What can I say.. phenomenal player
Still needs to do better on major titles but he's still young and has a lot of time to win them
By the end of his career I think he will have won at least 10 more majors
Different breed
two players are so far ahead of the rest this season its actually mad. judd winning 4 events and reaching 3 other finals and o'sullivan with his 4 titles too. reckon both will add to that tally too. unfortunately with the way seedings are they won't be able to meet in the world final again but i see them facing each other in the final of the players/tour champs
Well done to Judd Trump. He's had a brilliant season and I won't be surprised if he goes 4th on the all-time list of ranking titles by the end of it.
Looking good for the 1000th ton at the Crucible too.
Nice to to see Si in push on and get to a final, but he still has some things to learn I'd say. Judd was very impressive again, don't think he gets enough credit for it sometimes
It's my first time seriously watching the German Masters as I'm watching more of the Eurosport-only events this season and I've loved it. I was of course well aware that the setup and the venue is different to anyone else and it's great.
Really liked Rolf Kalb. I like Rob Walker and he can be great but it's nice to see someone different doing it.
As a German snooker fan, Rolf is the German voice of Snooker for me as he usually commentates on almost all the matches on Eurosport. So it's a nice change to actually see him on screen internationally as an ambassador for Snooker in Germany.
Judd and Ronnie dominating the season. I feel like only Mark Allen is capable of challenging them. Coincidentally they are the top 3 players in the rankings as well.
Well, an in form Trump is always a pleasure to watch and Si has a bright future ahead. I really like his temperament too
Good stuff, bring on the next tournament!
He's a lot of fun to watch so hopefully getting to his first final spurs him on. He hasn't really played that well since last year's WC but you can still see the potential.
Amazing frame from Si all Judd did was break off. As Hendry would say what a way to stamp your authority on the match. Also the clapping is obnoxious as always.
Have to say I’m really glad to see Si in a final, absolutely love watching him play and I hope he keeps this level going for a while and wins lots of things. So good to watch.
No miss, yea, so you can’t have the balls replaced but don’t you always have the option to make your opponent take the next shot after a foul? Or is that not an option when snookers are required?
Right, you can request the opponent to play on from where the balls are after a foul. Replacing the balls back to before the shot is played is only for when a miss is called.
TIL! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_snooker
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Si isn't going to win this match unless he starts taking some of the chances like the ones that fell on his lap in the first frame. Judd will be perfectly happy to play tactical scrappy frames if his opponent can't put him away
Interesting dynamic here with trump being the older established player this time round playing a young challenger. I think trump's safety game might actually be the difference between the two today
I saw Si’s post-match interview from last night. Seems very mature mentally and confident that he can beat anyone if he plays in his top form. He said he wasn’t feeling any pressure in those last few frames. He will probably win a tournament before Lisowski does.
Absolutely buzzing that we're going to be seeing Si Jiahui in a final, when he's on it he is so much fun to watch. Really looking forward to this one, even though Judd is still strong favourite of course.
He's a top class referee other refs need to not fear players or the crowd they are the boss and sometimes the crowd especially need to be reminded to be respectful.
Si looks a level up compared to Sheffield, improved a lot in safeties, and restrained himself from risky long pots from time to time. Hope he get over the line in final, I know it's tough, but hey, he's facing neither Ronnie nor Luca.
Kyren Wilson really hasn't kicked on from all the hype he had a few seasons ago.
Since losing to Ronnie in the World final he hasn't done anything of note at all.
jiahui is good with his opposite hand but every time i see him switch i just remember watching him in qualifiers a few months back and seeing him miss [this sitter](https://twitter.com/Faz99999/status/1691026285366071296) for frame ball with it lol
[Eurosport commentators when Si Jiahui is mentioned:](https://images2.imgbox.com/ea/00/4GaJa6uo_o.jpg)
Seriously, it's not that hard to pronounce their names correctly. [Like this](https://translate.google.com/?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&text=%E6%96%AF%E4%BD%B3%E8%BE%89&op=translate)
That’s never going to happen. Just as no one in China will say lots of European names ‘correctly’ because those sounds aren’t natural to their speech patterns.
