World Grand Prix 2023 - 16-22 Jan, ITV4, Eurosport, Discovery+

16-01-2023 9:41am #1

First matches today best of 7 frames

1pm

Mark Allen v David Gilbert

7pm

Zhou Yuelong v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

I’m gonna give Allen the first match & I’m not sure for the second..

Any predictions or hopes? 👀

16-01-2023 9:42am

@mods feel free to merge with masters thread if you’d rather.

Arthur Daley · 16-01-2023 2:12pm

Coverage doesn't start until 7pm. Allen v Gilbert match is then.

Just on the Monday afternoon they put in a break, to give people a breather from last week so we don't go too snooker loopy

Coverage will be on the other afternoons this week, but not Saturday as there is usually racing on. With Mark Williams playing Jamie Jones tomorrow at 1pm.

Judd Trump plays Vafaei tomorrow night not before 9pm. Definite possible hangover there for Judd in best of 7.

Arthur Daley · 16-01-2023 2:13pm

These are best of 7s in the last 32, and last 16, so a bit like a Home Nations event, there could be some upsets for the top 16 that are here.

Ronnie plays the Hawk 7pm tomorrow

16-01-2023 2:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120115728#Comment_120115728

Sorry that’s my mistake you are correct!

16-01-2023 2:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120115728#Comment_120115728

Yea I’d be worried about Judd also to be fair. He might be feeling fatigued from yesterdays match and the pressure that came with.

Same goes for Williams. I think the rest have something to prove especially Ronnie O’Sullivan since he didn’t fair great in the Masters.

edit: that’s just how o think the players feel obviously they’ve proven their worth by now 😅

Arthur Daley · 16-01-2023 9:54pm

They are finding some pretty refs these days. Not seen her before.

Strumms · 17-01-2023 9:28pm

Wish they’d just put the snooker on a TV channel, instead of behind gambling apps that just ain’t accessible or of zero interest to most people.

Barry Hearn all over it.

Arthur Daley · 17-01-2023 10:51pm

Selby and Robertson gone early doors. Might struggle to get into the later ITV tournaments. Even Ronnie is at risk of missing out. Although again he claims am 'I bovered'

Trump ploughs on with a tough win over Vafaei

The Nal · 18-01-2023 8:40am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120117797#Comment_120117797

Shes no Len Ganley

Arthur Daley · 18-01-2023 10:33pm

Ding loses 4-0. In last frame against Willo Ding fails to hit final black ball on the cushion straight in front of him. Ending the match there and then.

He was trying to roll up to it. But very poor.

Arthur Daley · 18-01-2023 11:00pm

Ronnie will struggle to make the Players Championship and then the Tour Championship at this rate of going.

John Higgins is fairly certain to miss both. Unless he more or less wins in Wales.

Missing the Tour Championship in particular is not ideal as it is probably the fourth biggest event now, and great for long match sharpness heading to the Crucible.

AllForIt · 19-01-2023 12:47am

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Wrong shot. Even if he hit it he prolly would have left it on to the green pocket. It was a very difficult safety to be fair. I think he would have been better off to just bash it around the table, hit and hope.

Arthur Daley · 19-01-2023 9:58pm

Pretty ref seemed to have some controversy in frame 4 of Allen v Lisowski. She seems to have awarded a free ball, and after 6 or 7 minutes the players decided it wasn't a free ball. The frame developed into a bit of a mess and over an hour long not usual for these two.

Hendry was not impressed in the studio that if she was inexperienced she shouldn't be refereeing a quarter final of a major tournament.

I feel a bit sorry for her, but I'm an old softee.

As usual the players were pros and didn't make too much of a fuss, just got on with it.

AllForIt · 19-01-2023 10:14pm

Yes that was a bit farcical. I think Allen should have stayed in this chair though because the two competitors trying to sort it out between themselves isn't proper.

Arthur Daley · 19-01-2023 11:25pm

Only really saw the last few minutes of it, but seems Allen is being criticised a lot for challenging the refs decision.

Imagine if Ronnie was out there it could have been a right ruck.

Arthur Daley · 19-01-2023 11:29pm

At least she was decisive on the re rack there. 3 shots each or it was a rerack. With Allen up 30-7

Brian? · 20-01-2023 6:11am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120117797#Comment_120117797

She’s been on the circuit for 11 years.

hayrabit · 20-01-2023 12:51pm

that ref Proletina used to be around until a few years ago; only noticed her return back there recently, mebbe in the last 3/4 months

think she was studying to be an architect/draughtsman in the interim

she had a mischievous smile on her face for a lot of the Allen/Lisowski match - good enough reason to tune in !

20-01-2023 12:59pm

Boys we all love to see a nice looking young one, that’s why I adore the Mrs, but can we keep it to the snooker as opposed to drooling over referees?

hayrabit · 20-01-2023 2:06pm

and Trump wins frame two after needing a snooker (he's getting good at that lately 😃) to leave it 1 apiece early doors

be nice to see a relative unknown like Guodong advance; but hard for him now, i reckon, after being one shot away from a two frame buffer early in the piece

he's in early in frame three here, where there looks to enough reds in the open to see him amass a decent lead here, the Chinaman

hayrabit · 20-01-2023 2:14pm

after 6 reds and 6 blacks Xiao went up for the blue (too high on it, so went for green instead, and duly potted it) after the seventh red

Ken thought he should've stayed on black - i disagree, and now Xiao's enough points in the bag to take a 2-1 lead..

