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Halo World Championship (Friday May 2nd) Semi Finals !!

Postby Wildey » 01 May 2025 Read

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Saturday 19th of April -Monday 5th of May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Morning and Zhao Xintong vs Ronnie O'Sullivan part 2 will anyone get the advantage coming back in the evening.

Then in the afternoon the second session of Judd Trump and Mark Williams with Judd holding a 2 frame lead

DRAW

ORDER OF PLAY

Friday 2nd of May

10am

Zhao Xintong 4-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan O'Sullivan leads 2-0

2.30pm

Mark J Williams 3-5 Judd Trump Trump leads 23-11

7pm

Zhao Xintong 4-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan O'Sullivan leads 2-0

** Denotes Final Session of a Match

LIVE SCORES

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Re: Halo World Championship (Friday May 2nd) Semi Finals !!

Postby Andre147 » 01 May 2025 Read

Unless we see a repeat of 2022 with MJW making a big comeback, I think Trump might run away with this match now. MJW couldn't take advantage of a poor Trump, if Judd starts to play better he probably runs away with it.

As for ROS v Xintong, feel Ronnie has to cut on the missed sitters, Xintong proved he can make them prove costly.

Re: Halo World Championship (Friday May 2nd) Semi Finals !!

Postby Prop » 01 May 2025 Read

Andre147 wrote:Unless we see a repeat of 2022 with MJW making a big comeback, I think Trump might run away with this match now. MJW couldn't take advantage of a poor Trump, if Judd starts to play better he probably runs away with it.

As for ROS v Xintong, feel Ronnie has to cut on the missed sitters, Xintong proved he can make them prove costly.


As much as that’s a fair summary, I get the feeling both matches could be completely unpredictable. All four players are showing glimpses of something like winning form, while also looking hopelessly out of shape.

Re: Halo World Championship (Friday May 2nd) Semi Finals !!

Postby D4P » 02 May 2025 Read

Cloud Strife wrote:I really hope Ronnie can land an 8th title. With the amount of talent and ability he has, he should really be on 10 or 11 titles by now.


He almost certainly would have been, had his father not killed someone and gone to prison for it. That obviously messed up Ronnie's life and career.

Re: Halo World Championship (Friday May 2nd) Semi Finals !!

Postby TheRocket » 02 May 2025 Read

Cloud Strife wrote:I really hope Ronnie can land an 8th title. With the amount of talent and ability he has, he should really be on 10 or 11 titles by now.


I agree. 7 is way too low for someone of his ability. Still the biggest underachiever imo, even more than Jimmy.

Re: Halo World Championship (Friday May 2nd) Semi Finals !!

Postby Andre147 » 02 May 2025 Read

TheRocket wrote:
Cloud Strife wrote:I really hope Ronnie can land an 8th title. With the amount of talent and ability he has, he should really be on 10 or 11 titles by now.


I agree. 7 is way too low for someone of his ability. Still the biggest underachiever imo, even more than Jimmy.


Obviously 8 is the dream target now, and maybe what still motivated him, but we also should be content with what he's got because at one point it really seemed he would be stuck forever on 5.

Look at Higgins... there was talk in 2011 he would tie or break Hendry's 7 but he got stuck on 4.

Re: Halo World Championship (Friday May 2nd) Semi Finals !!

Postby Prop » 02 May 2025 Read

mantorok wrote:I was happy when he got to 6 if I'm honest, given how difficult this tournament is and the issues he's had to deal with.

7 was the dream.

8 would be the icing.


If he did get his 8th he’d be able to play his last few seasons completely devoid of the performance anxiety that’s currently crippling his game. It could make a huge difference. The expectation is weighing him down massively. He knows he might not get another chance.
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