snooker world championship

anportmorforjfc · April 25, 2007, 04:26:42 PM

Stephen Lee (Eng) 5-8 Mark Selby (Eng)
76-28 126-0 (126) 80-5 (74) 76-36 (67) 71-0 (71) 0-73 (51) 1-89 (84) 49-74 13-47 10-67 (52) 5-91 (56) 20-63 37-56

The Claw · April 25, 2007, 04:32:00 PM

What the hell is Lee at, he's losing me money

Deal_Me_In · April 25, 2007, 05:20:11 PM

you can watch the snooker at http://worldtvpc.com/tvinfo.php?id=sports if the BBC coverage on the internet is not working

anportmorforjfc · April 25, 2007, 09:30:49 PM

Neil Robertson (Aus) 9-5 Ryan Day (Wal)
60-37 86-23 79-0 (79) 64-56 8-66 18-86 75-0 1-117 (100) 67-60 76-30 20-75 9-50 63-47 58-25

Ali Carter (Eng) 4-2 Andy Hicks (Eng)
76-14 (51) 17-67 (53) 112-0 (112) 28-94 79-5 (79) 135-0 (129)

Stephen Lee (Eng) 7-10 Mark Selby (Eng)
76-28 126-0 (126) 80-5 (74) 76-36 (67) 71-0 (71) 0-73 (51) 1-89 (84) 49-74 13-47 10-67 (52) 5-91 (56) 20-63 37-56 79-26 (55) 0-73 (73) 55-47 0-58

Latest score:

John Higgins (Sco) 6-3 Michael Holt (Eng)
24-81 19-100 (82) 66-57 64-48 1-76 (65) 59-53 67-24 81-12 (53) 104-0 (104)

anportmorforjfc · April 26, 2007, 05:24:59 PM

John Higgins (Sco) 10-4 Michael Holt (Eng)
24-81 19-100 (82) 66-57 64-48 1-76 (65) 59-53 67-24 81-12 (53) 104-0 (104) 99-4 57-65 74-11 (52) 84-4 (57) 94-0 (88)

Second round (best of 25 frames):

Score:

Shaun Murphy (Eng) 5-3 John Parrott (Eng)
65-32 (55) 66-1 (65) 100-0 (100) 108-24 34-84 5-75 (74) 4-83 75-37 * resumes on Friday 1000 BST

1900 BST:

First round (best of 19 frames):

Ali Carter (Eng) 7-2 Andy Hicks (Eng)
76-14 (51) 17-67 (53) 112-0 (112) 28-94 79-5 (79) 135-0 (129) 77-22 71-49 79-9

1900 BST:
Anthony Hamilton (Eng) v Ian McCulloch (Eng)

anportmorforjfc · April 28, 2007, 03:22:45 PM

Latest:

Stephen Maguire (Sco) 11-7 Joe Swail (NI)
0-104 (104) 22-70 85-5 67-54 79-19 75-12 (61) 56-42 64-29 56-47 100-0 (52) 0-81 9-82 (73) 0-75 (75) 70-35 80-3 60-8 101-0 (101) 6-82 (82) 0-128 (72, 56)

Stephen Hendry (Sco) 1-1 Ali Carter (Eng)
34-69 (68) 92-0 (92)

1900 BST:

Matthew Stevens (Wal) 9-7 Mark Allen (NI)
78-1 83-34 (83) 65-16 84-21 (56) 18-101 (101) 0-105 (63) 0-118 (118) 112-22 (85) 101-0 (101) 76-9 71-6 0-85 (83) 79-57 (73, 57) 1-90 (78) 11-76 27-64

John Higgins (Sco) v Fergal O'Brien (Ire)

Result from morning session:

Anthony Hamilton (Eng) 13-8 Ian McCulloch (Eng)
8-75 (68) 63-42 55-79 69-9 (60) 25-70 73-57 55-62 70-1 (61) 71-20 72-14 32-58 53-64 (64) 64-62 (63) 51-62 26-74 (56) 61-18 65-40 (65) 111-0 (111) 54-43 107-25 (107) 91-5 (91)

anportmorforjfc · April 30, 2007, 06:44:14 PM

Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 8-8 Neil Robertson (Aus)
0-119 (87) 104-0 (104) 58-57 72-48 69-23 82-23 0-94 (70) 105-23 (100) 6-74 98-0 (68) 105-0 (105) 41-55 0-68 18-70 0-77 (77) 0-140 (140)

Peter Ebdon (Eng) 6-10 Mark Selby (Eng)
54-63 57-50 6-85 (57) 1-100 (76) 72-0 (66) 71-0 (62) 89-1 (60) 0-69 (57) 38-68 0-121 (100) 0-126 (122) 0-123 (119) 76-20 (69) 54-59 79-16 45-57

