Just saw Ronnie qualifying for the Final of the Maplin UK Championship against Mark Selby and it was beyond breath taking.
I missed the first half of the match...and a good thing it was for I wouldn't have been sick ,literally, seeing Ronnie behind 0-3 or 5-3 .
The rest was breath taking . Ronnie was transfigures. Frustration, repressed angers, polishing spoons( OCD or the next attempting a Uri Geller type feat, we will never know). I do dislike profoundly that Ronnie's awkward behaviour drove the Romanian commentators to talk about how shrinks have analyzed he's adversity to playing abroad..etc. . The match ended up in a decisive frame, one can imagine how tense it was and they talk about his mental condition?! That's respectful! *sigh*
Luck was not a big part of this game. Both players had quite a few bad shots.Ronnie was very much not himself and I was worried sick. He wasn't even doing the tap-tap-tap thing he does with his middle finger when he's following the ball.
As for Selby's playing, guess I missed most of his stop light moment, however I did see a bit of his game against Fu. True, Fu is no 17 and Ronnie is no 2 and a bit more intimidating that most players.
After a final against Higgins, Selby said something about it being like a dream and the honor and so on and so forth. I am curios to see what he'll say about playing against Ronnie. It is after all he's 3 defeat by Ronnie.
O'sullivan should be thankful to Selby pushing him to the final frame. With the pressure on and a few good frames behind Ronnie gave us a well awaited finally. Clearing the table with a 147 brake!!!
And to make things even better on a personal note: Up until last night Ding held the highest brake of the championship, but then Murphy did a 144 before loosing to Maguire , this in addition to defeating Ding in the previous match. So Ronnie avenged Ding , beat Murphy's brake, took down a previous high brake record and we get to see him tomorrow in the final.
So sending good vibes Ronnie's way tonight; hoping "Rocket" will continue what he started in his last frame against Selby in tomorrow's final and grab a fast win .
GO ON RONNIE!!!
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