...unless, unless 😂 broke down after a 76 to 0 points lead, with just 67 left,, frame not over yet!

still one apiece - for now

mon Xiao

Judd concedes - he trails two frames to one

20-01-2023 2:32pm

Wonder if trump is just a bit fatigued after the masters? Fairness like it was only Sunday gone.

hayrabit · 20-01-2023 2:38pm

maybe Trump #"got smashed" after his Masters win, like he said he wanted to do heheheh

#weren't expecting him to come out with summat like that in his post match interview - he goes a bit mental in Ally Pally tbf 😃

holding his own at two each - think he'll win easy now

mon Xiao

hayrabit · 20-01-2023 7:22pm

ref here looks a bit like Tatiana - not sure if it's her or not 😊

if it is, she should've kept her blonde/ashy-coloured hairdo imo 🤣🤣 looked well with it ! 😛

hayrabit · 20-01-2023 7:43pm

Yates is annoyed Allen is taking so long to play his shots

Fouldsy annoyed Noppon playing on when needing two snookers - with still (i think?) 3 reds left on table

grumpy feckers 😂

and Allen looking extremely likely to go 2-0 up against Noppon

Arthur Daley · 20-01-2023 7:48pm

Yeah that is Tatiane.

Noppon is a likeable guy, a lot of neutrals would like to see him advance. And he has done some damage this week already.

hayrabit · 20-01-2023 8:03pm

both players extremely methodical this eve

think Noppon used to play a lot faster than this - working for him anyway tho here in frame three.

hayrabit · 21-01-2023 7:00pm

Snooker on ITV3 tonight

hard to find it there 😊 i

If ya didn't know it was on, ITV3 aint exactly a channel you'd turn on for da craic 🤣🤣

hope Shaun wins here - keep him from talking shoyte in studio 😃

AllForIt · 21-01-2023 8:46pm

Murphy misses an easy black to halt his momentum after a great 140 break in the previous frame giving the edge back to Trump. Story of Murphy's life really.

4 - 1 to Trump

21-01-2023 9:02pm

Murphy hasn’t been playing at all lately chaps been making a show of himself between this and the masters

AllForIt · 21-01-2023 9:03pm

Excellently break there by Murphy to claw one back.

21-01-2023 9:09pm

Mon the Murphy ye divil show us why they call u the magician

Arthur Daley · 21-01-2023 9:37pm

Well a Trump v Allen final gives us the form men this season, but the way each have started playing lately it might not have the sparkling attacking snooker we would have expected.

Tom Mann Centuria · 22-01-2023 2:34pm

Mark Allen is painful to watch in recent weeks. I'm sure with all his success recently means he couldn't care less but it's dull as dishwater.

Arthur Daley · 22-01-2023 2:59pm

That was some red Trump played earlier at pace to knock the red out on the side rail. Frame 2 I think.

patrickc · 22-01-2023 3:53pm

there's a real lack of a buzz about this final, Mark as said above is playing as dull.

hayrabit · 22-01-2023 4:18pm

must be the arena there, what doesn't seem to lend itself to crowd involvement

been pretty muted from most of the few matches i've seen; mebbe they were especially quiet cos for a lot of the comp there's been two matches on the go

livened up a bit there ~2mins ago when Allen (momentarily) let Trump in 😊

they can only get themselves 'up' for it in a 'massive underdog' situation; or so it would seem to me 😂

GWAN Mark!!

AllForIt · 22-01-2023 9:02pm

What a long red there by Trump to get himself out of a pickle!

That should be 7 - 8 now.

Arthur Daley · 22-01-2023 9:02pm

Brave red by Trump and shoul be 8-7. 3 on the bounce since the interval

Snake Plisken · 22-01-2023 10:22pm

Decider! Great comeback by Judd

patrickc · 22-01-2023 10:29pm

this session has been way better than the 1st.

Arthur Daley · 22-01-2023 10:33pm

Allen is fairly cold. Missed that red by a good bit. You'd have to favour Trump now

AllForIt · 22-01-2023 10:48pm

I feel sick for Trump for missing that yellow especially just after Allen missing an easy red, so I can't imagine how he feels.

Arthur Daley · 22-01-2023 10:50pm

Well done Mark Allen. A fair bit of grinding this week.

With 4 snookers for 14 points needed and the brown where it was I think you could justify playing on there, given what was at stake. 60 grand the difference.

patrickc · 22-01-2023 10:51pm

well done Mark:) delighted for you

hayrabit · 22-01-2023 10:52pm

Mark Allen: "I was shaking like a shíttin' dog there" 😂😁😂

brilliant!

patrickc · 22-01-2023 10:54pm

the atmosphere seems way less compared to the Ali last week.

loyatemu · 23-01-2023 11:55am

Allen up to no. 3 in the world now; he has 3 times as many points/winnings as the next best player this season.

Arthur Daley · 23-01-2023 1:54pm

Yeah Mark Allen has earned half a million in prize money already this season.

It's a great life up at the top of the game, as it should be.

23-01-2023 1:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120146111#Comment_120146111

Well sub taxes to be fair it’s a good bit less than 500k. But still absolutely minted haha.

World Grand Prix 2023 - 16-22 Jan, ITV4, Eurosport, Discovery+

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