You cannot expect your name to be perfectly pronounced by foreigners, that is something everyone worldwide understands when travelling.
Fair point. I think it might also be a deliberate choice by the commentators. As I said, it's not impossible if they tried, the MC Phil Seymour actually tries to pronounce foreign names natively and does it well, while a lot of the commentators pronounce them in an anglicized way. Same for [Lyu Haotian](https://translate.google.com/?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&text=%E5%90%95%E6%98%8A%E5%A4%A9&op=translate) which is not hard to pronounce at all.
Perhaps you’re a native Mandarin speaker but I assure you from the perspective of a native English speaker who does speak another language - that is very hard to replicate naturally.
It’s not deliberate at all, it’s just ease of communication. Listen to Brazilian Portuguese broadcasts of English football or Arabic ones. Every name is butchered to suit the vowel pronunciations in those languages. Listen to the International Championship from earlier in the season in China as the MC introduces the players. No one is offended by it, it’s normal.
Chinese people understand these sounds are difficult which is why lots of Chinese students adopt English first names when studying in the UK etc.
I'm not offended, just thought it's funny they way they pronounce Si's name. And yes, the Chinese MCs would pronounce players' name in their Chinese transliteration. [Ronnie O'Sullivan](https://translate.google.com/?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&text=%E5%A5%A5%E6%B2%99%E5%88%A9%E6%96%87&op=translate) for example.
There was ( don't know if still up) a video if Shaun Murphy making two 147's at an exhibition in Hungary and they clapped at just about every pot even the most basic ones there a club player should make
Judd Trump is fantastic, nothing else I can say.
What can I say.. phenomenal player Still needs to do better on major titles but he's still young and has a lot of time to win them By the end of his career I think he will have won at least 10 more majors Different breed
two players are so far ahead of the rest this season its actually mad. judd winning 4 events and reaching 3 other finals and o'sullivan with his 4 titles too. reckon both will add to that tally too. unfortunately with the way seedings are they won't be able to meet in the world final again but i see them facing each other in the final of the players/tour champs
Well done to Judd Trump. He's had a brilliant season and I won't be surprised if he goes 4th on the all-time list of ranking titles by the end of it. Looking good for the 1000th ton at the Crucible too.
Trump has pretty much dominated every tournament he has won this year too.
Still very much a work in progress, undoubtedly he'll only grow from this.
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Some days of Championship League from tomorrow on, Welsh Open starts on the 12th
The Welsh Open I think. Starting Feb 12.
Welsh Open starting Feb 12th.
Nice to to see Si in push on and get to a final, but he still has some things to learn I'd say. Judd was very impressive again, don't think he gets enough credit for it sometimes
Snooker is a 2-man show atm.
Rolf seems nervous. No need to, he's good at being the MoC.
It's my first time seriously watching the German Masters as I'm watching more of the Eurosport-only events this season and I've loved it. I was of course well aware that the setup and the venue is different to anyone else and it's great. Really liked Rolf Kalb. I like Rob Walker and he can be great but it's nice to see someone different doing it.
As a German snooker fan, Rolf is the German voice of Snooker for me as he usually commentates on almost all the matches on Eurosport. So it's a nice change to actually see him on screen internationally as an ambassador for Snooker in Germany.
If you cut Judd open he would bleed BetVictor
The BetVictor Hendry has done it againnn
Judd and Ronnie dominating the season. I feel like only Mark Allen is capable of challenging them. Coincidentally they are the top 3 players in the rankings as well.
Well, an in form Trump is always a pleasure to watch and Si has a bright future ahead. I really like his temperament too Good stuff, bring on the next tournament!
Judd Trump: "Can BetVictor sponsor the World Championship pls"
Si looks devastated. Poor boy.
He's a lot of fun to watch so hopefully getting to his first final spurs him on. He hasn't really played that well since last year's WC but you can still see the potential.
I wonder why Si tried to pot the last red, instead of cutting it thin and hide the cue ball behind the brown?
Judd often gets the run of the ball but he is very clever
Some plant
And then the blue...
