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The last 6 on my rankings compared to updated official rankings.
Wilson too strong for Ding and now meets Fan who after many years has finally reached his first semi final since the non ranking Champin Of Champions in 2022 and his unexpected win in the European Open in Milton Keynes in 2022. As mentioned many times he has still perfomed well but lacked the killer instinct. Been in great shape this week and no pushover for Wilson over 17 frames.
Wilson too strong for Ding and now meets Fan who after many years has finally reached his first semi final since the non ranking Champin Of Champions in 2022 and his unexpected win in the European Open in Milton Keynes in 2022. As mentioned many times he has still perfomed well but lacked the killer instinct. Been in great shape this week and no pushover for Wilson over 17 frames.
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Another 4 centuries for Bingyu today as he sees off Xintong 6-3. Surely scoring so heavily it will not be long before he becomes the number 1. But Xintong is not at his best so far this season.
Higgins overcomes Fu who tired towards the end. Higgins just getting his season going but still looks a little off his best.
The semi finals over 17 frames the next 2 days. Usually 1 game a day but no news yet.
Higgins overcomes Fu who tired towards the end. Higgins just getting his season going but still looks a little off his best.
The semi finals over 17 frames the next 2 days. Usually 1 game a day but no news yet.
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No centuries for Bingyu today as he is destroyed by Higgins back to his very best.
The final looks very close, 19 frames. Higgins has had a quiet season so far but peaked at the right time. Wilson going for 2 ranking event wins in a row.
Slight advantage to Wilson with the day off but Higgins not taxed too much today.
The final looks very close, 19 frames. Higgins has had a quiet season so far but peaked at the right time. Wilson going for 2 ranking event wins in a row.
Slight advantage to Wilson with the day off but Higgins not taxed too much today.
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Kyren Wilson doudoubles up in ranking events. Not many do that nowadays and he will be going to the UK attempting 3 in a row, surely inspired by trying to match rival Trump who managed it 3 seasons ago, though in a much shorter time span for Trump.
After his cue being thrown on o the table earlier in the week when he went 5-3 down to Liam Highfield, for which he goy a fair amount of flak for respect to his opponent. In the next frame Highfield missed a great chance to win the match just 2 balls away from sealing it and missed a fairly easy pot. That and the tantrum clearly inspired Wilson who improved throughout the rest of the week.
You would think these tantrums never happened before in snooker! No one can beat the force of Maguire when he bangs his fist on the table and O'Sullivan and Holt are other regulars for doing that. Gary Wilson has had outbursts in recent seasons and smashed the balls everywhere.
Sure to happen when so much at stake for their livings.
So Wilson has three weeks or so before he enters the fray at York to go for a rare hat trick of ranking event wins.
After his cue being thrown on o the table earlier in the week when he went 5-3 down to Liam Highfield, for which he goy a fair amount of flak for respect to his opponent. In the next frame Highfield missed a great chance to win the match just 2 balls away from sealing it and missed a fairly easy pot. That and the tantrum clearly inspired Wilson who improved throughout the rest of the week.
You would think these tantrums never happened before in snooker! No one can beat the force of Maguire when he bangs his fist on the table and O'Sullivan and Holt are other regulars for doing that. Gary Wilson has had outbursts in recent seasons and smashed the balls everywhere.
Sure to happen when so much at stake for their livings.
So Wilson has three weeks or so before he enters the fray at York to go for a rare hat trick of ranking event wins.
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Next up, starting tomorrow in Leicester we have the Champion of Champions, on ITV4 here in the UK starting 1pm each day.
This one of the tv gimmick events for all the last years event winners. Originally brought in to include the Women's World Champion, there are World Amateur Championships and the winner of that doesn't get in, now they allow trhe World Seniors Champion in. SO TV and Hearn will be delighted this year as they get Ronnie O'Sullivan in through the back door so to say.
So the 2 afternoon matches are over 7 frames and the 2 winners play in the final over 11 frames on the night. Then the 4 day winners meet in the semi finals Friday and Saturday night. No ranking points.
Last week's event puts Kyren Wilson as first qualifier for next year.
These are the first round games in day order. It is a big advantage to play the first game of the afternoon for the night match.
Women's World Champion, Panchaya Channoi has the tough task as yet to win a game on the main tour this season.
This one of the tv gimmick events for all the last years event winners. Originally brought in to include the Women's World Champion, there are World Amateur Championships and the winner of that doesn't get in, now they allow trhe World Seniors Champion in. SO TV and Hearn will be delighted this year as they get Ronnie O'Sullivan in through the back door so to say.
So the 2 afternoon matches are over 7 frames and the 2 winners play in the final over 11 frames on the night. Then the 4 day winners meet in the semi finals Friday and Saturday night. No ranking points.
Last week's event puts Kyren Wilson as first qualifier for next year.
These are the first round games in day order. It is a big advantage to play the first game of the afternoon for the night match.
Women's World Champion, Panchaya Channoi has the tough task as yet to win a game on the main tour this season.
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Selby not at his best but wins the decider. His recent efforts had dipped after his excellent start to the season, but he will need to be as Wakelin looked in top shape against a poor Hawkins. Maybe Hawkins wasn't well as I caught the end of something when they said he was under the weather, but he has had a poor season so far.
Tonight's final 11 frames
Tonight's final 11 frames
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Thought I would take a look at Judd Trump's performance. As you can tell he is still well ahead at the top of my ratings and as players get close to him they tend to lsoe their form - Xintonf and Selby the latest two.
Now Trump's form in ranking evemts has been disappointing for a while now. He is currently 5th on official rankings but with a ewin at the UK to be taken off as the next event he drops out of contention on that, dropping to 8th and nearly half a million behind Xintong and Wu. He needs to start winning to move up that.
I suppose the non rating efforts keep him high up, recent winner of the Shanghai Masters. He does usually make the later stages, finalist in UK last year
So I used my ratings to calculate an expected frame score based on exact number of frames played in each game and calculated the average difference between frames won and frames expected. These are the averages for each round for the last 3 seasons and this (though the season 23/24 is not comlete as still working on the ratings for the latter half of the season).
I split into rounds and it is really only the latter stages he is struggling in. So the 2nd figure us the average number of frames won or lost(-) to expexted. First round is sometimes a struggle but those Finals are the big issue.
When I break it down by maximum length of match. maybe he just struggkes to concentrate in the longer games now? Obviously not many frmaes at 17+ but seems 7 frame matches are his ideal.
Countrywise not much in it though likes Gewrmany.
Now Trump's form in ranking evemts has been disappointing for a while now. He is currently 5th on official rankings but with a ewin at the UK to be taken off as the next event he drops out of contention on that, dropping to 8th and nearly half a million behind Xintong and Wu. He needs to start winning to move up that.
I suppose the non rating efforts keep him high up, recent winner of the Shanghai Masters. He does usually make the later stages, finalist in UK last year
So I used my ratings to calculate an expected frame score based on exact number of frames played in each game and calculated the average difference between frames won and frames expected. These are the averages for each round for the last 3 seasons and this (though the season 23/24 is not comlete as still working on the ratings for the latter half of the season).
I split into rounds and it is really only the latter stages he is struggling in. So the 2nd figure us the average number of frames won or lost(-) to expexted. First round is sometimes a struggle but those Finals are the big issue.
When I break it down by maximum length of match. maybe he just struggkes to concentrate in the longer games now? Obviously not many frmaes at 17+ but seems 7 frame matches are his ideal.
Countrywise not much in it though likes Gewrmany.
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