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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. 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.Quote:
Isn't ding on 400+ too?
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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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What sport has got worse since going to Sky?
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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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Is there a chance they wont get all 8 frames in during the afternoon session ?
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Mark Selby and the 500ft snooker cue.
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Is there a chance they wont get all 8 frames in during the afternoon session ?
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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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For someone who's meant to be boring Selby's taking on a lot of unnecessary risks this afternoon.
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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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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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Selby let's Ding back in... Ding says after you... feels like the pressure's getting to them.
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Pro Plus should sponsor next year.
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A gift from Ding to Selby there
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Looking like Selby's day. Ding just can't get his nose in front.
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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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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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Need a Ding win here in one of these frames. His long potting has been excellent.
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"This 52 break will hopefully win the frame."
No bias there from the BBC commentators.
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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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Why does Ding get his first name used for the score instead of his surname like everyone else?!
Many Asian countries put the family name first. |
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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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"This 52 break will hopefully win the frame."
No bias there from the BBC commentators. ![]() |
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His family name is Ding.
Many Asian countries put the family name first. |
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Fair enough, always been curious why it wasn't shown as Junhai
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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.
