7-4 decent response by Stevens

Should be 8-4 now...big start to the afternoon by Ronnie

Century, 8-4 at the interval

Ronnie so good at reeling off centuries, another in the first frame back after the interval. 9-4

The main man is playing....

Was on for another big break but missed the black

10-4 Ronnie, Robbo 9-3 up at the interval

11-4 all but over

12-4 Ronnie overnight - back to his best?

Robbo ' s looking good too

Not been tested... Will sweep past Bingham, then it starts, either Trump or Ding in the semi... Would prefer ding......

Robbo looking very good.....

Ronnie, Robbo and Murphy all playing well

Just got back in been out most of day to find Ronnie taking the game by the scruff of the neck, must have had a good talking to himself yesterday night, plenty big breaks, will let the rest know he means business, do reckon though that the draw is good for him Bingham in the next round will just be more practise for him to move thru the gears in time for Trump or Ding, do think if he had played either Robertson or murphy earlier he may go out, or one b4 the other in semis and then final he would definitely go out as I don't think he could beat both of them but maybe if he only has to play one of them and in the final at that stage he could focus for the one match, I feel Ding and Trump are good enough to beat him on general play but I don't think they are as good on defence at safety play both ding and trump like to attack and will play for a pot even when safety is best and they don't want to get involved in a safety battle it fries theirs brains, whereas Ronnie who used to be like that early in his career is pretty good at that side of the game now and is up there with the best of them, although when he plays the likes of Murphy and particularly Selby gets frustrated after a while which we saw last year in the final.

I think Trump is probably the most attacking player out there, even though he has reigned it in a bit since his early years.

I think Ding has become slightly less attacking over the years, and he seems quite able and content to mix it up safety wise. Certainly he was more than a match for Higgins during the safety exchanges, even though you would expect someone like Higgins to be on top in such a duel.

If Trump comes through against Fu, then that really will be a cracking QF between him and Ding, and it will be interesting to see if they can step it up against Ronnie, and how Ronnie responds.

I see that Fu is Evns money with a 4.5 frame h'cap, which seems very generous indeed

Can't see Fu troubling Trump to be honest, and yes a Trump v Ding QF would be cracking. Looking forward to seeing how the last eight line up will look after tomorrow.

I think Fu might give him a run for his money. He'll be disappointed not to have been 4-4, and he usually gives a good match against the bigger names.

Trump still has this thing of "whacking the balls" around the table which I don't like

comment by kinsang (U3346)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
I think Trump is probably the most attacking player out there, even though he has reigned it in a bit since his early years.

I think Ding has become slightly less attacking over the years, and he seems quite able and content to mix it up safety wise. Certainly he was more than a match for Higgins during the safety exchanges, even though you would expect someone like Higgins to be on top in such a duel.

If Trump comes through against Fu, then that really will be a cracking QF between him and Ding, and it will be interesting to see if they can step it up against Ronnie, and how Ronnie responds.
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Hi kinsang, think Ding is better at safety play than he once was, he's maturing and like trump is beginning to learn that it takes more than just potting balls to win the world title as its a long slog and everyone practices much harder and ups their game for this one, you need both the game to break build and a good safety game to come through the crucible test, but with regards to Higgins I think a few years ago he would have got the better of these guys with safety but as he says as you get older the concentration goes, and with the young ones as they get older and wiser that improves, Higgins has done pretty much everything in the game, unlike Ding and doesn't have to prove himself anymore, as to why he doesn't put as much effort/time into his safety game like he once did therefore makes easy mistakes now, he's still got it but knows that these other guys want it more now.

comment by RKW (U13169)
posted 35 minutes ago
Trump still has this thing of "whacking the balls" around the table which I don't like
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Hi again RKW, totally agree Trump has these mad moments when he just opens the pack like he is playing pool, sometimes Jimmy White was like that, he reminds me a lot of White so attacking but to the point of going too far and we all know what happened to White never won the big one, I could see the same happening to Trump unless he sorts these blips and gets a better safety game.

They've always said it'll be a maturing thing with Trump, when he grows up he'll sort himself out. Is it 3 years now since his World final appearance?

I'll correct myself, 4 years. 2011 lost to Higgins.

Murray - I think Ding has developed a much more all-round game than Trump has. There's a more measured approach to Ding's game, in fact, his game is similar to one that Higgins plays. Of course Higgins isn't quite the player he was, but age catches up with us all.

Foe me Trump plays a similar style of game to Hendry, really prefers to take on a pot than play safe. That was ok in Hendry's heyday when few players punished him, but more and more players are now capable of punishing that style of play.

Yes and they said the same with White at the time, but Jimmy was unlucky that in every final barring the one with John Parrott he came up against both Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry in their prime two of the greatest ever, I think he was disappointed in the one with Parrott as he wasn't really in the same league as Davis/Hendry and White was a league ahead of him also, but to be fair to Parrott I think he played a blinder in that final and White was taken aback a bit thinking he would stroll it, it just shows you can't take anything for granted in sport, mind you Parrott was solid for a few years and could take out the big guys on occasions in his day, and the final frame defeat against Hendry, that was so cruel he was pretty much the missed black away from winning the world title just one ball away which just shows how fine a line it can be, even though I was overjoyed at Hendry winning as I was a big fan, even I had to feel awful for Jimmy that day.