snooker world championship final

Higgins about to steal the final frame of the session..

No doubts about that: 13-11

Who's this Trump kid, he's doing well.

Judd's done it!

Poor Ding

Yeah,wanted ding to win.
All in all, great snooker from the both of them.

Trump is great. People mentioned Jimmy White because of some of the huge cue power (and exuberance by putting it on show often) and I'd agree.

i liked that he couldn't quite keep from smiling towards the end of the colours on the final frame. and then saying in the interview afterwards that his legs were giving way on him. i hope he can ride the wave to the title.

Higgins through after a cagey final session.

Love Trump to do this but Higgins is a killer of dreams -- can see him getting Trump into tactical battles and sinking him. Its just whether Trump could find the big breaks from 14 - 9 down.

I missed the heckler - apparently the guy shouted "How did you swallow that £300,000 John? You're a disgrace to snooker!"

Higgins was lucky to stay in the match yesterday. He played much better today and Williams just kept letting him in. I think if Trump maintains his form he'll be strong enough to win. Higgins has had three long gruelling matches in a row and I think he'll run out of steam. I think I'll have a flutter on Trump to win by 3 or more frames.

They will both have a bad session is all I predict.

I didn't catch what the heckler said. Was wondering why the commentators weren't saying anything...and why was Williams smiling to himself after he was evicted?

I was also gonna say that Higgins has got a lot to prove after all that has happened. He has been through many tough matches but Trump has never been to this stage. xp

Scrappy stuff, but I can't see either of them suddenly taking off - I predict a decider

Rapidly becoming a fan of Trump's spectacular style, though.

Yeah, he's good, but a little too cocky.

So this Trump guy...

Onimo otm based on last night's session - Higgins looks spent really.

First time I've watched more than 10 minutes of snooker for about 10 years.

Watched a bit of this last night, I was struck by how many of Trump's ridic long pots go right into the centre of the pockets. I ended up just betting Trump to win as my bookie didn't have a "more than 3 frames" thing, only had correct score books.

Higgins is twitching on long pots - beginning of the end of his career.

BBC filler guy being sent to knock the players' dressing room doors wtf. This "let's get the boys on the baize" thing is no "ready to rumble" is it?

BBC filler guy manages to be more inane than Hazel's 'what is going through your mind' - type questions.

Oh for fuck's sake don't resurrect this Snooker Loopy shite!

Don't want to use the dreaded r-word again but it's frankly amazing that Higgins has levelled this match. I've never seen him miss so many balls but he keeps coming back with these frame winning breaks. Trump's giving him lots of chances, of course - if he could tighten his safety up and resist at least some of the higher risk shots I think he'd be out of sight.

yeah, trump needs to try to curb something he's not had to curb before in this situation.

that blue in an early frame this afternoon, he thought for 3 minutes what to do, and he still went with the high risk shot. sounds like it's been downhill since then.

if he can play percentages then he'll have higgins working a lot harder to win.

What a roaring crowd! Amazing!

C'mon Higgins :)

If Trump loses this it'll be by his own doing but if he plays his cards right next year he'll be sure to get there eventually.

He's too busy whacking them in (which he does well), he's not focusing on the longer game.

up the trump

It's slipping away for the youngster.

needs to turn the adrenaline tap down

Yeah, he's not a great safety player yet by a long way. Great pots are great, but this is the world championship final, you need to be the best at multiple things at once.

Yeah, he's smacking shots all over.
to be fair, he is only 21 and he is handling it pretty well considering.

When he calms down and learns more safety play, maybe over the next couple of years, he'll be untouchable.

Higgins' steady perfection can be boring compared to the Trumps and Ronnies of this world, but boy does it get him frames you'd think were long gone

Not often you see Higgins pick the wrong shot - wtf was he thinking with that cut? He's been watching too much of that Trump fella.

I don't see Higgins losing this now, not anymore.

No pressure at all here for Higgins!

From BBC i player

From Russell, on text: "You probably won't publish this as it's not pro-Trump, but he's anti-snooker. He's a glorified pool player going for every shot without a thought for positioning. It's just thump thump thump in the hope the balls go in. Comparisons to O'Sullivan are an insult given his cue control. Unsurprisingly I'm very much in Higgins' camp."

What a finish! Cost me a few quid but well done John Higgins.

Worthy winner, but the end of a generation, possibly? That Ding/Trump match was some taster of what's to come, imho.

Fuvk you, Hazel. You got him to cry by dragging his dad into this again. Hope you're happy.

What poor sod has to hoover all that up :(

Fuvk you, Hazel.

Seriously.

The Crewcible cru will. Xpost

lol typo, but you know what I mean. This whole "tears = zoom in = emotion = good TV" formula pisses me off every damn time.

cheat came good, we're all happy.

That Hazel Irvine shit was some shameless tear-chasing bullshit.

Awesome finish! It was really nice of John to say that Judd was the better player (in a convincing manner n'all). He knows that this victory was due in a large part to more complete matchplay and experience to get him over the line.

Wouldn't say 'glorified pool player' but his cue control gets rough at points (why he needs those long pots!), which lapses into pressure that lead to that pink missed off the spot. But Judd's cue control, shot selection and safety (cause they all need 'em) will get better.

I'd say Murphy's run of potting to win the title unexpectedly a few years ago was far more underrated just as Judd's run to become runner-up is overrated. And to just compare to past players he is certainly not as exciting as Ronnie or Mark. The former had amazing cue control (and was just so fast! and then we found out he could play left handed!), the latter was just a revelation as a long potter (and had an even better temperament). And when John first arrived, his shot selection and safety were incredible, too.

300k pays for a lot of tears

twat bastard bollocks twat bastard