Betway UK Championship last 32 !!!

Smurph wins 6-3.

Murphy wins

That was Class A snooker from Smurf to wrap that match up.

Deewee wrote:Akani's got a cute little hairpin.

Hawkins 0:5 behind lol

Is Akani still doing his hand thing?

Badsnookerplayer wrote:Is Akani still doing his hand thing?

Doesn't do the full swing anymore, just puts it on his hand in the air

Ricky has certainly got his game back

whitewash completed. Truly embarrassing for Hawkins.

The Hawk whitewashed

Will O'Sullivan have the easiest draw ever to be UK Champion?

This sort of crap wouldn't have occurred in the good old days of 16 seeds v 16 qualifiers

TheRocket wrote:whitewash completed. Truly embarrassing for Hawkins.

must have had a pretty off day then.

Ronnie plays Akani, on paper a confortable win for Ronnie but you never know... sometimes it's a lot harder to play against someone you barely know than against someone like Hawkins.

Alex0paul wrote:Will O'Sullivan have the easiest draw ever to be UK Champion?

This sort of crap wouldn't have occurred in the good old days of 16 seeds v 16 qualifiers

not his fault, and since the reduced format the champions have all been top players.

Excited to see just how much Ronnie fans will hate Akani.

Deewee wrote:Excited to see just how much Ronnie fans will hate Akani.

Why? Is he slower than Ebdon or McLeod?

Pretending that you don't know a concession is coming is one of the most crucial skills in snooker

Deewee wrote:Pretending that you don't know a concession is coming is one of the most crucial skills in snooker

TheRocket wrote:

Deewee wrote:Excited to see just how much Ronnie fans will hate Akani.

Why? Is he slower than Ebdon or McLeod?

Slightly faster when on a break but can really bog down on safety.

With Kyren ou,t that's only 4 Top 16 players: Allen, Murphy, Higgins and Ronnie.

Ronnie can only face one Top 16 player en route to the Final, Allen.

Ronnie 5/6 fav
Higgins 9/2
Murphy 15/2
Allen 10/1


Ronnie very hot favourite bit as we all know anything can happen in this crazy game.

Andre147 wrote:

Deewee wrote:Pretending that you don't know a concession is coming is one of the most crucial skills in snooker

Pretty obvious I thought. Looking away and walking towards your chair while your opponent needs a lot of snookers

The semis look safe now for the Rocket. But then he would have to produce. From what I've seen is that Dott and Maguire look to be in good form. And you obviously have Allen. They are all good enough to take advantage if Ronnie played like he did today. Could be like last year when Fu was his first real test in the semis.

Deewee wrote:

Andre147 wrote:

Deewee wrote:Pretending that you don't know a concession is coming is one of the most crucial skills in snooker

Pretty obvious I thought. Looking away and walking towards your chair while your opponent needs a lot of snookers

I hate the awkward slow walk and look to your opponent tho king they'll concede but they dont

Britain sings to Northern Ireland tonight:

buck

When Ronnie hits 37 rankers, this is the tournament Hendry fans will look back on and say he got lucky

TheRocket wrote:The semis look safe now for the Rocket. But then he would have to produce. From what I've seen is that Dott and Maguire look to be in good form. And you obviously have Allen. They are all good enough to take advantage if Ronnie played like he did today. Could be like last year when Fu was his first real test in the semis.

Yes, and then he played a brilliant decider, albeit Fu missed a green in the 10th frame he should have never missed.

If he gets Allen in the Semis then yeah could be his first real test.I have a feeling though if Ronnie and Gould meet in the Quarters Gould might produce a good display.

Big performance again tomorrow please Graeme

Lou147 wrote:When Ronnie hits 37 rankers, this is the tournament Hendry fans will look back on and say he got lucky

If they do that, I have a list of tournaments when Hendry also got lucky with the draw.

Alex0paul wrote:Big performance again tomorrow please Graeme

Great to see him back playing good stuff isnt it..

I know you obviously like him a lot... I too have nothing against him, always liked his tenacity and grit around the table. Should have won those 2010 Worlds, by far the better player all tournament.