by SnookerFan » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Neither player's playing well.
I've got bored of it.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 28 Jul 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:Neither player's playing well.
I've got bored of it.
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by Cloud Strife » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Could be a midnight finish
It is already midnight in Russia.
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by Pink Ball » 28 Jul 2019 Read
In golf, tournaments set themselves apart. The US Open is the toughest event, the Masters is played at the same, beautiful venue every year, and the Open always takes place on a links course.
I note with interest that snooker is now doing the same. Riga has stood out from the rest thanks to rubbish crowds, a rubbish field, and a rubbish format.
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by Cloud Strife » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Pink Ball wrote:In golf, tournaments set themselves apart. The US Open is the toughest event, the Masters is played at the same, beautiful venue every year, and the Open always takes place on a links course.
I note with interest that snooker is now doing the same. Riga has stood out from the rest thanks to rubbish crowds, a rubbish field, and a rubbish format.
What are you talking about? The crowds have actually been quite good.
Everything else I agree with.
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by Pink Ball » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Pink Ball wrote:In golf, tournaments set themselves apart. The US Open is the toughest event, the Masters is played at the same, beautiful venue every year, and the Open always takes place on a links course.
I note with interest that snooker is now doing the same. Riga has stood out from the rest thanks to rubbish crowds, a rubbish field, and a rubbish format.
What are you talking about? The crowds have actually been quite good.
True, actually. rubbish field, rubbish format, and a rubbish time of year, though, make it very much a rubbish tournament. In fairness, it's a good bit better than Gibraltar. Gibraltar really is 'The rubbish One'.
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by D4P » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Pink Ball wrote:Gibraltar really is 'The rubbish One'.
Worse even than the Masters...?
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by eraserhead » 28 Jul 2019 Read
We're watching history here.
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by D4P » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Pink Ball wrote:D4P wrote:Pink Ball wrote:Gibraltar really is 'The rubbish One'.
Worse even than the Masters...?
No, the Masters is 'The Overrated One'
Ah, yes. Gotta keep my "The ___ One"s straight.
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by eraserhead » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Yan the man.
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by Iranu » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Yan the man!
Delighted for him.
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by D4P » 28 Jul 2019 Read
It's nice that Yan won without having been the recipient of one or more of the umpteen walkovers.
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by Pink Ball » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Not a great tournament, but I feel it could be the start of something great. Never doubted than Bingtao was a special player in the making.
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by eraserhead » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Surprised Barry's here for this one.
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by Andre147 » 28 Jul 2019 Read
eraserhead wrote:Surprised Barry's here for this one.
Probably because its first tournament of the season.
More surprising is the fact he gave a speech, but the players weren't interviewed.
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by Ash147 » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Well done to Yan, it was only a matter of time before he won something. I hope that this will be the first of many trophies to come. He's definitely the best young player in the game right now.
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by Andre147 » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Ash147 wrote:Well done to Yan, it was only a matter of time before he won something. I hope that this will be the first of many trophies to come. He's definitely the best young player in the game right now.
I was more than happy that MJW won the Irish 2 years ago, but him winning it would have been a great story too. He's still only 19, he joins a very select club of players who won their first ranker as teenagers, if memory serves me right, those are Ronnie, Hendry, Higgins, Ding and Paul Hunter, maybe forgetting somebody else.
Still, hopefully this title is a good omen for bigger ones to come, maybe one on his home country.
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by eraserhead » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Didn't realise that Yan was still a teen. Really shows how good Ronnie, Hendry, Higgins, Ding etc where to win what they did in their teens.
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by D4P » 28 Jul 2019 Read
eraserhead wrote:Didn't realise that Yan was still a teen. Really shows how good Ronnie, Hendry, Higgins, Ding etc where to win what they did in their teens.
Yeah, Ronnie won both the UK and the Masters as a teenager, and remains the youngest to win either of those events.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 28 Jul 2019 Read
D4P wrote:eraserhead wrote:Didn't realise that Yan was still a teen. Really shows how good Ronnie, Hendry, Higgins, Ding etc where to win what they did in their teens.
Yeah, Ronnie won both the UK and the Masters as a teenager, and remains the youngest to win either of those events.
Weak era
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by D4P » 28 Jul 2019 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:D4P wrote:eraserhead wrote:Didn't realise that Yan was still a teen. Really shows how good Ronnie, Hendry, Higgins, Ding etc where to win what they did in their teens.
Yeah, Ronnie won both the UK and the Masters as a teenager, and remains the youngest to win either of those events.
Weak era
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