BetVictor Welsh Open Semi-Finals !!!!!!

Monday 28th of February ~ Sunday 6th of March at The Celtic Manor Resort, Newport

One table setup, and first up recent Shoot-Out champion Hossein Vafaei into his 5th ranking event semi-final, and second at his particular event he reached in 2019. He faces current CoC champion Judd Trump, who's yet to win a ranking event this season.

And then we have Joe Perry, in his first semi-final for 3 years, who's up against Jack Lisowski, himself having a bad season thus far, but hoping to make things right starting here.

Who shall make the Final and move one step closer to the Ray Reardon trophy?

DRAW

Semi-Finals

Hossein Vafaei v Judd Trump Trump leads 4-3

Joe Perry v Jack Lisowski Tied at 4-4


ORDER OF PLAY

Uninspiring lineup

Hoping for Jack v Hoss

Yes, the most interesting story here is whether Vafaei will get his 2nd ranking event in one season. Closely followed by whether Jack will break his duck. Judd v Perry might be good in terms of quality snooker I guess, but I can't imagine it generating much universal interest.

Come on Judd! Hossein will be tough though. He's beaten Judd the last 3 times they've played.

chengdufan wrote:Hoping for Jack v Hoss

Yup, or I wouldn't mind Gentleman Joe reaching the final either.

Basically anyone winning bar Trump will be good by me.

EDIT: Actually rooting for Jack now as he'll take me over 200 points on Think Pink.

How long before they get going today?

chengdufan wrote:How long before they get going today?

1pm UK time. Hoss v Judd. Two hours and eight minutes from now.

SnookerFan wrote:Not live on BBC to 1.15pm, so there'll probably be some fannying around first. It won't be dead on 1pm.

That's handy. I will probably be back by then. I have to go and help to feed a load of pigs first. And I'm not joking.

Hossein is a great player and has plenty of potential. His biggest weapon IMO is his mindset, he's not afraid of anyone. He doesn't "over-respect" his opponent the way Ronnie does with Higgins, or Ding with Ronnie etc, that's why he Hossein has such a good record against top players.
Hossein has a great chance of winning this if he gets past Judd.
But Judd is still favorite. And that's cause when he is at his best, he's still better than anyone that's ever played this game, bar Ronnie.
Perry or Jack will both crumble in the final, especially if they face Judd.

Car MOT all done in good time.

Yanfan wrote:

chengdufan wrote:How long before they get going today?

1pm UK time. Hoss v Judd. Two hours and eight minutes from now.

Thanks Gave me a chance to pop to the supermarket.
I've bought a bag of Burts BRITISH hand cooked potato chips Mature Cheddar & Spring Onion

I hope whoever cooked them wore some kind of industrial gloves.

Turns out they're crisps rather than chips. Confusing packaging, but very tasty nonetheless

Come on Judd!

Good interview from Judd.

Jimmy is always up Ronnies back side.

SnookerFan wrote:

Juddernaut88 wrote:Jimmy is always up Ronnies back side.

All the pundits are.

Not as much as him though.