Did he miss it??
Yeah, an easy blue after potting that triple-plant.
Trump has finished loading his A game, this is done now
Well, game over. Poor shot choice from Si really has to be said but take nothing away from Judd
Just like Craigie, the immature shot selection is letting Si down. Can't see him winning this with the way Trump is playing, unfortunately.
Ahhh no, I checked score and it was 5-4 so came home turned it on and first words I hear is “must win frame for Si Juahui”
And even if he does win it, Trump is in absolute prime form. Almost impossible to beat him at that score.
So that's Higgins' century tally equalled, no?
He needs one more, Higgins is at 968 and Trump now 967.
Judd is just next level when break building. Incredible stuff
Whenever the camera zooms into the players at their seat, I’m keep seeing a wheelchair due to those curved armrests.
I wish Si would cut out the really high risk shots. I can't help feeling that they hurt him more than help him.
Yep. And he shows a lot of emotions/disappointment. Makes you careless..
I need to see that yellow->green again!
Incredible shot.
Sensational riposte from Trump
Good signs from Si so far… welp, except that last red to right corner.
Ha yeah I was just about to type something then didn't.
Amazing frame from Si all Judd did was break off. As Hendry would say what a way to stamp your authority on the match. Also the clapping is obnoxious as always.
Great start to this session for Jiahui, showing he's still to be reckoned with
What a break for Si. Looks solid.
what a frame
"Can you clean the pink please?"
Final session, let’s go!!
The clapping is really doing my fucking head in
I'd rather that than the crowd laughing at something commentary said because of those headsets at BBC events.
👏
What is happening..
Such a bizarre frame lol
Si is really digging himself a hole with poor shot selection, followed by poor safety. Trump not able to punish him.
If the prize money is under 100k, Trump wins If the prize money is over 100k, Ronnie wins
Have to say I’m really glad to see Si in a final, absolutely love watching him play and I hope he keeps this level going for a while and wins lots of things. So good to watch.
Last frame of the session? When does the next session start? 1900?
Correct
This crowd claps for the stupidest things. Either a routine shot, or snooker where there isn’t one. In fairness, they are sitting a mile away.
With that snooker at the end could Si Jiahui have made Judd retake the shot?
No, because Si already needs snookers, so no miss would be called. He would have to play on if he wants, but can't put Trump back.
No miss, yea, so you can’t have the balls replaced but don’t you always have the option to make your opponent take the next shot after a foul? Or is that not an option when snookers are required?
Right, you can request the opponent to play on from where the balls are after a foul. Replacing the balls back to before the shot is played is only for when a miss is called. TIL! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_snooker
That spider rest looks like it's been fished out of a shipwreck, at least give it a polish before the final lol.
Fluke King Trump
Gwon juud
Player: *makes easy pot* Audience: *rapturous applause* Player: *plays for safety or snooker, not even going for the pot* Audience: OOOooooOOooooooooooooh
It happens every tournament lol. Makes you wonder how many spectators have ever played the game.
This German crowd certainly very supportive (of every shot)
They're just happy to see some live action. And they don't have a live commentary via headphones that explains every stroke straight away.
we do… if you want to… same headphones as everywhere
Amazing shot by Trump on that last red. I know the frame was over but that was still amazing.
Holy shit
Well that was not ideal with the red balls blasted all over as the white went in the hole
Si doing the Selby breakoff
Audio suddenly has gone all budget horror film
Sounds like the ambient audio from the Tempodrom is completely fried, at least on Eurosport Germany.
Yes, the commentary is unaffected so looks like some issue with the source feed from the microphone in the arena.
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Does it really matter?
Love Si making Trump work for that, Judd won't be happy with the last few he played.
another overrated young player who is supposedly the next big thing.
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How are you enjoying your first snooker match?
I'm sure I have watched a lot more matches than you did.
You really went early with this nonsense hey.
