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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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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.
 
Delboy99 said:
..... I see Ronnie kicked off with a 4-1 win against Ken Doherty. So no problem there. ;)
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Yes Delboy99 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.

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Carter crashes out and struggling with table it seemed. Peter Lines excellent but Ronnie won the last 3 in top form in a match in a hurry. Semis tomorrow over 13 frames. Hard to beat Ronnie now.

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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.

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So the big shock is Bai Yulu lost 4-3 to Panchaya Channoi, a young improving Thai player who was 6th on my list before that game. An excellent win for her. The other big names all won and tomorrow is semi finals day over 9 frames. Better times for UK at 5 and 10 in the morning! On youtube with the all Thai match first.

So of the big 4 Reanne and On Yee are already on the main tour with a place for the World Champion and the top player on ratings at the end of the season. It seems Bai Yulu will qualify on the ratings and if one of the Thai's win the final they get the other place or Nutcharut would get it on rankings.

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In Thailand the Qualifying School reaches the final of the first event tomorrow.

The 2 winners of best of 7 join the main tour for next year. 3 former pros and the first match between 2 previously suspended. Bai first chance to return and Thanawat just missed out last season. Sarkosh fell off tour last season but not too bad on the Tour. Deng hoping to make debut.

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So the big shock is Bai Yulu lost 4-3 to Panchaya Channoi, a young improving Thai player who was 6th on my list before that game. An excellent win for her. The other big names all won and tomorrow is semi finals day over 9 frames. Better times for UK at 5 and 10 in the morning! On youtube with the all Thai match first.

So of the big 4 Reanne and On Yee are already on the main tour with a place for the World Champion and the top player on ratings at the end of the season. It seems Bai Yulu will qualify on the ratings and if one of the Thai's win the final they get the other place or Nutcharut would get it on rankings.

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Watching a bit of Reanne Evans match, referee is appalling, conceded a frame without Reanne permission , must be half a dozen times shouting at crowd when players addressing the shot, looking at the crowd instead of the shot, looks like amateur hour. Other stuff going on but don’t understand because in Chinese, it looked like OnYee didn’t have something in her corner like a drink or a towel or something and had to go and ask Reanne.
Referee is putting them off more than the crowd, no bitching or moaning from players, just putting up with it.
 
Outlander said:
Watching a bit of Reanne Evans match, referee is appalling, conceded a frame without Reanne permission , must be half a dozen times shouting at crowd when players addressing the shot, looking at the crowd instead of the shot, looks like amateur hour. Other stuff going on but don’t understand because in Chinese, it looked like OnYee didn’t have something in her corner like a drink or a towel or something and had to go and ask Reanne.
Referee is putting them off more than the crowd, no bitching or moaning from players, just putting up with it.
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You have done well to watch O Outlander! I saw the end of the final frame in the other semi final and that was it. Watching te 2nd Q School Final now. Sounds a fun game!

So the first qualifying school final was won by Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon. I was surprised he hadn't been on tour since 2016, he is only 32 and had 4 years previously when he had started to improve towards the top 64. Then disappeared and qualified through the Asia Q School maybe 3 years ago but was instantly suspended and banned for actions when he was on tour. Obviously a young lad and we saw what happened to the young Chinese players of which his vanquished, Bai, was one.

As for the women another excellent display from 18 year old Panchaya who beat her compatriot Nutcharut by 5 frames to 3 and now has the chance of joining the tour if she can defeat Reanne tomorrow over 11 frames. If she loses then Nutcharut will probably get the place through rankings so would be the same 4 women as last year.

Oddly as women's snooker goes, Panchaya is playing in the World Under 21 Championship the last 2 days, and has today played 3 games in that event to win it. Plus her semi final earlier. She has had a rough preparation for the biggest game of her life tomorrow.

6th v 2nd on my ratings.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan calls for Snooker 900 tour after Global Championship win​

Ronnie O’Sullivan fancies playing plenty more Snooker 900 after beating Luca Brecel in the final of the Global Championship on Sunday night.

The Rocket downed the Belgian Bullet 10-5 in the fast-paced format, played over 15-minute frames with a 20-second shot clock.

The seven-time world champion only narrowly beat amateur player Billy Joe Castle 5-4 in his opener, before downing Kyren Wilson 6-4 in the semi-finals.

The 50-year-old made five centuries in the final on his way to the £25,000 top prize, with Brecel settling for £10,000 as runner-up, having beaten Joe Perry and Florian Nuessle earlier in the event.

Snooker 900 is put on by Jason Francis, away from the professional World Snooker Tour events, but O’Sullivan hopes more tournaments can be put on.

The Rocket sensationally claimed that 70 per cent of professionals would rather play 900 than traditional snooker, although he may have to produce some evidence if that claim is to be believed.
 
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