2019 World Snooker Championship Thread

[CaledonianCraig]

First topic message reminder :

The Crucible is alive again to the sound of cues smashing into the cueball for the 2019 Snooker World Championship.

On Day One the champion Mark Williams got off to a steady start to lead Martin Gould 6-3. Ding Junhui also leads 6-3 against Anthony McGill and Neil Robertson is home and hosed leading debutant Cypriot Georgiou 9-0.

[CaledonianCraig]

Wow a tense, nervy finish to the frame and Higgins had chances as did Bingham but Bingham takes it and it will be 8-8 at the start of their final session tomorrow evening.

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This evening's matches sees Barry Hawkins resume 6-2 up on Kyren Wilson. On the other table Zhou Yuelong is 5-3 up on Ali Carter after their first session.

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Just the start Wilson needed. He scores a frame winning break of 50+ to win the frame and trails Barry Hawkins 6-3.

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Gritty break from Carter and he takes the first frame but he still trails 5-4.

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Today is the day of comebacks.

Higgins trailed 4-1 and now has parity. Dinbg trailed 5-1 and leads 9-7. Zhou led 5-1 but could soon find himself at 5-5 V Carter and Hawkins led 6-1 but Wilson looks like making it 6-4.

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Great steal there from Zhou. He goes 6-4 up.

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Hawkins leads 7-4. And an incredible frame on the other table - a re-spotted black.

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Carter wins it to pull it back to 6-5. Amazing frame.

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Barry Hawkins now moves into an 8-4 lead. He is now looking good for a QF spot. Meanwhile, Ali Carter is now level at 6-6 with Zhou Yuelong.

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For me The Hawk just needs to share this mini-session and he'll feel very comfortable tomorrow.

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Kyren Wilson badly needed to win frame 13 and he feeds off a Hawkins miss to win the frame with a century break. Hawkins leads 8-5.

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Fabulous steal from Ali Carter and he goes into a 7-6 lead. Great pressure clearance. A kick deprives Wilson of the frame and Hawkins stretches his lead to 9-5.

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Zhou has lost two frames on the bounce he should have won. A real test of his temperament.

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Kyren Wilson hanging in there. A great century break sees him take the frame and he trails 9-6. If he can win the last frame he will be right back in this match.

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A break of 65 from Zhou and he levels at 7-7. Carter his fuming.

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And Wilson capitalises on a sloppy Hawkins safety shot and he takes the final frame of the session. He's right back in this and only trailing 9-7.

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On the other table Zhou carving out another frame winning break and he will soon go into an 8-7 lead with one frame to play.

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Zhou in again and building a break.

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A break of 37 from Zhou and plays a decent safety into baulk. In the box seat here.

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And Zhou does take the last frame of the session. He goes into tomorrow leading Ali Carter 9-7.

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With no matches this morning the afternoon session sees Barry Hawkins resume 9-7 up against Kyren Wilson. On the other table Zhou Yuelong leads Ali Carter 9-7 as well.

[Duty281]

Could be a classic day at the Crucible - all four games brilliantly poised.

[CaledonianCraig]

As things stands this is what the Quarter-Finals are shaping up like:-

David Gilbert (Eng) V Kyren Wilson (Eng)

John Higgins (Sco) or Stuart Bingham (Eng) V Neil Robertson (Aus)

Gary Wilson (Eng) V Ali Carter (Eng)

Judd Trump (Eng) V Stephen Maguire (Sco)

[Beer]

Have to say, that draw is opening up more and more for Robbo.

[CaledonianCraig]

Have to say, that draw is opening up more and more for Robbo.

Well there is no doubting he has been the form player of the tournament so far. In his half of the draw I'd say his biggest threats left in there may be Barry Hawkins and John Higgins. In the other half of the draw I'd saw you'd have to favour the winner of the Trump V Ding match to reach the Final.

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Kyren Wilson takes the first frame of the session in a frame which both players had chances. Hawkins leads 9-8.

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Ali Carter needed that frame as he was getting frustrated. He takes it to trail Zhou 9-8. On the other table Wilson's looking strong to level it up at 9-9 but The Hawk has a chance to steal. This would be a big frame for him to pull out of the fire.

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Wilson pulls off a couple of cracking pots and he levels it up at 9-9. The Hawk now under the cosh.

