The Masters

(12-01-2021 18:54 )snookered Wrote:  Yan Bingtao recovered superbly from 3-1 and 5-3 down to pip Neil Robertson 6-5.

I reckon Yan Bingtao will be the first Chinese world champion. Technically as good as Ding but without the nervous twitch.

Evening matches are on the red button channel 981 on Sky if anyone has it.

(12-01-2021 19:10 )snookered Wrote:  Evening matches are on the red button channel 981 on Sky if anyone has it.

And EuroSport (#410) of course if you want to know what Joe Johnson thinks. What has happened to Mike Hallett, did he get covid?

(12-01-2021 19:10 )Tractor boy Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 18:54 )snookered Wrote:  Yan Bingtao recovered superbly from 3-1 and 5-3 down to pip Neil Robertson 6-5.

I reckon Yan Bingtao will be the first Chinese world champion. Technically as good as Ding but without the nervous twitch.

He does seem to have a much stronger mentality than Ding, lots of talent and to me he looks far more experienced than he actually is, bodes well for his future I think.

Misery guts beat Selby 6-3 .

Booo hiss and rhubarb

Not that I like Selby much either.
Couldn't they have both lost?

I saw some of Selby's MSI chat to Rob Walker about the death of his father. Tough stuff.

I did wonder if Yan's win made Maguire's more likely. Last year's farce final shows how all the pre-hype of players can be rendered irrelevant.

World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan fought back from 3-1 and 5-3 down to beat Ding Junhui 6-5 in a belter of a match.

^^ Ridiculously high quality in every frame.

Native New Yorker by Odyssey.

A surprising choice of walk on music for John Higgins.

John Higgins was taken to a final frame decider before eventually seeing off Mark Allen 6-5.