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Post by ligerdog7 on Dec 13, 2009 0:13:40 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Dec 13, 2009 0:49:39 GMT 1
Higgins certainly had a lot of luck during the first session. It should've been closer than 6-2. But I'd say the luck more than evened itself out in the second session. A great match overall, as you'd expect from these two. It's tough to call the final. Ding looks close to being back to his best, he just needs to get tournament win under his belt and playing Higgins could be the best chance for him to do that. I'm still not sure Ding would have the self-belief to beat Ronnie yet but he showed great resilience to hold off Maguire. If Ding wins tomorrow, I think he could be a serious contender for the World Championship. It's difficult to know what state of mind Higgins will be in. He was dominating the match but almost ended up losing thanks to some great snooker from Ronnie and a bizarre anomaly in the rules, only to snatch it the final frame. He'll be emotionally drained and I wouldn't be surprised to see Ding leading after the opening session.
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Post by suedehead on Dec 13, 2009 1:01:26 GMT 1
Higgins is likely to be exhausted but there was a huge contrast between the way he looked in his post-match interview and the way he looked before the final frame only about 20 minutes earlier.
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Post by Panda on Dec 14, 2009 1:14:36 GMT 1
Ding Junhui has won the UK Championship for the second time after beating John Higgins 10-8 in the final.
A very tense match. Dramatic, without ever reaching a high standard. I think that's a reflection on the state of the snooker calendar. With only 6 ranking tournaments, the stakes are so high in each final and it's showing on the table.
A great week for Ding. He's well and truly back. The Masters should be a great tournament next month. With no ranking points up for grabs (just lots of money), we might see a higher standard of play in the final.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Dec 14, 2009 1:14:24 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Dec 14, 2009 21:00:23 GMT 1
Updated provisional world rankings after the UK Championship:
(official world rankings from the end of last season in brackets)
1(4) John Higgins 46360 2(1) Ronnie O'Sullivan 38655 3(9) Neil Robertson 33845 4(3) Shaun Murphy 31975 5(5) Ali Carter 31740 6(13) Ding Junhui 7(2) Stephen Maguire 8(6) Ryan Day 9(10) Stephen Hendry 10(15) Mark Williams 11(8) Marco Fu 12(27) Liang Wenbo 13(7) Mark Selby 14(20) Ricky Walden 15(11) Mark Allen 16(16) Mark King 17(14) Peter Ebdon 18(18) Jamie Cope 19(12) Joe Perry 20(26) Matthew Stevens 21(25) Stephen Lee 22(24) Michael Holt 23(23) Steve Davis 24(17) Barry Hawkins 25(21) Stuart Bingham 26(30) Judd Trump 27(19) Dave Harold 28(28) Graeme Dott 29(32) Gerard Greene 30(47) Mark Davis 31(44) Ken Doherty 32(22) Joe Swail 33(40) Jamie Burnett 34(33) Anthony Hamilton 35(43) Andrew Higginson 36(38) Mike Dunn 37(37) Stuart Pettman 38(55) Robert Milkins 39(34) Dominic Dale 40(64) Peter Lines 41(29) Nigel Bond 42(39) Rory McLeod 43(45) Marcus Campbell 44(46) Martin Gould 45(42) Adrian Gunnell 46(50) Andy Hicks 47(49) Tom Ford 48(67) Matt Selt 49(35) Ian McCulloch 50(41) Alan McManus 51(51) David Gilbert 52(36) Michael Judge 53(61) Rod Lawler 54(48) Jimmy Michie 55(31) Fergal O'Brien 56(53) John Parrott 57(63) Joe Delaney 58(57) Mark Joyce 59(72) Simon Bedford 60(52) Barry Pinches 61(58) David Morris 62(56) Jimmy White 63(69) Matthew Couch 64(-) Michael White 65(-) Tony Drago 66(73) Patrick Wallace 67(54) Paul Davies 68(60) Jin Long 69(-) Jimmy Robertson 70(-) Craig Steadman 70(-) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 72(68) Lee Spick 73(70) Daniel Wells 74(-) Ben Woollaston 75(-) Joe Jogia 76(-) Xiao Guodong 77(-) Bjorn Haneveer 78(75) Atthasit Mahitthi 79(71) Li Hang 80(-) Anda Zhang 81(-) Noppadol Sangnil 82(-) Sam Baird 82(-) Jordan Brown 82(-) David Hogan 82(-) James Wattana 86(-) Mark Boyle 86(-) Brendan O'Donoghue 86(-) Stephen Rowlings 89(59) Liu Song 90(74) Andrew Norman 91(65) David Gray 92(-) Chris Norbury 92(-) Lee Page 94(66) Ian Preece 95(-) Mei Xiwen 96(62) David Roe
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Post by ligerdog7 on Dec 15, 2009 1:34:58 GMT 1
cheers dude Ding gives 276 pies to charity Ding Junhui, who won the UK Championship in Telford on Sunday, has donated 276 pies to charity The Chinese sensation was awarded his body weight in pies (69kg) by tournament sponsors Pukka Pies, and has decided to give them all to a Sheffield voluntary group who look after the homeless at Christmas called 'Homeless and Rootless at Christmas'. "I've lived in Sheffield for the past few years and I love the city. The least I can do is try to help some of those less fortunate than me at Christmas by donating these pies - hopefully there are enough to stop people going hungry," said Ding. A spokesperson for the group said: "This is a fantastic gesture and we're so grateful for the generosity of Ding and Pukka Pies. "The donation is a great help to us in feeding those who come to us because they have nowhere else to go, as we are the only Sheffield organisation which is open to help the homeless over Christmas and new year." Ding won the UK Championship by beating current world champion John Higgins 10-8 in the final. 6 Red World Championship - Ireland Day 1 - Thursday 3.15pm LIVE on British Eurosport Day 2 - Friday 4pm LIVE on British Eurosport Eurosport yayy cheers dude kool mooo yoooooo damm skippyyy uppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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Post by Panda on Dec 15, 2009 16:21:04 GMT 1
Nice one, Ding. Looks like he did sneak one first, though...
