Snooker
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Spent a while wondering what kind of person would put money on Tony Drago @1.06, a very special type of bravery would be needed. What a legend of a player, the only snooker player with Usain Bolt levels of fast twitch muscles, this guy is patient zero for ADHD, what is he in his sixties and looks like a toddler overdosed on E numbers. A joy to watch. The young lady referee was in turmoil chasing him around trying to get in position and re-spotting the balls, would have took her a while to come down after that.
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The Hare
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Two more Chinese players join the ranks of which Xinbo as mentioned in a previous post is the most likely to reach Wu Yize standards. Oddly also Zhao Xintong has been named as Player Of The Season, yes had a great time but mostly won the restricted events whereas Wu has won 2 proper events. Probably as he didn't get it last year when winning the World Championship, a pointless award anyway!
Wang Xinbo and Luo Zetao have both been awarded a two-year card for the World Snooker Tour as the top two players in the China Billiard Sports Association national rankings.
The duo will both join the pro circuit for the first time, with cards for the 2026/27 and 2027/28 seasons.
Wang (pictured), age 18, was runner-up in both the WSF Championship and WSF Junior Championship earlier this year. He played as an invitation in several pro events last season, notably knocking Mitchell Mann and Iulian Boiko out of the Halo World Championship qualifiers before losing to Stuart Bingham.
Luo, age 25, reached the final round of Asia and Oceania Q School last year before narrowly losing 4-3 to Liu Wenwei.
Wang Xinbo and Luo Zetao have both been awarded a two-year card for the World Snooker Tour as the top two players in the China Billiard Sports Association national rankings.
The duo will both join the pro circuit for the first time, with cards for the 2026/27 and 2027/28 seasons.
Wang (pictured), age 18, was runner-up in both the WSF Championship and WSF Junior Championship earlier this year. He played as an invitation in several pro events last season, notably knocking Mitchell Mann and Iulian Boiko out of the Halo World Championship qualifiers before losing to Stuart Bingham.
Luo, age 25, reached the final round of Asia and Oceania Q School last year before narrowly losing 4-3 to Liu Wenwei.
Delboy99
Sire
..... I see Ronnie kicked off with a 4-1 win against Ken Doherty. So no problem there.
The Hare
Mare
Yes..... I see Ronnie kicked off with a 4-1 win against Ken Doherty. So no problem there.
Delboy99 no problems for him. Fun has been the tables yesterday. One they stopped at 1-1, Stevens v Dale due to an uneven surface. THe gap between 2 slates wasn't level. Stevens played as hot and the 2 balls jumped nearly a foot off the table. Alfie Burden lost to Figueiredo 4-0 on the practise table and Stevens and Dale finished later on the other table.Today Bingham clearly hadn't played much since his World Championship exit and struggled to work out the table speed so perhaps still not correct though that was the good table.
These the quarter finals tonight over 7 frames still.
The Hare
Mare
Finals day over 19 frames today as the 2 favourites scrambled through by 7-5 avoiding those black ball shoot outs. Only saw the night match with Steadman 3-0 up on Perry and Perry all at sea but the game reversed after that as Steadman struggled with the table and his belief. He is back on tour next season so some consolation for him.
A little one sided on paper but Perry improved as game went on last night.
A little one sided on paper but Perry improved as game went on last night.