Coral World Grand Prix

Looking forward to tonight's match. Wonder if the break will mean Ronnie playing properly again. Tough assignment vs Gilbert should stop him taking too many liberties. I kind of think Gilbert is one of these guys who is beaten before taking a shot against Ronnie.

Ding's third defeat to Scott Donaldson inside 2 weeks. Be relieved to know they're in opposite halves of the draw for the welsh open.

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I’m struggling to ever remember Ding playing as bad as he did today. Looked like an average club player !

Not of late anyway, though usually when he's bad he's very bad. Didnt look motivated at all. Robbo not sounding too keen in his interview either.

"Ballrun" bingham in top form again there! But you'd swear Phil Yates had never seen a fluke before the way he's going on about it.

That was painful to watch. You dont get many better chances than that to beat ronnie and he butchered it. Terrible shot on yellow, played it completely wrong way.

No point trying to figure him out i think. Just to get to sf of shoot out would get him a measly 8k, he'd have to win it to make any real difference to his tour championship standing. Doesnt seem worth the hassle to me, but who knows? Doesnt think the masters is worth his time, despite it being on his doorstep, but a long trek for the shootout is apparently ok. A part of me thinks he's just trolling us all for the heck of it.

Although i guess seen as the shootout is cut off point for the players, it does make some bit of sense to have it as an option if he still did need some points. So maybe is some logic there, still you never know with him.

Both players touch and nerve deserted them in the final. Both had decent chances to win but in the end Wilson stumbled over the line. His best result in a while but still not looking like the player he was a couple of seasons ago.

Jesus, what a brilliant ronnie-like clearance that was from....dott! They dont call him "pot the lot dott" dott for nothing. Takes a deserved 3-1 lead, seriously impressive snooker.

Ronnie has had horrid luck all evening.

Impressive stuff by Dott. Unlike Liang he didn't seem intimidated by Ronnie despite his awful head to head record against him. Decent match with both players playing well towards the end. No reason why Dott can't win it now. Will take a good performance to beat him.

Two rotten pieces of luck for Ronnie probably cost him the match. ( Red going in off the split in the seventh frame and then being hampered by the brown after Dott failed to hit last red.

Dott was impressive in that match. Solid in every frame. Ronnie unlucky of course with a few but that takes nothing away from Dott at all, he put away some fantastic shots and improved as the game went on.

Tom ford in front now. This is going all the way I reckon

4-3

Dott is playing some serious snooker despite not necessarily putting in a lot of huge breaks. I've been very impressed with what I've seen this week. Yes he has had the rub of green, and little shots that have gone his way, but that's the reward for taking risks. Tough match for anyone atm.

5-3. Think Dott will be relieved with that scoreline, Robertson was quite dominant. Still all to play for.