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Cloud Strife wrote:Ronnie looking very rusty so far. Cue ball control not fully there yet.

yep. thought the exos vs trump which had a competitve touch with the prize on offer would prepare him

ROS looking a little more at home now. A few good recovery shots in this break.

This is much better.

if ronnie can build on his wc form (and cut off the silly and careless saftey mistakes he did). then i will be happy

u wonder how gould could lose to this lad

wenbo big fav for this frame

and frame over seconds later

wenbo for me to win cause he has match practice and ronnies saftey play has been sluggish.

Some good pots to clinch that frame from Liang.

147 from maggie

Break building nowhere to be found....

Liang being very negative and just trying to feed off Ronnie's mistakes.

it seems like 1-3

so it is. cant see ronnie winning it.

masterdoctorgenius wrote:147 from maggie

Maguire's 3rd career maximum - and (according to CueTracker) the 123rd official...getting nearer the 147th 147!

The prize money is 'only' £5,000, but I'm not sure if he'll pocket it - as his match is in the wild-card round, and maybe doesn't count as being in the tournament 'proper'?

buck me the part timers have come out of their hole this afternoon

Yep not great from ros, another first round defeat in China

PoolBoy wrote:

masterdoctorgenius wrote:147 from maggie

Maguire's 3rd career maximum - and (according to CueTracker) the 123rd official...getting nearer the 147th 147!

The prize money is 'only' £5,000, but I'm not sure if he'll pocket it - as his match is in the wild-card round, and maybe doesn't count as being in the tournament 'proper'?

a 147 in qualifying next week would be £11,000

Wildey wrote:buck me the part timers have come out of their hole this afternoon

I've managed not to say anything!
Strife has made ZERO posts since May 4th after the Worlds ended - 4 rankers have come-and-gone since - yet now he's made 19 posts in 12 minutes since Ronnie chalked his cue!

dave hendon calls the match far from over.

everytime ronnie got to a decider the last time from behind he lost in the decider

dont think ronnie will fight it through. some tournaments coming up next weeks.

and chance wenbo

dan, looking now he has.

Andre147 wrote:Ronnie match rusty, as expected.

Still, there's time to recover, but a 4-1 deficit would prove very difficult.

His safety play has been the worst part of his game so far, breakbuilding not great either.

Safety will come with time. It's the break building that's worrying me so far.

It's like the 7 dwarfs on here!

Dan-cat = Doc
SnookerFan = Happy
masterdoctorgenius = Grumpy (No! Ronnie's just missed a 10-foot pot down the rail - frame over!)
Cloud Strife = sleepy (he's slept through the first 4 ranking events!)

Cloud Strife wrote:

Andre147 wrote:Ronnie match rusty, as expected.

Still, there's time to recover, but a 4-1 deficit would prove very difficult.

His safety play has been the worst part of his game so far, breakbuilding not great either.

Safety will come with time. It's the break building that's worrying me so far.

its his first competitive match for about 5 months

The tournament organisers, sponsors and TV execs will be cursing their luck if Ronnie goes out so early.