by Andre147 » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Monday 11th ~ Sunday 17th of February at The Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Joe O'Connor is having a dream tournament, beating 3 world class opponents in Kyren Wilson, Ding Junhui and now John Higgins, looking cool as a cucumber against the latter and now finds himself in his first ranking event semi-final up against Stuart Bingham, a former winner of this tournament himself who seems to love the Home Nations events, with 2 titles in them.
The other Semi-Final sees Hossein Vafaei repeat his best run in a ranking event, his last semi coming at the 2017 China Open, and now plays former World Champion Neil Robertson, who survived a 5-4 decider win against Kurt Maflin.
Will the favourites progress, or will O'Connor continue his giant killing run and/or Vafaei go to his first ranking event Final? All to play over 11 frames.
DRAWSemi-FinalsJoe O'Connor v Stuart Bingham Never played beforeHossein Vafaei v Neil Robertson Robertson leads 1-0ORDER OF PLAY
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by Iranu » 16 Feb 2019 Read
O'Connor-Vafaei final would be interesting
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by Alex0paul » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Strong head to head stats
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by vodkadiet » 16 Feb 2019 Read
The last time Robertson played O'Connor it was 6-0. I hope it is 9-0 on Sunday.
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by nice_shoes_ken » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Two higher ranked players versus two lower ranked underdogs.
Not a glamorous line up but it's an interesting one.
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by Iranu » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Semi finals! What a time to be alive!
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by SnookerFan » 16 Feb 2019 Read
I don't sleep very well last night.
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by SnookerFan » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Strong head to head stats
I think it's obvious Hossein owns Neil Robertson.
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by SnookerFan » 16 Feb 2019 Read
When was the last time two first time finalists met in a ranking event final?
I remember Robbo's first time was in Newport was against a debutant.
Was it Andrew Higginson?
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by SnookerFan » 16 Feb 2019 Read
I've noticed that BBC News mentions snooker a lot more in their sports news in a morning now.
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by HappyCamper » 16 Feb 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:When was the last time two first time finalists met in a ranking event final?
I remember Robbo's first time was in Newport was against a debutant.
Was it Andrew Higginson?
Rory McLeod vs Tian Pengfei in the 2015 Ruhr Open.
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by Holden Chinaski » 16 Feb 2019 Read
I want O'Connor to win the tournament.
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by Dan-cat » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Holden Chinaski wrote:I want O'Connor to win the tournament.
Me too, he has the air of Paul hunter around him in the balls - very cool. His debut season too... v. impressive
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by SnookerFan » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:I want O'Connor to win the tournament.
Me too, he has the air of Paul hunter around him in the balls - very cool. His debut season too... v. impressive
Air, but not hair.
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by Alex0paul » 16 Feb 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:When was the last time two first time finalists met in a ranking event final?
I remember Robbo's first time was in Newport was against a debutant.
Was it Andrew Higginson?
Robertson’s first final was against Cope in the 2006 Grand Prix
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by Badsnookerplayer » 16 Feb 2019 Read
The past-rwsult knowledge of some posters on here is very impressive.
Looking forward to the semis.
It should be an intriguing day.
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by SnookerFan » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Alex0paul wrote:SnookerFan wrote:When was the last time two first time finalists met in a ranking event final?
I remember Robbo's first time was in Newport was against a debutant.
Was it Andrew Higginson?
Robertson’s first final was against Cope in the 2006 Grand Prix
That's right.
He did play Andrew Higginson in Newport, didn't he?
Or am I tripping?
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by Dan-cat » 16 Feb 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:I want O'Connor to win the tournament.
Me too, he has the air of Paul hunter around him in the balls - very cool. His debut season too... v. impressive
Air, but not hair.
Plan B.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 16 Feb 2019 Read
The most impressive thing about Joe IMO was his ability to close the game out with no obvious signs of nerves.
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by SnookerFan » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Winner, winner.
Chicken Dinner.
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by Dan-cat » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:The most impressive thing about Joe IMO was his ability to close the game out with no obvious signs of nerves.
Nail on head. Didn’t flinch at all did he? How often do we see it? No need to answer. Often.
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by SnookerFan » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:The most impressive thing about Joe IMO was his ability to close the game out with no obvious signs of nerves.
Nail on head. Didn’t flinch at all did he? How often do we see it? No need to answer. Often.
Often.
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by Alex0paul » 16 Feb 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Alex0paul wrote:SnookerFan wrote:When was the last time two first time finalists met in a ranking event final?
I remember Robbo's first time was in Newport was against a debutant.
Was it Andrew Higginson?
Robertson’s first final was against Cope in the 2006 Grand Prix
That's right.
He did play Andrew Higginson in Newport, didn't he?
Or am I tripping?
Yea he did
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by Dan-cat » 16 Feb 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:The most impressive thing about Joe IMO was his ability to close the game out with no obvious signs of nerves.
Nail on head. Didn’t flinch at all did he? How often do we see it? No need to answer. Often.
Often.
No need.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Of course it is too early to say that Joe will carry his success on, but I would not mind seeing him play more often. He has a big year ahead though to get higher up the rankings.
Anyone know if he practises with Selby?
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by SnookerFan » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Dan-cat wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:The most impressive thing about Joe IMO was his ability to close the game out with no obvious signs of nerves.
Nail on head. Didn’t flinch at all did he? How often do we see it? No need to answer. Often.
Often.
No need.
Often.
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by Iranu » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:The most impressive thing about Joe IMO was his ability to close the game out with no obvious signs of nerves.
Nail on head. Didn’t flinch at all did he? How often do we see it? No need to answer. Often.
Certainly saw it with Jack
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by Iranu » 16 Feb 2019 Read
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by Cloud Strife » 16 Feb 2019 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Of course it is too early to say that Joe will carry his success on, but I would not mind seeing him play more often. He has a big year ahead though to get higher up the rankings.
Anyone know if he practises with Selby?
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