Snooker

[Del Woppio]

Top snooker from Xiao Guodong from 3-0 down vs Ronnie and he's just won three on the bounce with just a perfect half an hour. All six frames won to nil, and decider coming up on ITV4

EDIT - ha, he missed a pot on 85 but Ronnie's got up to do some potting

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Surprised Ronnie is as high as 13th on the one year list, he's having a lot of trouble with his game (and off table stuff) lately.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Bai Yulu one win away from making the main stages of the UK Championship. She's got Lisowski in the final qualifier, and who knows with him, he could win to nil or he could totally crumble.

 

[The Bear]

Bai Yulu one win away from making the main stages of the UK Championship. She's got Lisowski in the final qualifier, and who knows with him, he could win to nil or he could totally crumble.

I watched a match of hers a few weeks ago against one of the fellas and she was dreadful. She must be playing well at the minute to be fair. Can't see her getting past Lisowski though, even if he only half turns up. He's a weird one to predict.

You can watch the qualifiers on YouTube at WST's channel. I've been watching bits and bobs the last couple of days.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

She'd never won a match on tour until this week.

The bits I've seen (none this week in fairness), she hasn't quite got over the difference in approach between the women's tour and the main gig. A 40-50 break in the women's game generally will win you the frame more often than not. Not so here.

She's got plenty of quality shots in her locker but it all needs to come together all at once, it's brutal even against the lower ranked players.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

 

[The Bear]

I hope Moody gets through as him vs Higgins will be a good watch.

 

[The Bear]

I hope Moody gets through as him vs Higgins will be a good watch.

Lost on a decider after a comeback. Shame.

Full draw, which starts on Saturday.

Ronnie O'Sullivan v Barry Hawkins
Xiao Guodong v David Gilbert
Shaun Murphy v Zhao Xintong
Ding Junhui v Robert Milkins
Mark Selby v Jack Lisowski
Ali Carter v Ryan Day
Si Jiahui v Wu Yize
Mark Allen v Jackson Page
Judd Trump v Neil Robertson
John Higgins v He Guoqiang
Zhang Anda v Lei Peifan
Mark Williams v Stuart Bingham
Luca Brecel v Jak Jones
Gary Wilson v Michael Holt
Chris Wakelin v Matthew Selt
Kyren Wilson v Stephen Maguire

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Ronnie managed to lose to the Hawk from 4-2 up. Think he's very much coming to the end now. Been a serious drop off since the UK last year.

Murphy beat cheating, should have been banned for life bastard Zhao in a decider.

 

[The Bear]

Bazza always saves his best form for the big events seemingly.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

But did overturn a career horrow show vs Ron. Was 2-18 against him before today!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Dave Gilbert through, lovely stuff.

 

[The Bear]

Dave Gilbert through, lovely stuff.

Indeed. Tried his hardest to mess it up in that last frame though.

Plays Barry Hawkins next so will have to up his game another notch, as he'll be buzzing after beating Ronnie.

 

[The Bear]

I've been flicking between the Selby v Lisowski match and the darts, and it looks like Lisowski is having one of his good days. Currently 5-4 up with one more frame needed.

 

[The Bear]

Excellent stuff from Lisowski considering he was 0-3 down at the start of the match. Essentially won the next 7 frames 6-1 to win the match.

If he can keep that sort of level he can win the tournament, but that's a big question mark.

 

[Del Woppio]

This Williams v Bingham match is so scrappy

 

[Del Woppio]

Mad that some people want Hawkins to win. Like choosing Aldi bran flakes over a fry up

 

[jlo]

Mad that some people want Hawkins to win. Like choosing Aldi bran flakes over a fry up

Trump is doing his best to throw it away tbf

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Hard luck Baz, would have loved a decider.

Judd probably the best player all week though.