07:30 Stephen Maguire - Ryan Day 1,45 2,35
12:30 Shaun Murphy - Mark Selby 2,10 1,55
Les favoris sont clairs pour moi, et pour les books...
J'hésite a jouer la surprise Day, car il a battu 3 bons joueurs pour arriver en demi, alors que Maguire a eu une opposition moins forte.
Mais je vais suivre la logique car Maguire a été très solide tout de même.
Maguire réalise une frame parfaite, le 147 et gagne le match 6-5.
Il a eu l'occasion de finir le match 2 fois, 1millimètre l'en empêche en frame finale, mais Day fait 2 erreurs de trop en loupant la verte et un desnookage. Un match sérré et Maguire à la fin.
Selby c'est le favori pour le tournoi, Murphy devra être à son top niveau pour le battre ou espérer un baisse de régime de Selby.
Pour l'instant rien ne le laisse penser.
Et bien pourtant c'est ce qui s'est passé...Selby en perte de vitesse et Murphy mieux et toujours solide 6-3
Dernière édition par holow le Sam 29 Mar 2008 20:23; édité 1 fois
There was double delight for Stephen Maguire in Beijing as he made his first televised 147 and beat Ryan Day 6-5 in a thrilling Honghe Industrial 2008 World Snooker China Open semi-final.
Maguire is through to his third ranking event final of his remarkable season .
In a high class encounter both players were in impressive potting form.
"It was a good match to be involved in and it was obviosuly a bit tense at the end and it was good to get over the line," admitted Maguire.
"Brilliant, apart from winning tournaments it is the best feeling ever they don't come along very often and potting the last black was just great.
"When I potted the pink I was thinking great I can go and buy a new car as I was perfect on the black but when I got down I had to step back and go again even though the black was un-missable," replied the Northern Ireland Trophy winner When questioned afterwards by the journalists on making history.
Maguire opened with a 51 before compiling the first maximum seen in a ranking event in Asia to move two ahead.
But Day was clearly not fazed by his friend making history and responded with four on the spin.
Maguire didn't see a ball for the next two frames as the Pontycymmer cueman knocked in breaks of 104 and 89 to level at the interval. On the resumption of play he continued to make very few mistakes although Maguire had a chance in frame five but having fought back to within four points with a break of 46 he couldn't convert the green allowing Day to seize the frame.
Runs of 30 and 70 secured the next before Maguire was able to break Day's stranglehold on the match. A 61 in frame 7 moved him to within a frame and he was level in the next, this time a break of 75 doing the damage.
Maguire then pulled ahead for the first time in the match since his opening fireworks.
Day a finalist in the season opener, the Roewe Shanghai Masters, was 6-2 up in that match before Dominic Dale hit him with eight frames in a row. Here he showed great composure in frame 10 to tie the match and send it into a deciding frame, a cool 63 proving decisive after the Northern Ireland Champion had missed a tricky red to the middle.
A tense opening exchange was shattered when Day attempted a long red that rattled in the jaws and cannoned across the bottom of the table. Maguire made 58 before he left the black in the jaws of the bottom pocket. Day looked like he'd done all the hard work but ran out of position on the green.
Maguire sunk the green but ran out of position himself on the brown and had to play safe but eventually prevailed to reach his first ranking event final outside of Europe.
He will face the winner of the second semi-final between Shaun Murphy and Mark Selby. "The two of them are the best players in the World. It will be a similiar match to today, very tough and I will watch the match with no preference to who I play," he said.
For Day who was within a frame of reaching back to back finals in China it was not too be, "I'm disappointed, I played quite well. We both had a run of a few frames but I had a chance to clear up at the end so I'm a little disappointed."
Shaun Murphy reached his first ranking final of the season with a 6-3 defeat of Mark Selby in the Honghe Industrial 2008 World Snooker China Open.
Rotherham's Murphy brought to an end Selby's winning streak as he set up a final meeting with Stephen Maguire in Beijing. Murphy had lost at the semi-final stage of the past four ranking events but overcame that hurdle with a composed performance.
The 25-year-old will face Glasgow's Maguire over 19 frames tomorrow with the winner to take home a cheque for £48,000. Murphy will be seeking his third ranking title and his first since the Malta Cup two years ago - though he did win the same tournament when it took place as an invitational last month. It's well documented that he and Maguire are not friends away from table, but neither will need any extra motivation when they battle for the title.