Results:

Stephen Hendry (Sco) 6-13 Ali Carter (Eng)
34-69 (68) 92-0 (92) 98-0 0-78 (78) 0-72 (72) 52-72 (72) 39-61 3-136 (111) 1-59 69-41 0-66 (66) 0-136 (53, 83) 71-31 (57) 0-61 0-74 12-116 (83) 78-1 65-32 7-63

John Higgins (Sco) 13-4 Fergal O'Brien (Ire)
6-67 (54) 89-0 (89) 81-21 28-68 70-36 60-20 52-18 70-50 8-109 (85) 67-6 98-0 (98) 23-68 75-0 135-0 (135) 85-0 120-1 (100) 103-20

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anportmorforjfc · April 30, 2007, 06:45:33 PM

Ali Carter ended Stephen Hendry's dreams of an eighth world title as he sealed a deserved 13-6 win to reach the quarter-finals at The Crucible.
Hendry had put himself in an impossible position, going into the final session 12-4 behind and needing to launch an unprecedented fightback.

The Scot, who switched to a new cue just before the tournament, showed commendable attitude to close to 12-6.

But Carter clinched the inevitable win with runs of 35 and 20 in the last.

anportmorforjfc · April 30, 2007, 07:47:27 PM

Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 9-9 Neil Robertson (Aus)
0-119 (87) 104-0 (104) 58-57 72-48 69-23 82-23 0-94 (70) 105-23 (100) 6-74 98-0 (68) 105-0 (105) 41-55 0-68 18-70 0-77 (77) 0-140 (140) 0-117 (52) 129-0 (129)

deiseach · April 30, 2007, 08:23:54 PM

Jaysus, anportmorforjfc, you clearly like snooker so could you not give us some opinions on what's going down in Sheffield rather than just cut 'n' pasting stuff that is FREELY AVAILABLE WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTION from the BBC?

That was some blowout this afternoon, all of four frames for the punters. O'Sullivan and Robertson seem to be more on message this evening.

anportmorforjfc · May 02, 2007, 09:52:46 PM

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Higgins ends O'Sullivan title bid

Higgins gained revenge for his defeat in the 2001 final
Ronnie O'Sullivan's bid for a third world title ended as he lost 13-9 to John Higgins in the quarter-final.
The Scot dominated the morning, going 11-5 up in the best-of-25-frame game to stand just two frames from victory.

After the restart O'Sullivan hit breaks of 48 and 70 as he took three of the first four frames to stay in the game.

A 93 break cut the gap to three frames but when he missed a long red in the next Higgins made no mistake and gained revenge for his 2001 final defeat.

From the outset, Higgins had the upper hand, with breaks of 91 and 73 as he opened up an early 3-1 lead.

But O'Sullivan struck back with breaks of 54 and 60 in a high-scoring match.

Higgins replied by notching the 350th competitive century of his career with a 110 clearance in the seventh frame for a 4-3 lead, although O'Sullivan won the next to ensure he ended the day on equal terms.

When the match resumed, once again Higgins was quickest out of the blocks, winning four in a row to go 8-4 up.

A 75 break gave O'Sullivan the next, but despite good starts in the next three frames, one of them with a break of 58, Higgins won them all to stretch his advantage.

A 62 clearance in the final frame of the morning meant the Scot had a long wait until the evening for the two frames he needed to secure his place in the last four.

It looked like nerves might be getting the better of him as O'Sullivan hinted a dramatic comeback could be on the cards, winning three of the first four frames of the evening session and ensuring play went on beyond the break.

But when they returned to the table, a missed long red let in Higgins and he made the most of his chance to advance to the semi-finals.

anportmorforjfc · May 02, 2007, 10:03:48 PM

Shaun Murphy won six successive frames in a brilliant comeback to beat Matthew Stevens 13-12 in the quarter-final. What a comeback murphy higgins final $:-\$

anportmorforjfc · May 06, 2007, 02:04:30 PM

whats all your predictions for the final higgins could win easily if hes on form, but hope selby gives him a game

deiseach · May 06, 2007, 03:09:37 PM

I'm going to plump for Selby. We saw with Graham Dott last year that the notion that newbies freeze on the final stage is an outdated concept (Hendry used mow them down, but in his pomp Hendry was a class apart). Higgins may have won it before but that was nine (!) years ago and the manner in which Selby overtook Shaun Murphy was most impressive.

turk · May 06, 2007, 05:03:14 PM

The snooker is excellent this year.

I note a lot of people have lost interest in the sport - i think myself as it is not being dominated by any one player who clashes in interesting rivalries like in the 80s. To me there are just far more class players now.

I hope Selby goes on and does it - marathon stuff ahead.

Also hats off to eurosport for showing far more actual live snooker from this tournament than the bbc