2021 Masters 10/01/21 -17/01/21

AllForIt

I love the way Yan get's on with it, instead of humming and hawing over options.

Wishox

COME ON YAN ! Beat the cheat :-)

The ebbs and flows of this thread are great too. :pac:

tanko

This is some break, fantastic composure for a 20 year old.

Birdnuts

Hope the young lad holds it together now for the big finale!!

newmember2

Is it just me...am I just imagining the ' bigging up' of the 'sensational' match, every time BBC cut to the studio? I've certainly seen better snooker and equally exciting matches...

waynescales1

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Thats right, in belfast. He wobbled badly that night and while he'll have learned from that this is a much bigger test so still fascinating to see how he copes. Have to say higgins does look to be struggling, lot of untypical lapses from him tonight. Still a great player but definitely nowhere near the vintage higgins of old.

9-8 now and Bingtao doesn’t look nervous at all this time around. Lack of a crowd I would say is helping though.

If Higgins is gonna win this he’s gonna have to do it the hard way, don’t see Yan handing it to him.

AllForIt

What a gutsy break from Yan. So impressive the way he held himself together.

tanko

Nerves kicking in big time now.

newmember2

wow...winning line in sight for Yan

AllForIt

Ridiculous plant to take on by Higgins, and he let Yan in to win the match.

tanko

Jaysus, didn’t see him missing that.

Arthur Daley

That should be that now. Yawning to himself a minute ago. Like we keepin you up son. LOL.

Wishox

very unlucky John

waynescales1

You miss the crowd for moments like that.

tanko

Not over yet!!

AllForIt

I'm a fan of Yan

DJIMI TRARORE

Hard to believe he's only 20,gonna be better than Ding, oops 1 snooker got

Wishox

BAd john

Wishox

great snooker oppertunity

newmember2

oh dear

tanko

Be some laugh if Higgins gets another snooker.

newmember2

I knew he'd beaten Higgins previously but I still thought Higgins would win today fairly easily with the amount of unforced errors I'd seen in Yan all tournament.

Wishox

Cheaters never win

Happy4all

I like his gf

Joe_ Public

Enjoyed that final, it was quite old school style in lots of ways. Higgins rather gifted it in the end but would take nothing awayfrom yan. Proper young talent and game desperately needs more of it. Only time tell what he can go on and achieve against the likes of judd and others. Probably a billion people tuning in and celebratingright this minute!

4Ad

How did the girlfriend remember the answer !!!

tanko

Yan won the second session 7-3, it was Higgins who cracked in the end.

That in off was a killer, it changed the match.

sligeach

This interview could be awkward.

sligeach

Well done to Yan.

waynescales1

Jason “thank you very much indeed” Mohammed.

mfceiling

Wishox wrote: »

Cheaters never win

Wikipedia have him down as winning 30 ranking tournaments including the world championship 4 times.

Birdnuts

Great result - always nice to see a new name on a big trophy. One to watch for the Worlds!!

sligeach

Put that trophy down. I can see an accident coming.

Wishox

Good job lad, well done

waynescales1

The Masters trophy is quality.

AllForIt

Delighted for Yan. Yan held himself together so well throughout this final. As I was saying earlier it's all about psychology at this high level of the game and Higgins came up short in that department tonight.

DelBoy Trotter

Really enjoyed that final, Yan was excellent and he’s definitely one to watch going forward

Lovely to see that... Yan happy with his thoroughly deserved victory...

Arthur Daley

Blur on the way out. Unusual

Joe_ Public

Nothing against higgins, that he's still a force at the top is a credit to him but you want to see the young stagers coming through to push their way to the front. Law of the jungle and all that. Long time waiting for a new chinese rival to ding and its possible this lad might go on to be better. Certainly fancy him to win a world title ever before ding anyway.

zuutroy

Ronnie with his Inbetweeners movie routine interviewing Yan was quite something.

BullBauld

Yea Ronnie was just shy of doing the eyes!

ArmaniJeanss

zuutroy wrote: »

Ronnie with his Inbetweeners movie routine interviewing Yan was quite something.

BullBauld wrote: »

Yea Ronnie was just shy of doing the eyes!

Cheers, I missed that so rewound it. Really weird.

*******
Very good tournament, would have been great to have a crowd there (though obviously could have been completely different outcomes from the start).
Thought we might get another 12.30 finish like Trump/Robertson at the UK.

Turner

Least they could have done was have a professional interpreter on hand.

Rothko

Yay for Yan! Really delighted for him and hopefully he can push on from here. It'll be interesting to see how far he can go in the upcoming World Championship.

Arthur Daley

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Very good tournament, would have been great to have a crowd there (though obviously could have been completely different outcomes from the start).
Thought we might get another 12.30 finish like Trump/Robertson at the UK.

Really the BBC have got some value out of their three tournaments under lockdown since Sheffield started at the end of July. Some of the best matches/days of drama you'd see in any sport. I'd say they must be delighted how these tournaments have gone all in all.

Billy Ocean

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Blur on the way out. Unusual

yes but the good sort of unusual

mistermiyagi

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Really the BBC have got some value out of their three tournaments under lockdown since Sheffield started at the end of July. Some of the best matches/days of drama you'd see in any sport. I'd say they must be delighted how these tournaments have gone all in all.

Definitely. And some of the most sensational frames you could wish to see. Wilson/Mcgill decider, Ronnie/Selby decider, Judd/Robertson decider, frame 9 tonight.
The likes of Parrott and Davis definitely don't watch a whole lot outside their own tournaments though. I think I heard Davis question whether Yan would be a top 16 at Sheffield. He's world no 11, and just won the masters.

Billy Ocean

mistermiyagi wrote: »

Definitely. And some of the most sensational frames you could wish to see. Wilson/Mcgill decider, Ronnie/Selby decider, Judd/Robertson decider, frame 9 tonight.
The likes of Parrott and Davis definitely don't watch a whole lot outside their own tournaments though. I think I heard Davis question whether Yan would be a top 16 at Sheffield. He's world no 11, and just won the masters.

no ranking points for the masters, just the big pay cheque