34 Days of back to back snooker begins today !

waynescales1 wrote: »

Yeah even though he took them well, all the balls were there for him, nothing safe. Still have my doubts about him, cos he really seemed to be wilting before Selby’s miss.

Tomorrow should be entertaining.

It was all about one shot for me really. Pots that blue in F8 and he wins 6-2 no fuss and a scoreline that reflected the dominance of his play. Instead tried to be clever and inflicted a whole barrage of unnecessary pain on himself that was close to ending in disaster. So jury still out for me. Not sure i could fancy him tomorrow, but a good disciplined show and keeping it tight would be encouraging. He's fallen short in finals before but can at least hope for an entertaining contest.

Good stuff past couple of frames, feel of too little too late once pressure is off, but you never know at the same time...

Genius. No other word will do.

Judd was under the cosh there, probably wondering why he hadn't taken that black on, and then comes out and produces that unbelievable red and the canon straight after it. Hard to beat that kind of quality.

Awful shot from Lisowski there.

He wasn't all that far off tonight in fairness, had judd probably thinking a little bit on one or two occasions. Judd hit him with 3 excellent counter clearances that session alone which was ultimately the difference. But jack has a steady pattern of those kind of slow starts in important matches so has to get that out of his system if he hopes to kick on.

No one be happier to hear it confirmed than ronnie, i suspect. Probably had a fair inkling of it when he decided to enter despite previous suggestions to the contrary.

I think burn out is a risk for all players and given how much judd has played recently, even more in his case. Not sure we can appreciate fully as bystanders the mental demands that go into tour life, recall barry hawkins giving a very enlightening interview during the worlds just gone about how mentally drained he'd felt before lockdown and how he'd appreciated the break.

The point was well made a couple of pages back that there'll be no overseas events so that will help this season. But longer term judd seems a guy who will just play every event because it is what he does and I'm not 100% sure that's right for him. Then again, taking a week off didn't seem to do robbo much good for the grand prix, so it's not a very exact science all told.