Updated at 19.25 BST
Sullivan 14-11 Trump (82-12)
This is the glorious behavior of TMNTPETPUAC, from this bright first red to the penultimate one cut in half with complete motion as if it were nothing. This is much better than anything we saw from him this afternoon.
Sullivan 14-11 Trump (50-12)
“When I was a teenager in the ’80s,” says Thomas Jaggers, “a friend and I ran big snooker races with up to 30 of our other kids of the year at the 8×4 table my family had. First at 18 in the final. My partner recorded the themed music on TV and we played it on a cassette player before each match. Wonderful moments! I think the highest break we had in these competitions was around 80+, but with only 10 reds at a smaller table which was not bad! ” Incredible scenes! I can imagine a bit of cheating and arguing too, if the fights I played with my friends are something to go through, and meanwhile, Ronnie makes a pink to the left in the middle, the hauls are behind two pillows, he lands in a red, and it will take something important to stop it in that context now.
Sullivan 14-11 Trump (20-12)
“The first three frames are very important for both players,” says Roger Kirkby, “but once they are played, the next three become more important. (I try for a commentary job, you think I have the insight to do it). Undoubtedly you can do cricket too, and its crucial early hours – although the standards in snooker, on BBC and Eurosport, are really high. Hendry is brilliant, obviously, but Virgo is so good at conveying the tension, while Neal Fouls and Dominic Dale are both great at the technical aspects and Uncle Joe Johnson loves the game so much. Anyway, Ronnie achieves a great start in the right corner, sends the blue to the green pocket, simply – his stomach will have the bee in his mouth for a while – and then develops some reds from another blue. He’s not in first place yet, but he’s not far off, and that could be a crucial step – if Ronnie starts, there’s not much Judd can do unless he plays as well as ever, and we have nothing. recently observed indicates that the form is available to him.
Sullivan 14-11 Trump (0-12)
In the night’s first diet intervention, the crowd asked to lower their headphones and Ronnie’s first safety hit the blue, giving Judd a nice, welcoming key in the right corner. Arrange, then notify someone of what a hearing aid might be, calm down again, get away with the rest, and what can they do with this table? The black is close to the side cushion, but after lifting the table through the green, it screws the next red behind it, only to be stuck on the rail. So, although he sends it to the left-middle, he can not hold a position, playing safely back to patch. You can cut the atmosphere with an air cutter as the players exchange safes, Jade with a smile, Ronnie with a blank stare – they both know what is going on – and Jade walks away to take us away. Jade Trump arrives at the table. Photo: Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty Images Like Ronnie O’Sullivan’s opponent. Photo: Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty Images Updated at 19.20 BST Boyz; baizing. I know we get stuck because nostalgia is a powerful drug, but can you imagine tonight somewhere other than Cruce? I can not, and although it would be nice if the arena was a little bigger, its intimacy is what gives us the special atmosphere that is such a crucial part of our game. You just can’t beat it. Play the music! What a melody! E-MAIL! “Give him a finger and he will take a hand,” is a Dutch expression, advises Cian O’Mahony, “which is used regularly, not just by the arrow champion.” I assumed that as soon as he told me I thought I had never heard it in English. Tangentially, my favorite MvGism is when he talks about Raymond van Barneveld, almost always calling him “my compatriot” because this is a sport he is constantly pursuing. Hello again and thank you for participating in one of the most important snooker games ever played. If that sounds like an exaggeration, well, it should be, but it is not: Ronnie O’Sullivan wins, comes with Stephen Hendry to seven world titles with the prospect of more coming, and if Judd Trump wins, completes the best final return of all time. Jade won this afternoon’s session 6-2, but most likely, he will have to play much better than then, because his long pot was still out, the balls ran in his favor and Ronnie will almost certainly improve. However, he is more than capable of that, especially with the renewed confidence he has now, but there is no one better at closing a match than Ronnie, and he has already suffocated a little… or not? So, sit back, settle down and take a deep breath, because after tonight, things will never be the same again. Well, this is for the afternoon – come with me again at 6.45pm. BST, after which we will experience the shocking excerpt. It will be an awkward three hours for Ronnie now, who would have known he was a blue Rizla away from the story. After all, if you told him at any point during the last year that he would start the final period of the final 14-11 ahead, he would be happy, but he would not have taken it completely in the morning. As Michael van Gerwen wants to say, you offer someone a finger, they hold your whole hand and Jade Trump is not a man with whom it is wise to put up with. Ronnie is still the favorite, but he will wonder – like the rest of us – both players know it.
