BAZZA you beauty!!!! I reckon he was and is getting a bit of a crowd favourite here. From what I saw from the first 2 session against Ronnie I thought that could be something even Ronnie with his mercurial natural talent and greatness can´t deal with. I saw and thought that because I always immediately see through other people. No matter who he or she is. From 7-9 I obviously guessed Ronnie was always going to haul him back, which obviously proved to be the case also. Stiil slightly fancied Ronnie to turned it around from 7-9. So I was wrong. I hardly never am. I would love to be more often if scores of players just would start to play to win. After the 90s people just to give it away without a decent fights. But this wasn´t one those matches.
Bazza punished Ronnie really solidly. Always remaining composure. Which was the key. Barry also hit some really smooth and precise back-spins. Was really great to watch! Never really has seen anything like that with the way Barry punished him really solidly always when he was amongs the balls. Personally I think that´s the way snooker should be played at.
Barry will have his hand full against Marco Fu.
This tournament is a no-brainer: Selby to reach to final and winning it. But that´s what I said already before the tournament even started.. Let´s see if someone can upset the REAL ODDS
Kyren will probably win it many times if he just keeps on developing his game further. The way he has dispatched some great players during this season is sometning we haven´t seen since the Ronnie turned pro and played qualifiers.