Caledonian Craig Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Hmm Higgins missed a good chance to steal that last frame. 8-8 it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Barry Hawkins now leads Kyren Wilson 8-4 - nowhere near the quality of earlier but that would have been an impossible ask. Ali Carter is now level at 6-6 with Zhou Yuelong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Hawkins lead is cut. He'll resume tomorrow leading Kyren Wilson 9-7. That one is back up for grabs. On the other table Zhou Yuelong leads Ali Carter 8-7 with one frame left to play this evening.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Great performance from Kyren Wilson in coming back to beat Barry Hawkins 13-11. What a finish from him. He trailed 11-10 and reeled off breaks of 79, 121 and 132. We can now put him amongst the contenders. On the other table Ali Carter won all six frames today to beat Zhou Yuelong 13-9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Judd Trump into the QF's. He reeled off all six frames this evening to win 13-9. Ding was really disappointing though. A pale shadow of the player two or three years ago. On the other table two superb pressure breaks steals two frames from Bingham and Higgins leads 11-9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Stuart Bingham showing all the bottle of a former world champion. He has hauled it back to 11-11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 John Higgins has beaten Stuart Bingham 13-11 to reach the QF's. Granite snooker but he'll have an even tougher opponent in the next round in Neil Robertson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 In this morning's matches a jaded Kyren Wilson failed to fire whilst David Gilbert missed a serious of blacks off the spot. They shared the frames 4-4. On the other table Ali Carter raced into a 3-0 lead but Gary Wilson really impressed hitting back with centuries and big breaks to lead 5-3 at the end of their first session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 At their mid-session intervals Robertson leads Higgins 3-1 and Trump is putting Maguire to the sword at 4-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan_McCole Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 17 hours ago, Caledonian Craig said: John Higgins has beaten Stuart Bingham 13-11 to reach the QF's. Granite snooker but he'll have an even tougher opponent in the next round in Neil Robertson. Would have fancied both of them to lose against Robertson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Trump almost home and hosed leading 7-1. Maguire had a number of chances in that last frame but spurned them. On the other table Robertson leads Higgins 3-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Great effort by Higgins to get out of that session 4-4 against the in-form Neil Robertson. He used all of his top matchplay skills there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 This evening's matches have seen David Gilbert forge clear of Kyren Wilson and he will take a 10-6 lead into tomorrow's final session. On the other table Gary Wilson leads Ali Carter 9-6 as they play their last frame of the day. Wilson at the table and building a big lead. It could be 10-6 to the qualifier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Carter takes the final frame of the day. He trails Gary Wilson 9-7 overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 This morning sees Gary Wilson and Ali Carter resume their match with Wilson leading 9-7 and that match is played to a finish. On the other table John Higgins and Neil Robertson play the second session of their match with the pair level at 4-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 A vintage performance from John Higgins to take a 9-7 lead into this evening's final session against Neil Robertson. Judd Trump leads Stephen Maguire 11-5. Earlier today Gary Wilson beat Ali Carter 13-9 and David Gilbert beat Kyren Wilson 13-8 to book their first Crucible semis. Fabulous performances for them to reach that stage but you feel they'll find the quality of opponent they will face there too hot to handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Judd Trump beats Stephen Maguire 13-6 and Higgins leads Robertson 10-8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 John Higgins has beaten Neil Robertson 13-10 and goes through to his tenth Crucible semi-final. Great performance by him. Semi-Final line-up:- David Gilbert (Eng) V John Higgins (Sco) Gary Wilson (Eng) V Judd Trump (Eng) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrie21 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Interesting semi-finals ahead. Who are you picking to take it all Caledonian Craig? They flashed the odds up on Eurosport last night, the two surprising semi-finalists are outsiders despite being the consensus best players overall so far.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, morrie21 said: Interesting semi-finals ahead. Who are you picking to take it all Caledonian Craig? They flashed the odds up on Eurosport last night, the two surprising semi-finalists are outsiders despite being the consensus best players overall so far.  Right now my money would be on John Higgins. First of all the semis - David Gilbert has far exceeded even his expectations (I am sure) getting this far. He has a solid all-round game and more a match play type player. By that I mean he can win tactical frames, score heavy if need be and has a good safety game. However, here he is playing the greatest match play player I think snooker has ever seen or certainly since Steve Davis. Higgins to win 16-12. Gary Wilson has also far exceeded everyone's expectations and joins an elite group of qualifiers to reach a World semi-final. He has a very good temperament and can score heavy when in but at times his positional play can go awry. I see Judd Trump just having too much firepower for him and take Trump to win 16-10. I feel a Higgins V Trump final looks a sure thing. Trump is great when chances are presented to him no doubt about that but again I come back to Higgins supreme matchplay ability. He has the knack (as he did against Robertson) to play more frames on his terms. If frames get tactical (which they will) Higgins will bamboozle Trump. Trump is like Ronnie - looks great if you give him the chances and his potting eye is in but break up his rhythm and play with his mind and his game will struggle. Trump the more dynamic player but Higgins has more facets to his game - ie can win in one visit or win tactical frames. I'd take Higgins to win 18-14. Edited May 2, 2019 by Caledonian Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrie21 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Caledonian Craig said: Right now my money would be on John Higgins. First of all the semis - David Gilbert has far exceeded even his expectations (I am sure) getting this far. He has a solid all-round game and more a match play type player. By that I mean he can win tactical frames, score heavy if need be and has a good safety game. However, here he is playing the greatest match play player I think snooker has ever seen or certainly since Steve Davis. Higgins to win 16-12. Gary Wilson has also far exceeded everyone's expectations and joins an elite group of qualifiers to reach a World semi-final. He has a very good temperament and can score heavy when in but at times his positional play can go awry. I see Judd Trump just having too much firepower for him and take Trump to win 16-10. I feel a Higgins V Trump final looks a sure thing. Trump is great when chances are presented to him no doubt about that but again I come back to Higgins supreme matchplay ability. He has the knack (as he did against Robertson) to play more frames on his terms. If frames get tactical (which they will) Higgins will bamboozle Trump. Trump is like Ronnie - looks great if you give him the chances and his potting eye is in but break up his rhythm and play with his mind and his game will struggle. Trump the more dynamic player but Higgins has more facets to his game - ie can win in one visit or win tactical frames. I'd take Higgins to win 18-14. Nice breakdown of what you think will happen. I hope it plays out that way. Would be nice to see Higgins win it again. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 The first session sees David Gilbert lead John Higgins 5-3. Higgins looked stuck in second gear. Missed too many shots and chances. Well deserved lead for Gilbert who played much more controlled and consistent snooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 So the semis are played to a finish today. This morning Judd Trump resumes 9-7 up on Gary Wilson as they play their third session. Wilson hanging in there very well to his credit. Like his temperament and fight. This afternoon sees the David Gilbert V John Higgins semi played to a finish. Higgins has hauled himself back into the match in the second half of yesterday evening's session. He trailed 12-7 but ended the session reducing his arrears to 13-11. He'll need to improve his all-round standard though as Gilbert is playing to a higher and more consistent level so far. Anybody's match now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Trump now leading 11-7. Wilson just beginning to miss too many chances and Trump mopping up without looking overly fluent. himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Trump edging close to the final. He leads Wilson 12-8 at their mid-session break. I'd say Wilson needs to win three of the next four frames to stay in contention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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