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RE: Home Nations £1m tournament - Doddle - 02-12-2022 21:53
Maybe Gary's name IS on the trophy? Either way, good to get some different names at the business end of the tournament. And an Australian.
RE: Home Nations £1m tournament - Snooks - 02-12-2022 21:58
Neil Robertson beat Mark Selby 5-2 this evening and set up a semi final clash with Joe O'Connor who trounced Ricky Walden 5-1.
RE: Home Nations £1m tournament - Doddle - 03-12-2022 21:14
Hope the crowds enjoyed the rare Saturday spectacle of Gary Wilson v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh anyway. Gary won 6-4 in a good match; even Ronnie was complimentary afterwards.
Joe putting up a fight against Neil; 2-2 at the interval.
RE: Home Nations £1m tournament - Snooks - 03-12-2022 23:12
Absolutely stunning performance from Joe O'Connor. Faced with a triple salvo of centuries from Neil Robertson the response was simply incredible.
A series of frame winning contributions enabled O'Connor to claim an utterly stupendous 6-3 victory.
That ranks as the best performance I have seen in 2022. Sensational.
RE: Home Nations £1m tournament - Tractor boy - 03-12-2022 23:14
I wonder what the odds for a Gary Wilson v Joe O'Connor final were a week ago ?
RE: Home Nations £1m tournament - Snooks - 03-12-2022 23:29
The winner tomorrow will pick up £80,000 and the same number of ranking points.
A huge boost in an attempt to close in on a top 16 spot and a place at The Crucible.
Also a guaranteed spot at the 2023 Champion of Champions event.
What incentive for both players.
What a Scottish Open it's been.
Incredible.
RE: Home Nations £1m tournament - Doddle - 04-12-2022 14:18
Credit to Joe O'Connor, he didn't let any resemblance to Ralf Little hold him back. Neil must begin to wonder if he'll ever recover his former glory.
I did kinda tip Gary after he beat Ronnie, so I'll be hoping for him to get it done tonight. As Snooks says, a career high for whoever does win.
RE: Home Nations £1m tournament - Snooks - 04-12-2022 20:25
Gary Wilson is the champion after a resounding 9-2 victory over Joe O'Connor.
The turning point if indeed one could be claimed was frame 3 where O'Connor missed a straightforward pink to middle on 64 from which Wilson cleared to go 2-1 up. From there Wilson dominated and cruised to a maiden ranking title.
RE: Home Nations £1m tournament - Doddle - 04-12-2022 21:31
Yeah, at 6-2 after the first session, it looked inevitable. Frame 10 might have changed things. A convincing first title win, and an emotional interview after. That tag about "best player never to win a ranking title" presumably belongs with someone else now. Well done to both of them, really, hopefully they both kick on, as they say.
English Open a week tomorrow, they might easily meet again in round 1.
RE: Home Nations £1m tournament - Snooks - 04-12-2022 21:33
Wilson moves up to 18th in the world rankings with that victory.