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Surely time for some outsiders here....

Xiao Guodong 7/4 against Murphy is a big price
Allen to beat Kyren Wilson at 11/8 looks big as well.
Hawkins v Williams prices are about the same as mine and expect a very close game there.
Xintong v Ding a Chinese classic but again the prices close to mine and wouldn't be wanting Xintong that short as Ding tries to regain his top place in Chinese hearts.
O'Sullivan around 1/2 looks very short so I suppose Higgins a tempter at the prices. Played really well apart from thee 4-0 to 4-5 part of the Carter game. Ronnie not so keen on playing Higgins as his safety keeps him pinned to the baulk area.
Selby around 8/13 another decent price though Wu is progressing very quickly and as mentioned very good in first game. But Selby is a different game to Lei.
 
Si the only failure of the seeds, 16th ranked officially but never in it today. Needs to get a mentor to rejuvenate his career.

The 2 remaining 2nd round games.

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What a day of excitement today has been.
Somehow Higgins came back from 6-2 and 9-4 down to win a decider against Ronnie. Higgins upped his game from 9-4 but it will be a challenge for him to get back to form after the emotion of that.
Selby was a little off the pace and a superb cue bang in frustration that he very rarely does. Wu looked terrified in getting over the line but managed it. He had played really well until the nerves et in which had never really happened to Wu before.
Hossein beats Trump in a decider. Trump well off form really for most of the game and clearly his preparation been badly affected by his namesake. But Hossein after a terrible season has reacted much more positively to the war and after looking excellent in the qualifiers was on his very best tonight for the shock of the event at 9/2 with bookies. The win has now put his rating somewhere close to what would be expected.

These are my ranking positions for the last 8, Robertson still the big variance with the official ratings but Higgins will need to be fully focused to match him, Robertson at his best was top 2 and really his rating looks drawn down by his bad season 2 seasons ago.

Should also mention Murphy who was probably the display of the round and he had Xiao demoralised very quickly with a much better effort than the first round.

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The Hare said:
Somehow Higgins came back from 6-2 and 9-4 down to win a decider against Ronnie. Higgins upped his game from 9-4 but it will be a challenge for him to get back to form after the emotion of that.
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..... saw a lot of this matchup and thought Ronnie was brilliant the first session. Then he seemed to go back in his shell from that point onward and was beaten by Higgins who really wanted the win more than Ronnie. It was quite apparent that John was up for it and gritted his teeth, got his head down and Ronniw looked as if he was never going to win from that point onward. Well done to John Higgins a true Warrior. ;)
 
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