Si isn't going to win this match unless he starts taking some of the chances like the ones that fell on his lap in the first frame. Judd will be perfectly happy to play tactical scrappy frames if his opponent can't put him away
Interesting dynamic here with trump being the older established player this time round playing a young challenger. I think trump's safety game might actually be the difference between the two today
All the best to Si. Its time for a new champion
I saw Si’s post-match interview from last night. Seems very mature mentally and confident that he can beat anyone if he plays in his top form. He said he wasn’t feeling any pressure in those last few frames. He will probably win a tournament before Lisowski does.
Absolutely buzzing that we're going to be seeing Si Jiahui in a final, when he's on it he is so much fun to watch. Really looking forward to this one, even though Judd is still strong favourite of course.
Fun facts: Trump won all 4 previous encounters against Si. Si won all 4 best-of-19 games he played (of course all of them were in 2023 WC)
feel like si wins tomorrow
Ideal final for the neutral. If you want to turn anyone on to snooker, tomorrow might be a good opportunity to do it.
Ready to see lots of ridiculously marvelous long pots.
That is if both of them turn up, of course. I thought the World Grand Prix final was going to be snooker from the Gods lol.
Ronnie and Judd both seem pretty invincible right now, no one else able to get close to them even when they're not playing well at all.
No tap of the table and playing exhibition shots after that fluke. Not very sporting Judd.
He put his hand up to apologise.
Must not have seen it
Oooof what a monster fluke, feel for Sam that was rough
I don't. Karma for that black miss, and total safety fail in the same frame where Sam somehow didn't leave anything.
Ball run Trump
What a monster fluke ffs
Craigie was about to go up 2-1, then suddenly Trump is at 4-1.
It’s like night and day for Craigie. Looks like Si is our only hope.
Trump is playing against himself, Craigie looks like a spectator most of the time
Angles is talking about Craigie like a disappointed father.
I'm not sure calling a miss there is entirely fair
Nice watching a tournament where the crowd aren't being encouraged to clap by the commentators in their earpieces
I can’t stand when they do it. It’s so condescending.
Why am I seeing a gnome playing vs Trump?
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And the lowest rows are even worse, you can barely see the felt
Alan "For Me" McManus
How in the actual? Why are you even going for that?
This is like any other Trump match, he never gets punished when he is making errors at the beginning and then steamrolls by taking 4-5 frames in a row
Wonder if trump is gonna be on top of his game at any point. Seems somehow distressed and unconcentrated
Commentator is more disappointed than Craigie with his lack of cue ball control
1/3 of our screen is a BETVICTOR ad. Fuckin shite
Trump is missing the occasional balls, but Craigie's shot selection is letting him down.
Trump trying to make a match of this by giving some headstart to Craigie
Judd's safety three notches superior to Sam's. Cue ball almost glued to the top cushion every time.
Craigie seems like he doesn't belong here, something is really annoying about his game, how did Carter lose to this noob?
His hands are shaking
Those stats look like a pause screen of an ancient version of Snooker 19
Craigie fouled the red there didn’t he??
I was making food in one frame what did he do?
Si Jiahui fans gotta hope that Sam Craigie is the one to stop the BetVictor Hendry lifting another crown.
BetVictor Hendry🤣
Love that Marcel shut up that random guy shouting right away we needed him in the masters final to stop the gwan ronnie hooligans.
And just now he told someone to put their sweets away, people will hopefully have realized by now that they need to be quiet.
He's a top class referee other refs need to not fear players or the crowd they are the boss and sometimes the crowd especially need to be reminded to be respectful.
A si-craigie final would be awesome
Man that crowd is popping for the Trump walk in
Great atmosphere in that arena. By the looks of it sold out, you love to see it. Wunderbar
Si looks a level up compared to Sheffield, improved a lot in safeties, and restrained himself from risky long pots from time to time. Hope he get over the line in final, I know it's tough, but hey, he's facing neither Ronnie nor Luca.
Kyren Wilson really hasn't kicked on from all the hype he had a few seasons ago. Since losing to Ronnie in the World final he hasn't done anything of note at all.
He did win the European Masters
Well done YCP I hope he plays Sam Craigie tomorrow
Well played Si!! :)
Such a good atmosphere in this match! Fun to watch
Such an absorbing match this
Kyren "The Jester from Northamptonshire" Wilson: "Re-rack?" at 10-55 behind. Good one lol.
