hendry_fan wrote:Nice summary. But very believable. Higgins at his best nearly always beats O'Sullivan in the more important matches. He just doesn't have the consistency these days that he used to have.
Thanx VD1.
Hope your doin good,in spite of the tough times atm.
Before the match started,i really did,nt know what to expect,as John is incredibly unpredictable and as you wrote,he,s been very inconsistent for a long time.
I certainly did,nt expect him to play the way he did,probably no one did,in fact,i did have a feeling that he,d play at least decent,but i thought Ronnie would win,by only by a very small margin.
Higgins is one of the few players that is,nt afraid of the Ronster and that can put him under pressure,it,s high time that more players get rid of there fear factor against him,he,s been there for the takin on numerous aoccasions,but many have choked,bottled,crumbled and did,nt play like they can usualy.
That new cue Johns got must be a magic wand,since he,s had it,he,s been playing very well.
I did,nt watch any of that CL,i never do,but i look at the results,and he played very well in that tourney..
There,s no way he,ll play like he did last night tonight,or will he!,
you just never know with the Wizard of Wishaw.
He might serve up his C,D,E game,i have a feeling he,ll produce at least his B game tonight though.
His performance yesterday was a 1 in a blue moon one,but blue moons have been occuring more often of late,as i,ve seen a good few,so that might be a good omen.
Gonna be very intrestin to see how he plays now and in the future,now that he,s found a magic wand again,lets hope he can keep the magic goin for many more years.
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I am glad you enjoyed the match HF. Don't get too drunk there are still a couple of matches left for Higgins to win. But yet again a prime Higgins proves he has O'Sullivan's measure.