22.4.09

BOND BREAKS EBDON

I wasn't that surprised that Nigel Bond beat Peter Ebdon last night. Indeed, I tipped him to in the Snooker Scene podcast prior to the tournament.

For me, the match was always going to be scrappy with chances abounding on both sides. Ebdon would have been unable to dictate the style of the match because Bond is comfortable playing the same sort of game.

Nevertheless, after winning the China Open a first round exit at the Crucible will be a big disappointment to Ebdon.

He said recently that he considered the Betfred.com World Championship to be more important than all of the other events put together.

13 comments:

Matt said...

The way that Murphy is playing this morning I think that you might be right about that match too...that said Andrew's long-potting has been a bit dodgy.

Janie said...

Murphy arrived at the Crucible suffering from a really heavy cold. He's far from well, but battling on

Anonymous said...

He seems to have a cold every year

Matt said...

He's doing well now, like Ding yesterday moving up a few gears when he has really needed to.

Sergey said...

Maybe God had the morning off!

Anonymous said...

murphy and higginson match was pretty awful

Anonymous said...

My prayers have been answered. Thank you Jesus, and well done Shaun. Don't listen to ne'er-do-gooders - or should that be ne'er-do-Goders?

Sergey said...

Well done, Eurosport, for it's live coverage of the Flèche Wallonne.

Although the sport may be constantly sullied with scandal, betting irregularities and improperness, what a magnificent finish to the race and my wholehearted congratulations goes to the winner, David Rebellin.

Anonymous said...

Here's snooker's favourite punter, Willie Thorne, having a wager on the Maguire/Burnett correct score market. I believe he put £500 on a 10-4 scoreline.

http://s663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/ProSnooker/?action=view&current=DSCF8716.jpg

Willie's 3rd from the left with his back to the camera.

Anonymous said...

FFS - cycling on Eurosport1 and horse racing on BBC2. Thank heavens for Eurosport2 and the red button.

Claus Christensen said...

The eurosport player is a must have for all the snooker tournaments. Like right now, with Higgins-Holt playing.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
FFS - cycling on Eurosport1 and horse racing on BBC2. Thank heavens for Eurosport2 and the red button.

3:41 PM
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shock horror. they have the outrage to put other sports on when *i* want to watch 'my' sport

jamie brannon said...

You have to agree with Ebdon, im sure Jimmy White would trade all his tournament victories for one World title.