
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by Cloud Strife » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Skullman wrote:Just because he doesn't fear him it doesn't mean he'll play well against him.
That's true, but you give yourself a much better chance of playing well if you aren't in awe of your opponent, like some others are with Ronnie.
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by Andre147 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
motorhead wrote:probably already discusses but in case Ronnie makes it to the final that means he'll have two days to rest before his CoC match including the travel from China to UK?
Ronnie plays on Wednesday so yeah not much rest if he makes the Final, he could have done with playing on Friday like Robbo will but nevermind, if it means he'll win this title jetlag is the least of my concern and his I reckon.
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by Cloud Strife » 29 Oct 2014 Read
motorhead wrote:probably already discusses but in case Ronnie makes it to the final that means he'll have two days to rest before his CoC match including the travel from China to UK?
It's not ideal, but I do hope he goes all out for this. I'd much rather see him win the IC than the CoC.
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by Andre147 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:motorhead wrote:probably already discusses but in case Ronnie makes it to the final that means he'll have two days to rest before his CoC match including the travel from China to UK?
It's not ideal, but I do hope he goes all out for this. I'd much rather see him win the IC than the CoC.
Very true, this is a big ranking event, on par with the UK Champs now, so yeah I won't even mind if Ronnie loses first round at the CoC as long as he wins this title.
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by Cloud Strife » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Clara8633 wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:Michael White had quite an easy run to the quarters, so I expect Allen to beat him.
Ronnie - Allen over 2 sessions surely would be a great semi final.
Allen doesn't fear him so it should be a good match if it happens.
How did you know Allen doesn't fear ROS?
So that just shows Allen's got bottle
Allen just strikes me as that sort of person, I don't think he's the type to fear anyone.
That said, it doesn't mean he'll automatically be good enough to beat Ronnie, but at least he gives himself half a chance by not being scared to death of Ronnie like some others.
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by Cloud Strife » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Andre147 wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:motorhead wrote:probably already discusses but in case Ronnie makes it to the final that means he'll have two days to rest before his CoC match including the travel from China to UK?
It's not ideal, but I do hope he goes all out for this. I'd much rather see him win the IC than the CoC.
Very true, this is a big ranking event, on par with the UK Champs now, so yeah I won't even mind if Ronnie loses first round at the CoC as long as he wins this title.
Yeah, exactly. You could say this is now the only big event Ronnie has never won in his career.
It will set him apart from Stephen Hendry, who also never won this.
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by Clara8633 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Allen just strikes me as that sort of person, I don't think he's the type to fear anyone.
That said, it doesn't mean he'll automatically be good enough to beat Ronnie, but at least he gives himself half a chance by not being scared to death of Ronnie like some others.
I have that feeling too, it's like Allen isn't afraid of anybody.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Andre147 wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:motorhead wrote:probably already discusses but in case Ronnie makes it to the final that means he'll have two days to rest before his CoC match including the travel from China to UK?
It's not ideal, but I do hope he goes all out for this. I'd much rather see him win the IC than the CoC.
Very true, this is a big ranking event, on par with the UK Champs now, so yeah I won't even mind if Ronnie loses first round at the CoC as long as he wins this title.
How about winning the IC and the CoC in the span of a week?
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by motorhead » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Andre147 wrote:motorhead wrote:probably already discusses but in case Ronnie makes it to the final that means he'll have two days to rest before his CoC match including the travel from China to UK?
Ronnie plays on Wednesday so yeah not much rest if he makes the Final, he could have done with playing on Friday like Robbo will but nevermind, if it means he'll win this title jetlag is the least of my concern and his I reckon.
thanks, I actually thought he was scheduled for Tuesday so that's slightly better, I too wouldn't mind if it means winning the IC as he could use the momentum.
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by mantorok » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Andre147 wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:motorhead wrote:probably already discusses but in case Ronnie makes it to the final that means he'll have two days to rest before his CoC match including the travel from China to UK?
It's not ideal, but I do hope he goes all out for this. I'd much rather see him win the IC than the CoC.
Very true, this is a big ranking event, on par with the UK Champs now, so yeah I won't even mind if Ronnie loses first round at the CoC as long as he wins this title.
How about winning the IC and the CoC in the span of a week?
Whatever happens now he should be reasonably sharp for the CoC, this would be the better tournament to win though especially over the longer matches.
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by SnookerFan » 29 Oct 2014 Read
At least Ronnie is giving it a go, considering he's always hated playing in China. That has improved recently, Ronnie's desire to try.
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by Snooker Overdrive » 29 Oct 2014 Read
If I look at the draw, I see only 2 players who have a chance of stopping Ronnie this week. Mark Allen and Marco Fu.
But who knows maybe Milkins will end up playing Ronnie in the final
That would be something
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by Snooker Overdrive » 29 Oct 2014 Read
SnookerFan wrote:At least Ronnie is giving it a go, considering he's always hated playing in China. That has improved recently, Ronnie's desire to try.
I don't think he dislikes playing in China. He just hates traveling but that seems to have changed in the last couple of months.
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by Cloud Strife » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Milkins would have no chance of beating Ronnie in a major final.
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by Clara8633 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:If I look at the draw, I see only 2 players who have a chance of stopping Ronnie this week. Mark Allen and Marco Fu.
But who knows maybe Milkins will end up playing Ronnie in the final
That would be something
What are the chances that Milkins will beat ROS if he reaches the final xD
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by Snooker Overdrive » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Clara8633 wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:If I look at the draw, I see only 2 players who have a chance of stopping Ronnie this week. Mark Allen and Marco Fu.
But who knows maybe Milkins will end up playing Ronnie in the final
That would be something
What are the chances that Milkins will beat ROS if he reaches the final xD
If I had to sum it up in two words: not good.
Milkins played Ronnie over a total of
35 frames so far in his career. Ronnie won
30 of these frames.
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by Andre147 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Snooker Overdrive wrote:Clara8633 wrote:Snooker Overdrive wrote:If I look at the draw, I see only 2 players who have a chance of stopping Ronnie this week. Mark Allen and Marco Fu.
But who knows maybe Milkins will end up playing Ronnie in the final
That would be something
What are the chances that Milkins will beat ROS if he reaches the final xD
If I had to sum it up in two words: not good.
Milkins played Ronnie over a total of
35 frames so far in his career. Ronnie won
30 of these frames.
lol...
Anyway, I would like a Ronnie v Fu Final, as long as Ronnie wins, because Fu could give him a good game and he has beaten Ronnie in a Final before.
We've not talked about Walden, but he too can be a dangeous opponent, remember Walden beat Ronnie in that Shanghai Final and Ronnie actually played well there.
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by Andre147 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
But as Wild sometimes said, we sometimes get carried away, and all these players have matches to win first, and for all we know it could end up with a White v Burnett Final
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by Snooker Overdrive » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Walden is potentially dangerous, true but I didn't list him because of their last two meetings. 4-1 in the Welsh Open and that legendary 6-0 in the Masters of course. I can't see Ricky beating Ronnie at the moment.
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by Andre147 » 29 Oct 2014 Read
If Ronnie makes the semis (very likely I think) I decided I will wake up at 6 a.m for the start of the first session on Saturday, the same if he makes the Final... won't be easy as I like to sleep, but it's for a good cause
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by Dan-cat » 29 Oct 2014 Read
Andre147: me too, I'll be watching at 6! I just watched the Ronnie/McGill match on the Eurosport player and I can confirm that a/ Ronnie is playing well and b/ Anthony is the smiliest snooker player
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