World Snooker International Championship Semi Finals !!!!

Anybody watching the China Championship next week?

SnookerFan wrote:Remember when Judd used to be good?

Ooohhh, I 'member!

Didn't get a chance to watch the session, did Ding blow Judd away or was Judd just awful?

Iranu wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:Remember when Judd used to be good?

Ooohhh, I 'member!

Didn't get a chance to watch the session, did Ding blow Judd away or was Judd just awful?

No idea, I'm not watching either.

Muppet147 wrote:Trump will win.

If this was a best of 11, Ding would've whitewashed him.

Just watched the end of the Bingham / Holt match. Holt was so cross at the end!!! Picked up the blue and was gonna smash it on the table! I think he got a kick that cost him the decider.

SnookerFan wrote:Anybody watching the China Championship next week?

Of course!

Dan-cat wrote:Just watched the end of the Bingham / Holt match. Holt was so cross at the end!!! Picked up the blue and was gonna smash it on the table! I think he got a kick that cost him the decider.

Didn't follow that. What caused him to be cross?

I thought Holt was a lot more mentally stable these days.

Dan-cat wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:Anybody watching the China Championship next week?

Of course!

I got Tuesday's play on tape already.

Good chance for Ding after forcing Trump into a safety error.

Good long blue to keep the break going after running out of position.

Runs out of position again on 61, this time no alternative pot. Puts a red safe and plays a good safety.

Judd messes up his safety again but leaves nothing easy.

Ding misses a tricky red to middle and leaves Judd a half chance to steal the frame. Not easy though, remaining 3 reds are on cushions.

Misses the cannon so chance over almost before it had begun.

7-2 Ding barringone snooker. Missed a relatively easy long pink to make certain.

But Judd also misses the pink and concedes.

Judd first in on frame 10 through a long pot.

Messes up on 52, end of break.

Ding in with a chance to clear up, no difficult reds.

Big match on paper and no one here! Ding looks in complete control of the white

what i like about ding is his temprament. he didnt let him bother the 10th frame where could have cleared up and eventually led 8-2.

ding is some classes above trump. talent, class and temprament wise, let alone achievement wise

Where has the crowd been all week? I thought snooker was popular in China?!

so trump will go for everything now. and there he is very dangerous.

ding in for the kill

ding wins. deserved.

so trumps form and confidence takes hit.

winner, runner up, semis

Yesterday Trump said that his game is solid and it takes something special to beat him . Oh Judd, haven't you learnt by now that when you say things like that you get beaten the next day?

mantorok wrote:Where has the crowd been all week? I thought snooker was popular in China?!

The story is that snooker is popular in China, but only televisually. (Apparently due to the high prices for the tickets.) I think the TV companies through fat money at World Snooker, which is why there's so many tournaments there. If 100 million people Chinese people, or whatever it is, are watching when they play in the UK, imagine the amount of people they get when it's on their time zones. It's the TV companies that want China over there, they don't care how many tickets are sold.

Pity really. Always great crowds in Germany, and they only get one full ranker. And it lasts five days. They need more over there, in my opinion.

pasunegirafe wrote:Yesterday Trump said that his game is solid and it takes something special to beat him . Oh Judd, haven't you learnt by now that when you say things like that you get beaten the next day?

Is that what he said?

After his performance in the European Masters and English Open finals, I was beginning to warm a little bit to Judd. If he did say that, it reminds me why I thought he was a bit of a idiot.

So, what is it, 7-2?

9-4

classy ding

SnookerFan wrote:

pasunegirafe wrote:Yesterday Trump said that his game is solid and it takes something special to beat him . Oh Judd, haven't you learnt by now that when you say things like that you get beaten the next day?

Is that what he said?

After his performance in the European Masters and English Open finals, I was beginning to warm a little bit to Judd. If he did say that, it reminds me why I thought he was a bit of a idiot.

Sadly, he did say it. Linky link

masterdoctorgenius wrote:9-4

classy ding

Oh, it's over?

What am I talking about 7-2?