Haven’t watched much satisfying snooker in a while. Been a bit of a drought! This evening, however, I found two excellent games.
Mark Selby vs Gary Wilson was the first I saw. Fairly early on Selby played a couple of really quite awful shots, that were more Clown than Jester. In fact, I was in stitches, for a while, picturing Mark waddling back to his chair in a pair of huge clown shoes.
That match saw Selby go from Clown Car to Porsche 356, in an instant. Bagging the first two frames with back to back centuries. Then Wilson Fought back, taking the next two. And it was on to a final frame decider (best of five).
Selby’s excellent form had obviously dipped. But he kept his composure, and won the match comfortably. Excellent snooker!
And then I found Judd vs Thepchiya Un Nooh. Both known for feud speed and flare. Judd was in absolutely blistering form! He got to four frames up – in a best of nine – in just over half a hour!
I was riveted. But I’m also utterly shattered. So I fell asleep before seeing how that match ended. Only to re-awaken to the Judd Vs Higgins match that was the follow up to Judd’s seemingly inevitable victory.
I’ll have to see if Un-Nooh managed more than just the one frame…