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Old 02-05-2016, 16:32
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It's interesting hearing Shaun Murphy talking about when he and Selby were coming up through the juniors. Murphy says Selby was by far the worst breakbuilder of their generation of promising youngsters and it was only when he knuckled down to some hard work that it started to gradually improve and get anywhere near the level his peers were able to achieve with their superior natural ability.

It's patently obvious watching Selby now though that he still struggles very badly with the breakbuilding facet of the game, hence his willingness to be on the constant lookout for other means of winning frames.

Is it taking the game back to the snooker dark ages? In my opinion it probably is. I'm not saying everyone should be able to play, or should try to play, like Ronnie, but I do think a World champion should possess at least some degree of breakbuilding fluency.
As mentioned by others your argument is contradicted by the fact Selby is 5th highest for centuries. And is ahead of Murphy. What you could perhaps take from Murphy's comments is that Selby deserves great credit for how hard he has worked on his game. To the point where he is now one of the great break builders.

Isn't ding on 400+ too?
Yes he is. On CueTracker Ding is 6th highest for centuries. Also I noticed that Marco Fu is 7th. So despite the shock exits, 3 of the 7 highest century makers were in the semi-finals.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:35
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Think Ding got slightly lucky that the cue ball missed the two reds there, so despite missing the black, nothing's really on.

And what kind of shot was that from Selby? Another awful one after being let off.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:35
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What sport has got worse since going to Sky?
Snooker was on Sky, they dropped it.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:36
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Regarding great break builders. Remember that Neil Robertson never used to be one of the best until Stephen Hendry called it amateurish!

He then made 103 the following season and is now that 4th highest on the all time list.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:37
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Is there a chance they wont get all 8 frames in during the afternoon session ?
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:38
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Mark Selby and the 500ft snooker cue.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:39
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Is there a chance they wont get all 8 frames in during the afternoon session ?
This one and two more could drag on till 6
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:41
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They don't use the extended one underneath the side of the table like whats in clubs. I remember using them. Forget about screwing back, hitting the white was hard enough.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:41
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For someone who's meant to be boring Selby's taking on a lot of unnecessary risks this afternoon.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:45
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They don't use the extended one underneath the side of the table like whats in clubs. I remember using them. Forget about screwing back, hitting the white was hard enough.
They still have one don't they ? Under the table. Never see it though. Along with the spider and swan neck etc
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:50
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Dave Hendon just said on Twitter this could be the last frame this afternoon. Cut off is 5pm-ish so they definitely won't get all eight frames in.

Could be a very late night tonight.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:50
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Selby let's Ding back in... Ding says after you... feels like the pressure's getting to them.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:51
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:51
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A gift from Ding to Selby there
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:52
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Looking like Selby's day. Ding just can't get his nose in front.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:55
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Selby 2-0 up in the mini-session; 3-3 in the session as a whole; 13-10 in the match.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:58
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They still have one don't they ? Under the table. Never see it though. Along with the spider and swan neck etc
Yes although it's never used for obvious reasons.
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Old 02-05-2016, 17:00
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Need a Ding win here in one of these frames. His long potting has been excellent.
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Old 02-05-2016, 17:06
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"This 52 break will hopefully win the frame."

No bias there from the BBC commentators.
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Old 02-05-2016, 17:09
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Why does Ding get his first name used for the score instead of his surname like everyone else?!
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Old 02-05-2016, 17:10
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Why does Ding get his first name used for the score instead of his surname like everyone else?!
His family name is Ding.

Many Asian countries put the family name first.
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Old 02-05-2016, 17:11
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All over now for this frame. Bit of luck for Ding there - both with Selby's unfortunate miss and the first red Ding potted second time around.
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Old 02-05-2016, 17:11
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"This 52 break will hopefully win the frame."

No bias there from the BBC commentators.
Thorne isn't great at keeping neutral is he!
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Old 02-05-2016, 17:12
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His family name is Ding.

Many Asian countries put the family name first.
Fair enough, always been curious why it wasn't shown as Junhai
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Old 02-05-2016, 17:13
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Fair enough, always been curious why it wasn't shown as Junhai
Always wondered that myself.
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