Sullivan 14-11 Trump
Because of all the fireworks, we often forget what exactly Judd’s competitor is. But he is very serious, and he returns tonight with the match in balance! I look forward to seeing it, and whatever happens during it will be season.
Sullivan 14-10 Trump (0-76)
Judd closes the black at home to let Ronnie need a snooker and secures a 6-2 win at times. He did not play so well, but he played much better than yesterday, his opponent’s level dropped and the details have gone well. It is such a competitor.
Sullivan 14-10 Trump (14-45)
Another cannon from the blue… and this time Judd’s nowt, had to drop the table with a meager lead given the quality of the opportunity. Ronnie, however, misses the left corner, and although a happy kiss from the pink leads him behind the yellow, he is at least in a bulk rather than around the blue dot. So Judd takes a long one, loses a fortnight … and a different red is in the middle, rolling around his jaws and falling on his last roll! Jade did not even look at it! And even more than that, black is now available. can this coincidence determine this match? Judd will definitely win get the frame from here, and tonight he will be an absolute jazzer! This game! Updated at 15.53 BST
Sullivan 14-10 Trump (0-10)
Not for the first time, Ronnie has fibers protruding from his tip, so he pulls out the lighter to burn them. A little later, he has to go from one to the right corner, he fails and Jad can send it to the green pocket, through the rest. Pink and green are both connected, but the path to and from the blue is clear, and a push on the pack gives it more red options – the first one a plant in the left corner.
Sullivan 14-10 Trump (0-0)
This is the last frame of the afternoon. If Ronnie wins, he’s almost there. If Jad wins, things will be very different.
Sullivan 14-10 Trump
Eventually, Ronnie takes the top of the blue, breaks the pack, and although he almost sends the white in the middle of another blue, the frame is safe until he loses a red in the left corner. Judd returns needed three snookers, makes one and tangles the balls. It takes four more for the story, and in the end it’s hard to see Jade win twice before he can do it. Updated at 15.42 BST
Sullivan 13-10 Trump (49-1)
I say this, but in fact pink is stuck in a red and black is browned on the side, so this is not charismatic, although Judd’s pot was reckless. The thing is, no one can navigate around the table like Ronnie, cue-ball control and snooker brains are the best we’ve ever seen. He has an earlier ability to simplify the complex, choosing the right balls to remove in the right order, and although he continues to take the wrong side of the blue, his shot is so good that it still does not matter.
Sullivan 13-10 Trump (25-1)
He can not find, he does not mind playing one, so he tries a pot, loses, makes a career in what is left of the company and Ronnie is like the Blues Brothers at Dixie Square Mall – “this place has the always!”
Sullivan 13-10 Trump (6-1)
If Judd wins this, we will discuss it forever, and oh my days! He hits a starter in the right corner, bends around his jaws, wipes his feet, takes off his boots … and falls! BUT IT HAS AN ABSOLUTE EYE! Jade loses a black from his position! This game! So Ronnie goes on, breaks the pack earlier than he should and ends it now! He may try a hard one in the middle, but since he has all the tournaments, he makes the right choice, to play safely on the pillow, and Jade has to think about it now and then play a safety shot that leaves nothing. Good luck dude!
Sullivan 13-10 Trump
More and more strange! Ronnie has not missed a single session throughout the tournament, but what a relief it was from Judd, who knew he could not afford to lose. In the co-comms, they wonder why Ronnie did not make the red he lost, why he could always play snooker if he could not …
