01-05-2014, 17:44
Ronnie O'Sullivan leads Barry Hawkins 6-2 after their opening session.
At 2-2 Hawkins missed a key red when in the balls, O'Sullivan made a frame winning contribution and the balls never forgave Hawkins for that one miss. He got a fearful bad contact on frame 6 and lost all four frames after the mid session interval. Ronnie being the imposing frontrunner he is has already set off like a train and could now run riot and win with a session to spare. That missed red in frame 5 was one where I had half an inkling he may miss and suffer long term consequences. For me that was a potential turning point in the match from which he may not recover.
Robertson and Selby commence battle at 7pm in a match that is likely to be very close and that could go deep into a final session on Saturday night.
If Ronnie does win with a session to spare he will have the whole of Saturday off while his opponent will have had to scrap his way into the final on Saturday night giving them much less recovery time prior to the final.
The consequence could be another quick start for O'Sullivan and a deficit that is irrecoverable in the final.
Anyway time will tell.
At 2-2 Hawkins missed a key red when in the balls, O'Sullivan made a frame winning contribution and the balls never forgave Hawkins for that one miss. He got a fearful bad contact on frame 6 and lost all four frames after the mid session interval. Ronnie being the imposing frontrunner he is has already set off like a train and could now run riot and win with a session to spare. That missed red in frame 5 was one where I had half an inkling he may miss and suffer long term consequences. For me that was a potential turning point in the match from which he may not recover.
Robertson and Selby commence battle at 7pm in a match that is likely to be very close and that could go deep into a final session on Saturday night.
If Ronnie does win with a session to spare he will have the whole of Saturday off while his opponent will have had to scrap his way into the final on Saturday night giving them much less recovery time prior to the final.
The consequence could be another quick start for O'Sullivan and a deficit that is irrecoverable in the final.
Anyway time will tell.