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That's one of the most one-sided finals I've seen recently. I had a nasty feeling Kyren might win fairly easily after Jak knocked Willo out last night, but I thought it'd be more competitive than that. Very disappointing.
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What a winning burst that was from Mark Williams from 2-4 down. Three centuries in a row took the game completely away from Dave Gilbert. Terrific performance.
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This hard tip makes it sound like Willo's miscuing every other shot - horrible!
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Okay, Jak Jones & Daniel Wells have had their chance, but this is a dog of a match. A dog of a match with fleas, in fact. Time to bail and catch up with Mobland on Paramount+
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Good luck, @pistol147
We're all rooting for you, feel better soon.
A statement on yesterday…..
Everything I said in that interview was true. However, rest assured I’m doing my best to turn things round.
I have been in a mental health clinic for the last 10 weeks, finally discharging so I could attempt to play in Belfast
I owed that to my family, in particular my daughter to see me play for what could be the last time….. I also owed it to the fans who have supported me throughout my 21 years on tour
I also owed that to World Snooker who have been amazing from day on in all this, in particular Simon Brownell and Neil Tomkins who have remained in touch regularly, even Simon paying me a visit in the clinic itself
I’m not ok, but I’m ok in that itself. I’ve been much worse in the last few months than you saw yesterday. I literally didn’t see a future in anything…..
My daughter kept me going, the therapists, staff and all the other patients were amazing and helped me through some really dark days
I see the light now that I couldn’t see before but I do now. I also know it won’t happen overnight. I’m a work in progress!!! My fight and determination on the table has always been there for ones to see. I need to show those same fighting qualities off it now for a while
Please don’t detract anything from Jordan yesterday, he’s been aware of my struggles and that can’t have been easy to play in but he handled it with grace and skill as I knew he would. Im proud to call him a friend
I hope the rest of the event is a success and I will continue my treatments going forward and then see what’s ahead
Thank you to every single message I have received on here, instagram, Facebook, text messages and WhatsApp’s, I’ve seen them all but a bit overwhelmed to reply right now. Just know that they have helped me a lot but I’m not going anywhere just yet!!!! I have so much to live for and this is only the beginning of my new journey
Also, I was not made to do any interviews, I was simply given a choice and felt I owed it to everyone to speak. The media team at WST have been incredible through all this too
Thank you all x
I don't think anybody was expecting that bombshell from Mark Allen. Whatever he's going through, I hope he comes through it regardless of whether or not that was his final match. Full marks to Rachel Casey, for handling the interview with such warmth and humanity
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It's Sunday evening. Sean Murphy v Liam Davies has just started and Angles and the Space Man are on comms. Life is good 🙂
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The way Trump dispatched Selby yesterday, I made him a strong favourite today. So what do I know? That's a proper World-Champion's performance from Wu
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What a finish. Congrats to Yuan Sijun. The brown from tight under the cush in the decider deserved to win any match. But that's a tough one to take for Jimmy Robertson, who must have thought he had that last frame in the bag.
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Simon Webber retweeted
🚨 Braverman’s position on #bbcqt is so extraordinary: she internalises the racist premise that a person of Asian heritage cannot truly be English.
She is prepared to accept racial exclusion for herself, to do herself down and doff her cap to ethnic English nationalism, then uses her own self-exclusion to legitimise the exclusion of millions of others.
England is not a racial category. Black and Asian people born and raised here are no less English than anyone else.
This narrow English nationalism also treats England as the default nation of Britain, reducing Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to subordinate appendages.
The UK must be a partnership of equal nations, not a hierarchy with England at the top.
A hugely frustrating afternoon for Shaun Murphy, who had countless chances to put Wu Yize away and missed all of them en route to a 5-4 q-final defeat. Wu wasn't anywhere near his best, but he kept at it and is fast becoming a bogey player for the Magician
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The upsets continue in China. Kyren & Robbo both sent packing this morning. Great wins for Michael Holt and Chris Wakelin
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Not my music, but this dance routine is fantastic!
Rita Hayworth “learned steps faster than anyone I’ve ever known,” Fred Astaire recalled. “I’d show her a routine before lunch. She’d be back right after lunch and have it down to perfection. She apparently figured it out in her mind while she was eating.” Here they are performing “The Shorty George” in You Were Never Lovelier (1942).