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Wilson in and misses a straight-forward brown and Hawkins stops the rot and takes the frame and leads again at 10-9.

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Carter looks set, after a protracted safety bout, to have the 18th frame at his mercy. Looks good to make it 9-9 against Zhou.

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And 9-9 it is. Carter now with the bit between his teeth.

[Beer]

Craig,

I saw a few comments yesterday on social media to Carter's reaction to Zhou's pink (where he goes up and down twice to land flush on the black) and Carter was getting alot of stick for laughing and shaking his head, and people saying he's not a nice player to be around.

Personally, i've always found him to be a good personality around the table. You aware of anything different.

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Very nervy from both Hawkins and Wilson but Wilson steels himself and gets the frame to go level again at 10-10. Zhou beginning to buckle under the pressure and is just missing too much when in. Carter now in and favourite to go 10-9 up.

[CaledonianCraig]

Craig,

I saw a few comments yesterday on social media to Carter's reaction to Zhou's pink (where he goes up and down twice to land flush on the black) and Carter was getting alot of stick for laughing and shaking his head, and people saying he's not a nice player to be around.

Personally, i've always found him to be a good personality around the table. You aware of anything different.

No I don't get that. He's animated and shows his feelings more than a lot of players but he comes across as a pleasant enough bloke. Competitive but fair.

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Carter goes into a 10-9 lead.

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Carter in again and looks set to win all four frames in this mini-session. As he looks stronger Zhou is looking weaker. The writing beginning to appear on the wall?

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Kyren Wilson just beginning to look like a man who believes more than The Hawk. Nailing more long pots and just looking the more settled. He is on a sizeable break and looks hot favourite to take the lead in the match for the first time at 11-10.

[CaledonianCraig]

Hold the phone. He misses a pink and The Hawk has a decent chance here.

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Fabulous steal from The Hawk that may be the difference between winning and losing this match. Hawkins leads 11-10. True grit from The Hawk.

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Carter a frame away from the quarters. He leads 12-9. Zhou just not scoring heavily enough when in and looks to be feeling the pressure. Meanwhile, superb clearance of 79 by Kyren Wilson to level it up at 11-11.

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Ali Carter at the table and building a big lead. The QF's are close you feel. Kyren Wilson punishing a slack break off and is on his way to a great one visit break to take the lead in this match for the first at 12-11. And he seals it with a clearance of 125.

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Ali Carter seals a place in the QF's by beating Zhou 13-9 having won all six of today's frames.

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Kyren Wilson in with the first chance in the 24th frame. Is the QF beckoning?

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Superb last three frames from Kyren Wilson with breaks of 79, 125 and 132 sees him beat Barry Hawkins 13-11. Great win. He showed great bottle and just that bit more quality when it mattered. No wonder he is called The Warrior.

[88Chris05]

Wilson runs out a 13-11 winner against Hawkins. Fantastic win for him, having been 1-6 down yesterday and faced with Hawkins playing snooker which was quite frankly scary.

Nine centuries in the match which, I believe, sets a new record at the Crucible, breaking the old record of eight in the Hendry-O'Sullivan semi-final in 1999 and the O'Sullivan-Hawkins final in 2013. Even more remarkable considering this was a best of twenty-five match rather than a best of thirty-three / five.

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Wilson runs out a 13-11 winner against Hawkins. Fantastic win for him, having been 1-6 down yesterday and faced with Hawkins playing snooker which was quite frankly scary.

Nine centuries in the match which, I believe, sets a new record at the Crucible, breaking the old record of eight in the Hendry-O'Sullivan semi-final in 1999 and the O'Sullivan-Hawkins final in 2013. Even more remarkable considering this was a best of twenty-five match rather than a best of thirty-three / five.

Appears I've made a mistake - there were actually ten centuries in the Ding-McManus semi-final three years ago. Nevertheless, great match that Wilson has come through there.

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Between the matches how about this for some great memories. Seems there were so many characters back then:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe5zTeGP5hw

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This evening sees the last two Second Round matches completed. John Higgins and Stuart Bingham are locked at 8-8. On the other table Ding Junhui leads Judd Trump 9-7.

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Another musical montage to enjoy between sessions:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfzJ5I874Ww

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Bingham in with the first chance and puts 32 points on the board. Ding in first and can only put 27 on the board.

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