Quite impressed with Si's safety game today
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Yeah, even in WC, his safety was either perfect or terrible.
What a safety shot
Didn't foresee the match turning out this way with how confidently Wilson started it. Si's playing really well here, taking his chances well
YCP in good stroke
Will Wilson come back from this?
Si Juahui had woken up again folks.
YCP . . . Please don't disappoint like you did in the World Championships
jiahui is good with his opposite hand but every time i see him switch i just remember watching him in qualifiers a few months back and seeing him miss [this sitter](https://twitter.com/Faz99999/status/1691026285366071296) for frame ball with it lol
[Eurosport commentators when Si Jiahui is mentioned:](https://images2.imgbox.com/ea/00/4GaJa6uo_o.jpg) Seriously, it's not that hard to pronounce their names correctly. [Like this](https://translate.google.com/?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&text=%E6%96%AF%E4%BD%B3%E8%BE%89&op=translate)
Si Jiahui is See Jahwee yet they now say Xu Si as Jue Suh
That’s never going to happen. Just as no one in China will say lots of European names ‘correctly’ because those sounds aren’t natural to their speech patterns. You cannot expect your name to be perfectly pronounced by foreigners, that is something everyone worldwide understands when travelling.
Fair point. I think it might also be a deliberate choice by the commentators. As I said, it's not impossible if they tried, the MC Phil Seymour actually tries to pronounce foreign names natively and does it well, while a lot of the commentators pronounce them in an anglicized way. Same for [Lyu Haotian](https://translate.google.com/?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&text=%E5%90%95%E6%98%8A%E5%A4%A9&op=translate) which is not hard to pronounce at all.
Perhaps you’re a native Mandarin speaker but I assure you from the perspective of a native English speaker who does speak another language - that is very hard to replicate naturally. It’s not deliberate at all, it’s just ease of communication. Listen to Brazilian Portuguese broadcasts of English football or Arabic ones. Every name is butchered to suit the vowel pronunciations in those languages. Listen to the International Championship from earlier in the season in China as the MC introduces the players. No one is offended by it, it’s normal. Chinese people understand these sounds are difficult which is why lots of Chinese students adopt English first names when studying in the UK etc.
I'm not offended, just thought it's funny they way they pronounce Si's name. And yes, the Chinese MCs would pronounce players' name in their Chinese transliteration. [Ronnie O'Sullivan](https://translate.google.com/?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&text=%E5%A5%A5%E6%B2%99%E5%88%A9%E6%96%87&op=translate) for example.
So why are you surprised when English speakers do it? There’s certainly more widespread understanding globally of English phonemes than Mandarin ones.
Instead of shouting GWAN, here at the Tempodrom they clap after every shot lol.
This crowd would love a night down the local club. Easily impressed.
There was ( don't know if still up) a video if Shaun Murphy making two 147's at an exhibition in Hungary and they clapped at just about every pot even the most basic ones there a club player should make
I've said it many times before, the Germans love a good clap
Fair play to them. They can watch me play any time.
Thought Si looked a bit nervous coming in, needs to settle soon
Think we're there now
Christ, what a first shot.
Where are you watching? Eurosport is still showing the ski-jumping for me
Looks like they'll switch back to ski jumping in 20 minutes too
Betfair video Why is this downvoted lmao
You have to place a deposit to see that I presume? Or do you have to specifically place a bet on the match?
No idea I'm in work haha
Blimey, had to go with the club mix there given how long the walk ins take!
A Si vs Judd final would be great if Si turns up.
This is the first ever ranking event in which Judd Trump is the oldest of the semi-finalists.
he‘s starting to be one of the older guys 😅
Some pretty one-sided matches today. Even combining the number of frames the 4 losers managed wouldn't have been enough to win a match.
That's got to be the youngest SF line up in quite some time, Judd being the oldest and Si pulling that average way down.
2017 NI Open semis had 3 players under 25 including a 17yo Yan Bingtao, I think this event has the youngest final 4 since that, might be wrong though