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Yup, 5-4 up with the darts and blows it. Incidentally Van Veen has three times snook through 6-5. I hovered over his name earlier but decided not to take him 🤦‍♂️

Great tip, she's in complete control so far 👌

Yeh I could barely believe what was happening. Completely crumbled, absolutely shocking capitulation. 😮

You'd have thought so alright, but MVG upped his standard for the final and for once Littler didn't match the ridiculously high levels he's shown us in recent months, especially on the checkouts. Glad I didn't bet on Littler now (was doing housework!(😆

I know none of these guys are going to win and probably won't make the semis either but still these are higher odds being offered than I would have expected from Paddy Power, when you consider they're all into the fourth round now. Mannarino for instance, I know Djokovic is up next but I still wouldn't have a seasoned campaigner who won an atp title a few weeks ago at such long odds.

Missed out by one ace in the end. Darn it. Draper getting broken at 5-5 in the fourth set killed it off sadly..

Looks like Draper is going to blow out my bet with a pretty underwhelming performance 🤦‍♂️ only two aces so far from the Brit...Not good 🙈

I quite like this from Paddy Power. Draper served 17 aces in the first round, albeit over five sets. Alcarez should be a safe bet here unless Sonego doesn't show up and gets steamrolled, which I don't think will happen. I'm happy to take the 4/7 for Draper and Alvarez to serve at least 5 aces each.

All good man, yeh it's good to know re the X posts, that's pretty annoying how it does that, yeh definitely won't be doing that again. Cheers.

Understood, I won't make that mistake again. Let's draw a line under it now and we'll see if we can make a few quid over the next few weeks. 👍

X post removed. You could try being at least semi-polite, as all the other posters are. I don't go around posting X links willy nilly on here, as you well know, and if I did post one or two before, it was quite some time ago. I remember posting one comment about the Aussie Open in another thread which wasn't specifically a thread for the Australian Open, but it was a general comment and absolutely nobody had an issue with it, except it seems, you. Seriously dude, let's just keep the talk to tennis (and other sports in the other sections) and be respectful to each other, and we'll all get along fine.

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Ronnie could be starting to implode here, 🤦‍♂️ I hope I'm wrong but he hasn't been too interested in playing proper snooker this last couple of frames. 😐

Both Ronnie and Barry should have a century each by now but both screwed up with amateurish positional play 🤦‍♂️. Hawkins very lucky to be on level terms, Ronnie sometimes displaying his 'can't be bothered' attitude. Needs to get his head down and focus on winning this and stop fooling around.

I don't think I've seen Allen play this badly this decade and yet he's somehow ahead. Higgins must be wondering how he lost two of these last three frames when on the verge of winning both, particularly the fifth one when he rashly walloped the final brown into the pocket (thus missing it) instead of calmly finishing off the frame, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

That both players couldn't hit a barn door at ten yards? 😆 Bloody hell I thought the standard in Hawkins Robertson was poor but this one takes the cake! 🤣

Richard Mann must be smoking some pretty strong stuff, he was clearly watching a different match to myself! 🤣 Yes, Robertson produced a couple of quality frames but he was godawful for most of the others, as was Hawkins. A couple of big breaks isn't much good if you're making basic mistakes and missing straightforward pots the rest of the time. Equally for Hawkins. No idea how Richard Mann is coming to these conclusions. https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/masters-snooker-quarter-finals-preview-and-best-bets-ronnie-osullivan-set-for-tough-test-in-barry-hawkins-clash/215050

I see that Hawkins has Ronnie up next. 🤣 If he(Hawkins) plays like yesterday, 'O Sullivan will wipe the floor with him. Will see what sort of odds the bookies are offering and see if there's any decent Ronnie related bets available. 👍 EDIT: Ronnie at 2/5 (with Paddy Power) to beat a player who struggled to beat the player who's barely won a match in six months? I'll have some of that! 😁

Yes, Nuria let us down, surprising result, I wonder was she perhaps fatigued after her win in Canberra a few days ago and she just ran out of steam? Am always a bit wary of betting on matches that happen when I'm asleep! 😆 Like you say, let's hope for better fortunes when the main action starts next week! 🙂

Well Hawkins got it done in the end but both players played appalling at times. Standard really was poor overall from the pair of them, with a few comically bad shots from Robertson particularly, interspersed with some superb long pots, but it couldn't make up for his overall level of inconsistency. Hawkins though wasn't much better, his potting left a lot to be desired, he'll need a big improvement if he's to go any further in this competition.

Staying away from betting for a few days probably. Can be tricky enough this time of year. We'll get a better idea of where players are at when the Aussie Open rolls along.

This is immense from Dobey, Cross not playing that badly but he's not getting a look in. Can Littler better him? Could be a classic if both players play to their potential. (assuming Dolan doesn't spoil the show, but I can't see it happening)

Yes indeed, looking forward to it! Hurkacz plays today in the United Cup, he's 13/8 with Skybet to have the most aces in 2024, nearest challenger in the betting is Opelka, who has postponed his comeback again and looks unlikely to mount a challenge to the big Pole. Am happy to throw a few quid on Hubert considering his complete annihilation of the field last year, finishing over 500 aces ahead of his nearest challenger.

Looking at PP's odds to break the record 901 barrier for 180s. Last night was a blow to this bet after Smith and Bunting barely showed up but its still available at Evens to come in. 🤔 There's thirteen matches left, even with there being longer matches in the final stages, you would need something like 17 180s on average per match for this bet to win. I doubt that's going to happen 😕 but let's hope I'm wrong! 🙂

Damon Heta to Win v Berry van Peer & Raymond van Barneveld (+1.5 Sets) v Jim Williams at 10/11 with Paddy Power, seems like it has a decent chance of coming in.