by chengdufan » 05 Aug 2018 Read
Selby retained his title with a 5-4 win over Li Hang yesterday.
Results:
Quarters:
Selby 4-1 Gary Wilson
King 4-2 Selt
Li Hang 4-0 Mei Xiwen
Sunny Akani 4-2 Ju Reti (A shame Ju Reti never got the sponsorship to play on tour when he qualified. He's a very good player)
Semis:
Selby 4-2 King
Li Hang 4-2 Akani
Earlier notable results:
Last 128:
Selby 4-3 Simon Lichtenberg
Li Jianbing 4-1 Mark Davis (shocker from Davis there)
Last 64:
Liu Jiaming 4-0 Liang Wenbo
Wang Yuchen 4-2 Barry Hawkins
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by SnookerFan » 05 Aug 2018 Read
Selby playing in the World Open next week?
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by Deewee » 05 Aug 2018 Read
chengdufan wrote:(A shame Ju Reti never got the sponsorship to play on tour when he qualified. He's a very good player)
Did it have anything to do with his ethnicity? Same with Rouzi Maimaiti. Not making any accusations, just seemed like a possibility.
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by Cloud Strife » 05 Aug 2018 Read
Deewee wrote:chengdufan wrote:(A shame Ju Reti never got the sponsorship to play on tour when he qualified. He's a very good player)
Did it have anything to do with his ethnicity? Same with Rouzi Maimaiti. Not making any accusations, just seemed like a possibility.
Are you saying only the purest, Han chinese will do?
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by chengdufan » 06 Aug 2018 Read
I think it's related to ethnicity. I'm only speculating, but the others who've had a go on the tour have based themselves in the coastal cities where the money is (Zhou Yuelong joined one of the academies in Guangzhou when he was 11 for example). Ju Reti and Rouzi Maimaiti are both Uighurs from Xinjiang in the far North-west. Maybe because of their culture and upbringing they weren't willing to move east and join the acadamies?
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by Badsnookerplayer » 06 Aug 2018 Read
chengdufan wrote:I think it's related to ethnicity. I'm only speculating, but the others who've had a go on the tour have based themselves in the coastal cities where the money is (Zhou Yuelong joined one of the academies in Guangzhou when he was 11 for example). Ju Reti and Rouzi Maimaiti are both Uighurs from Xinjiang in the far North-west. Maybe because of their culture and upbringing they weren't willing to move east and join the acadamies?
Interesting stuff
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by Deewee » 06 Aug 2018 Read
chengdufan wrote:I think it's related to ethnicity. I'm only speculating, but the others who've had a go on the tour have based themselves in the coastal cities where the money is (Zhou Yuelong joined one of the academies in Guangzhou when he was 11 for example). Ju Reti and Rouzi Maimaiti are both Uighurs from Xinjiang in the far North-west. Maybe because of their culture and upbringing they weren't willing to move east and join the acadamies?
I see. Does the state sponsor players at all?
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by Dan-cat » 06 Aug 2018 Read
Akani made it to the Henmans?? Ace.
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by Dan-cat » 06 Aug 2018 Read
Hallelujah, it's Haining men, amen
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by Badsnookerplayer » 06 Aug 2018 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Hallelujah, it's Haining men, amen
I always found that song very offensive.
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by Dan-cat » 06 Aug 2018 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Hallelujah, it's Haining men, amen
I always found that song very offensive.
Really?
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by Badsnookerplayer » 06 Aug 2018 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Hallelujah, it's Haining men, amen
I always found that song very offensive.
Really?
Well no, I don't really get offended but if two fat blokes started singing about it raining women and made that video (even in the 80s) they would be pilloried.
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by Cloud Strife » 06 Aug 2018 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Badsnookerplayer wrote:Dan-cat wrote:Hallelujah, it's Haining men, amen
I always found that song very offensive.
Really?
Well no, I don't really get offended but if two fat blokes started singing about it raining women and made that video (even in the 80s) they would be pilloried.
Nobody gives a rubbish.
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by Cloud Strife » 06 Aug 2018 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Not even enough to comment?
Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to.
Please take your gender baiting nonsense
elsewhere.
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by SnookerFan » 06 Aug 2018 Read
Tall, dark, blonde and lean.
Rough and tough and strong and mean.
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by Dan-cat » 06 Aug 2018 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Tall, dark, blonde and lean.
Rough and tough and strong and mean.
I’m gonna get myself soaking wet!
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by The_Abbott » 07 Aug 2018 Read
I was reading on Wikipedia that one year very few players even knew the tournament was being played. Imagine that happening to the Worlds. Maybe Jimmy could still win the World Title if 127 players aren't told when it is.
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by Cloud Strife » 07 Aug 2018 Read
The_Abbott wrote:I was reading on Wikipedia that one year very few players even knew the tournament was being played. Imagine that happening to the Worlds. Maybe Jimmy could still win the World Title if 127 players aren't told when it is.
Knowing Jimmy, he’d still somehow find a way to muck it up.
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by The_Abbott » 08 Aug 2018 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:The_Abbott wrote:I was reading on Wikipedia that one year very few players even knew the tournament was being played. Imagine that happening to the Worlds. Maybe Jimmy could still win the World Title if 127 players aren't told when it is.
Knowing Jimmy, he’d still somehow find a way to muck it up.
That's true. Although if its were the World Practice championships, Jimmy would have it nailed down every year.
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by Dan-cat » 08 Aug 2018 Read
By all accounts, Jimmy is said to be
in practice.
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by SnookerFan » 08 Aug 2018 Read
The_Abbott wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:The_Abbott wrote:I was reading on Wikipedia that one year very few players even knew the tournament was being played. Imagine that happening to the Worlds. Maybe Jimmy could still win the World Title if 127 players aren't told when it is.
Knowing Jimmy, he’d still somehow find a way to muck it up.
That's true. Although if its were the World Practice championships, Jimmy would have it nailed down every year.
Willie Thorne would knock in a maximum.
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by The_Abbott » 09 Aug 2018 Read
Dan-cat wrote:By all accounts, Jimmy is said to be
in practice.
When Jimmy flies to the actual world championship, the plane crashes and burns
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