Going into the third session Neil Robertson led 9-7 but Mark
Allen was strong enough to make the score 8-8 but could not win that final
frame. In the final session Neil Robertson put in an awesome performance as he
hit a 94 and a 95 still not being able to put in a century to make his
hundredth. Neil Robertson could win this title and in my opinion he is the
favourite still and is the only non British player left in the competition
In the other match of the afternoon Dominic Dale cruised to
victory over Michael Wosley. The first session is where this game was won as
Wosley could not get out of the traps as he lost the first session 7-1 and the second
lead 12-4. Wosley might have been emotionally tired after beating the best
player of the year so far Ding Junhai and this gave a lot more control to
Dominic Dale as he won all 3 sessions. In my opinion Dominic Dale is a surprise
package and has got very little hope when he plays a big boy (O Sullivan
Robertson Selby etc)
In the first match of the evening Judd Trump cruised into
the quarter finals leading 9-7 from the first session with a 13-7 win over Ryan
Day. There was never a time when you would think that Trump could loose this
match as he looked so easy for him. I feel that with performances like this
Judd Trump is a big player now but how will he cope with that
Shaun Murphy also did not have it that tough as he defeated
Marco Fu which means still to this point there will not be an Asian World
Champion as he had a 10-6 lead overnight. Murphy had a little bit of clinchers disease
as he did lead 12-7 being in the balls but when he was not able to clear it up
as he seamed nervous. He did win the match in the next match. You can not be
certain what Shaun Murphy will show up for this match
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