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Post by ligerdog7 on Dec 16, 2009 3:16:58 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Dec 17, 2009 14:29:18 GMT 1
Jimmy White has been given a wild card for next month's Masters.
He joins the top 16 plus qualifier Rory McLeod in the line-up.
It seems a bit harsh on Liang Wenbo, who has been in great form this season, reaching the final in Shanghai and the quarter-finals of the UK Championship.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Dec 17, 2009 19:24:55 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Dec 17, 2009 20:50:51 GMT 1
Alex Higgins got knocked out in the group stages... Reanne Evans beat John Higgins in the group stages! There's nothing in the rules that prevents women playing against men. There used to be a woman called Allison Fisher who was a professional in the 80s and 90s. She used to play in the qualifying events for the ranking tournaments but this was at a time when there was no limit on the number of professionals and there would be hundreds of players trying to qualify for each tournament so she struggled to make an impression and ended up going to America to play pool. Reanne Evans has played in the PIOS events, which act as a feeder to the Main Tour, in the past and she's won matches here and there but she hasn't played as much in the last couple of years as she's been bringing up her daughter. It'd be interesting to see how she does if she ever received a wild card onto the Main Tour. With Barry Hearn in charge now you wouldn't rule anything out...
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Post by ligerdog7 on Dec 17, 2009 21:09:45 GMT 1
Alex Higgins got knocked out in the group stages... Reanne Evans beat John Higgins in the group stages! There's nothing in the rules that prevents women playing against men. There used to be a woman called Allison Fisher who was a professional in the 80s and 90s. She used to play in the qualifying events for the ranking tournaments but this was at a time when there was no limit on the number of professionals and there would be hundreds of players trying to qualify for each tournament so she struggled to make an impression and ended up going to America to play pool. Reanne Evans has played in the PIOS events, which act as a feeder to the Main Tour, in the past and she's won matches here and there but she hasn't played as much in the last couple of years as she's been bringing up her daughter. It'd be interesting to see how she does if she ever received a wild card onto the Main Tour. With Barry Hearn in charge now you wouldn't rule anything out... i think wickid womean beet higgions ha ha # Alex Higgins got knocked out in the group stages... no is dare way i see it wach on line mabyes # cheers dude yoo i think ronnye likked reds thang yooo damm skippyy moo uppppppppppppppppppp
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Post by Panda on Dec 17, 2009 22:01:56 GMT 1
Can't find anything online...
Here's a classic clip of Alex Higgins making one of the best clearances of all-time against Jimmy White in the semi-finals of the 1982 World Championship. Higgins went on to win the match and the championship.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Dec 19, 2009 0:01:36 GMT 1
Can't find anything online... Here's a classic clip of Alex Higgins making one of the best clearances of all-time against Jimmy White in the semi-finals of the 1982 World Championship. Higgins went on to win the match and the championship. cheers dude von kool dude hope chosses play mo can u see find recent pic him yooo damm skippyy mooo upppppppppppppppp g ;D
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 4, 2010 23:32:13 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jan 4, 2010 23:59:03 GMT 1
I'm not sure what channel the snooker will be on this weekend as it's also the last weekend of the World Darts. The rankings are exactly the same as they were after the last tournament as the snooker season runs from August to May.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 5, 2010 0:17:55 GMT 1
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Post by Elmer on Jan 5, 2010 2:44:20 GMT 1
That 69 clearance by Higgins was one of the best of all time. If he hadn't cleared up then White would have won the match and pummled Reardon in the final. Oh what might have been. It could have been the catalyst for many more
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Post by Panda on Jan 8, 2010 22:33:44 GMT 1
Draw for the Masters, which starts on Sunday:
1st round: Mark Williams v Rory McLeod Mark King v Jimmy White
2nd round: Ronnie O'Sullivan v Neil Robertson Marco Fu v Peter Ebdon Ali Carter v Williams/McLeod Shaun Murphy v Stephen Hendry Stephen Maguire v King/White Ryan Day v Joe Perry Mark Selby v Ding Junhui John Higgins v Mark Allen
The event will be sponsored by Pokerstars after a deal was agreed this week.
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