Former World Champion Murphy went 2-0 up tonight with a top break of 64. Leicester's Selby, whose purple patch has yielded the SAGA Insurance Masters and Welsh Open titles, took the next three in a row with 54, 95 and 132.
Murphy hit back with 73 and 77 to go 4-3 up then he came from 44-0 down to win frame eight on the brown. He built an early 41-3 lead in the next, then Selby battled back to within four points before missing a tough final yellow. Murphy laid a snooker and capitalised on the chance that followed by clearing to the blue for victory.
"I'm very pleased to win and to be in the final," said Murphy, who is accompanied this week by wife Clare and her parents. "It's been a bit frustrating losing in semi-finals, but I've been pleased with the consistency I've shown this season and now I've got the chance to win a trophy.
"I showed a lot of patience tonight. Mark is a fantastic player and he always makes the game difficult for his opponent. He wanted me to attack and go for my shots. but I decided to hang back and wait for him to make the mistakes."
Selby said: "I struggled throughout the match, apart from the one frame where I made a century. Shaun wasn't brilliant either but he deserved to win. I had chances in the balls but I didn't score well enough. I'll get back to the practice table once I'm home and make sure I'm in good shape for Sheffield."
MAGUIRE TRIUMPHS IN CHINA CLASSIC
30 Mar 2008 17:40:00
Stephen Maguire won his second ranking title of the season with a dramatic 10-9 victory over Shaun Murphy in the final of the Honghe Industrial 2008 World Snooker China Open.
Murphy battled bravely from 9-7 down to 9-9 as, for the second time in the past three stagings, the tournament went down to the last few balls.
The Beijing Students University Stadium crowd were on the edge of their seats as Maguire made a superb clearance from last red to blue to get over the winning line at 12.20am. The 27-year-old from Glasgow collected the trophy and a top prize of £48,000.
After a lean spell of three years without a major title, Maguire announced his return to form last November by winning the Northern Ireland Trophy. He subseqently lost in the final of the Maplin UK Championship but is now back on the winner’s podium as the only player to win two ranking events this term.
It’s the fourth ranking title of his career - only 11 players have reached that mark in snooker history: Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Jimmy White, John Parrott, Peter Ebdon, Ken Doherty, Ray Reardon and Stephen Lee.
The Scot, who superb break-building skills were evident in his first televised 147 in the semi-finals, will now go into the 888.com World Snooker Championship full of confidence.
Murphy won five frames on the bounce from 5-2 down but seemed to tire in the closing stages, perhaps as a result of several long matches and late finishes this week. He found a second wind at 9-7 down as he fought back to all square but the former World Champion from Rotherham was ultimately denied his third ranking title and a cheque for £22,500.
Another consolation for Murphy is his jump to the top of the provisional world rankings, with Sheffield, the last stop on the circuit this season, just three weeks away.
Murphy trailed 5-3 after the first session but pulled one back in the first frame tonight with a break of 75.
The next lasted 37 minutes and came down to the colours, Murphy knocking in an excellent long yellow along the side cushion and adding the green to level the match.
An 81 put him ahead for the first time since 2-1, and he took a 7-5 advantage into the mid-session interval after winning a safety exchange on the green in frame 12.
Maguire, having lost five consecutive frames, came out refreshed after the break and, with a statement of intent, rattled in a 137 to halve his deficit. He dominated a scrappy 14th to level at 7-7 then rolled in an 80 to regain the lead.
The momentum was now clearly with Maguire and he went two up with three to play with an 89. Murphy, watched by wife Clare and her parents, kept his hopes alive by winning the 17th with an 86.
Maguire edged ahead in frame 18 with 40 before missing a tricky red to the centre. Murphy recovered to within 15 points then potted the penultimate red from distance and made a cool 30 clearance to force the decider.
Both players had scoring chances, Maguire making 35 before running out of position then Murphy compiling 38 only to do the same with two reds left.
It came down to a safety exchange on the last red. Murphy had shown patience and restraint throughout the final, but perhaps his safety-first approach was over-ridden by his natural attacking instinct as he went for a risky long pot.
He missed and let Maguire in, though the Scot still had plenty to do. He played a brilliant shot on the yellow to dislodge an awkward green, slotted home the next three balls and eventually denied his opponent the snooker he needed by potting the pink for victory.
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