World Grand Prix Last 32 !!

lisowski withdraws for "personal reasons". so trump through to next quarters.

fluke!

vafaei doubles the respotted blck!

HappyCamper wrote:ding livid.

he missed a few chances in frame 3 and then Xu fluked last red out of a snooker - from looking like 3-0 it was 2-1 and he never got over it - that's what no interval can do.

Splendid double by Vafaei on a respotted black : 2-2.

How's stinks the place out.

Hoss

Allen lost 4 frames in a row against Jimmy Robertson, lost 2-4.

robertson beats allen.

HappyCamper wrote:lisowski withdraws for "personal reasons". so trump through to next quarters.

The heck is going on?

LDS wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:lisowski withdraws for "personal reasons". so trump through to next quarters.

The heck is going on?

Personal reasons he says.

The most fragile player in snooker history lost 25 points on that situation, leading by miles in a frame that Vafaei eventually won.


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that was a lengthy frame. si somehow conspired to lose it.

Andre147 wrote:

LDS wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:lisowski withdraws for "personal reasons". so trump through to next quarters.

The heck is going on?

Personal reasons he says.

I meant generally. These last couple of events have seen people dropping out left, right and centre.

LDS wrote:

Andre147 wrote:

LDS wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:lisowski withdraws for "personal reasons". so trump through to next quarters.

The heck is going on?

Personal reasons he says.

I meant generally. These last couple of events have seen people dropping out left, right and centre.

My theory is about this that the tour is long and quite lopsided. There are big and small tournaments which lead to players managing their mental load. It's easy to pull out if you have enough financial freedom and many tournaments. The calendar is much more packed than say 20 years ago.

Snooker can be mentally draining sport and changes in mental health can lead to withdrawals. Players are not immune to the world around and constant negativity of social and regular media can be overwhelming as you can access everything just through your phone.

Also there could be some issues with WST, travelling etc.

Vafaei choked big time and offers to Si a decider : 3-3.

Vafaei won 4-3 against Si.

mark allen now guaranteed qualified for the players championhsip.

lei peifan qualified unless; david gilbert reaches the final, and faces one of jimmy robertson, xu si, stuart bingham, or hossein vafaei.

ali carter qualified unless one of david gilbert, jimmy robertson, xu si, stuart bingham, or hossein vafaei reach the final.

Hedgehog wrote:

LDS wrote:

Andre147 wrote:

LDS wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:lisowski withdraws for "personal reasons". so trump through to next quarters.

The heck is going on?

Personal reasons he says.

I meant generally. These last couple of events have seen people dropping out left, right and centre.

My theory is about this that the tour is long and quite lopsided. There are big and small tournaments which lead to players managing their mental load. It's easy to pull out if you have enough financial freedom and many tournaments. The calendar is much more packed than say 20 years ago.

Snooker can be mentally draining sport and changes in mental health can lead to withdrawals. Players are not immune to the world around and constant negativity of social and regular media can be overwhelming as you can access everything just through your phone.

Also there could be some issues with WST, travelling etc.

True, although the players have been dealing with a busy calendar and the same stresses for years, and they’re definitely dropping out more over the last season or so than usual. Seems so, anyway. Maybe a statman can shed some light