Zapp Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Dekers said: Out of curiosity.......Yan Bingtao and Stephen Maguire as mentioned...why, on the scoreboard on screen, was Maguire listed as Maguire and Bingtao listed as Yan. I have noticed this before with the Chinese playes, they list by their first name where historically all other players seem to be listed by surname?? Chinese names are the other way round, its surname and then forename. His name in western order would be Bingtao Yan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 56 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: IIRC in Chinese culture the Surname/family name is given first then the individual's name. I didn’t know that; every days a school day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 Thanks to Yellow Bear and Zapp, that answers the question perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 15 hours ago, Scully said: Excellent match! Send me a tenner and I won’t tell you who won! 🙂👍 I sent the money to your African account 👍 Just watched the last frame now, some standard of play when the scores are so high. Ronnie looked rattled with his breaks, I thought when it came back to 3-3 it was going to be one for one after that with the first to make a mistake to lose. But when Higgins won the 8th, Ronnie almost dropped his que leaving the arena!! Queuing error followed and it's all over, the slow methodical play by Higgins just grinds players down, he never made a mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 24 minutes ago, Mice! said: I sent the money to your African account 👍 Just watched the last frame now, some standard of play when the scores are so high. Ronnie looked rattled with his breaks, I thought when it came back to 3-3 it was going to be one for one after that with the first to make a mistake to lose. But when Higgins won the 8th, Ronnie almost dropped his que leaving the arena!! Queuing error followed and it's all over, the slow methodical play by Higgins just grinds players down, he never made a mistake. Ta.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 17, 2021 Report Share Posted January 17, 2021 Looks like being a long afternoon session, both making a few mistakes, JH has made more in the first 3 frames than he did all night against Ronnie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted January 17, 2021 Report Share Posted January 17, 2021 On 16/01/2021 at 13:52, Mice! said: I sent the money to your African account 👍 Just watched the last frame now, some standard of play when the scores are so high. Ronnie looked rattled with his breaks, I thought when it came back to 3-3 it was going to be one for one after that with the first to make a mistake to lose. But when Higgins won the 8th, Ronnie almost dropped his que leaving the arena!! Queuing error followed and it's all over, the slow methodical play by Higgins just grinds players down, he never made a mistake. Higgins is my favourite player because he is so unflappable. I remember some ridiculous comebacks he made in the 90s where he went from on the ropes to shifting a gear and winning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 17, 2021 Report Share Posted January 17, 2021 He should have won that last frame though, looking like 2-2 at the interval, game on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2021 Wow! 😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2021 Well well well, and extremely well deserved. A world champion in the making. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonbasher1 Posted January 17, 2021 Report Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) a very enjoyable bit of snooker indeed, well done yan Edited January 18, 2021 by pigeonbasher1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 I had to record it, just finished now, an impressive player, JH made more mistakes than you would expect but that probably shows the pressure he was put under. Great game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 Higgins played brilliant against Ronnie but that was a poor show last night i don't think Yan would have won against the likes of Selby or Trump but as they say you can only play what's In front of you so well done to him 👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 26 minutes ago, Rim Fire said: Higgins played brilliant against Ronnie but that was a poor show last night i don't think Yan would have won against the likes of Selby or Trump but as they say you can only play what's In front of you so well done to him 👏 Like you say, you can only play who is in front of you, the rest is merely opinion. Selby didn’t play well enough to make it even to the last four, and if you listened to those supposedly in the know, Yan wasn’t expected to make it through the first round let alone the final. After knocking out the title holder, Hendry and Parrot were asked if they thought Yan could win it, and Parrot said ‘why not?’ whereas Hendry said it would be O’Sullivan, who didn’t make it to the final. Yan knocked out everyone he played against, including the bloke who beat the favourite, so he has nothing to prove, and saying he wouldn’t have beaten whomever is totally irrelevant and undermines his achievement. He was simply the best out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 4 hours ago, Scully said: Like you say, you can only play who is in front of you, the rest is merely opinion. Selby didn’t play well enough to make it even to the last four, and if you listened to those supposedly in the know, Yan wasn’t expected to make it through the first round let alone the final. After knocking out the title holder, Hendry and Parrot were asked if they thought Yan could win it, and Parrot said ‘why not?’ whereas Hendry said it would be O’Sullivan, who didn’t make it to the final. Yan knocked out everyone he played against, including the bloke who beat the favourite, so he has nothing to prove, and saying he wouldn’t have beaten whomever is totally irrelevant and undermines his achievement. He was simply the best out there. How dose it undermine his achievement as i said he was the best on the night only time will tell if he can go all the way again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, Rim Fire said: How dose it undermine his achievement as i said he was the best on the night only time will tell if he can go all the way again It’s just totally irrelevant comments such as ‘ I don’t think Yan would have won against the likes of Trump or Selby’. He didn’t play them so the point is moot; Trump wasn’t there to beat him and Selby was knocked out early on. 🤷♂️ It’s as irrelevant as me saying he wouldn’t have beaten Hendry. Pointless. A comment such as that you made may have had more relevance as an opinion prior to the event, but after it merely undermines his achievement. He was better than any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 Frame 9. Wow. Had me on the edge of my seat shouting at the screen! A thoroughly deserved win for Yan, let's hope this isn't a flash in the pan for him and he goes on to enjoy prolonged success 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 It was a fabulous frame indeed. I seriously doubt it’s a flash in the pan, merely reaching maturity. At the age of fifteen in 2015, he beat former World Champion and former Masters title holder Shaun Murphy, in the Champion of Champions tournament. Bingtao was an amateur and still a schoolboy at the time. He was then beaten by the Australian ( can’t recall his name ) whom Bingtao knocked out of the Masters earlier last week. I think he’s going to be around for a while. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 Not watched snooker for years but I have really enjoyed this, I might even watch some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 56 minutes ago, The Heron said: Not watched snooker for years but I have really enjoyed this, I might even watch some more Have a look for the Robertson v Trump final December 2020, it was an absolute blinder. Obviously better if you can watch without knowing the winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, Mice! said: Have a look for the Robertson v Trump final December 2020, it was an absolute blinder. Obviously better if you can watch without knowing the winner. Thanks I will have a look at that 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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