ahogy egyre több ember, közte egyre több sportoló is. akik ilyen nagy nyomás alatt vannak állandóan, valahol meg is értem, hogy máshol keresnek segítséget ha gondjuk van. csak Jimmynél furcsa, hogy pont most mikor ez a szezonja olyan jól sikerült, csomó elődöntő, meg döntős is..
meg nem hiszem, hogy ő az egyetlen snookeres aki kipróbálta, csak nem volt szerencséje és elkapták. persze ha olyan szintem van jobb, hogy elkapták és talán le lehet szoktatni róla. mindenesetre hajrá Jimmy!!!
na ja elég szomorú, de azért még mindig jobb mint a dopping. snookerben azt viszonylag nehéz. :))
gratula Hendrynek! persze csak azért nyert mer Ronnie nem volt ott ;)) ja és elvileg erről a versenyről lesz összefoglaló a Sport1en (bár a müsorban nem látom sehol) érdeklődve várom..
Ez elég szomorú,hallod!:((
Drog,drog..minden sportágban csak a drog.
Én bezzeg jobb hírrel érkeztem:
2004 BETFAIR PREMIER LEAGUE
Stephen Hendry 9-6 John Higgins
FORMAT
The seven players compete on a round robin basis, playing each other once, over eight frame matches.
All eight frames are played and every frame is worth Ł500 to the winner.
A win carries two points, a draw one point.
The top four after the round robin matches qualify for the semi finals, which are best of eleven frames.
The final, over two sessions, is best of seventeen frames.
PLAYERS
Marco Fu (Defending Champion)
Mark Williams
John Higgins
Stephen Hendry
Steve Davis
Jimmy White
Paul Hunter (Premier League Debut)
10 January 4pm Mark Williams 6-2 John Higgins
10 January 8p Stephen Hendry 7-1 Steve Davis
11 January 12pm Jimmy White 3-5 Marco Fu
11 January 4pm Steve Davis 3-5 Paul Hunter
11 January 8pm Stephen Hendry 4-4 Mark Williams
17 January 12pm Stephen Hendry 5-3 Paul Hunter
17 January 4pm Steve Davis 5-3 Jimmy White
17 January 8pm John Higgins 6-2 Marco Fu
18 January 12pm Mark Williams 4-4 Paul Hunter
18 January 4pm John Higgins 5-3 Steve Davis
18 January 8pm Stephen Hendry 3-5 Jimmy White
14 February 4pm Stephen Hendry 5-3 Marco Fu
14 February 8pm Jimmy White 3-5 John Higgins
15 February 12pm Mark Williams 6-2 Jimmy White
15 February 4pm Steve Davis 2-6 Marco Fu
15 February 8pm John Higgins 6-2 Paul Hunter
21 February 4pm Mark Williams 3-5 Marco Fu
21 February 8pm Jimmy White 4-4 Paul Hunter
22 February 12pm Mark Williams 5-3 Steve Davis
22 February 4pm Paul Hunter 3-5 Marco Fu
22 February 8pm Stephen Hendry 4-4 John Higgins
13 March John Higgins 6-1 Marco Fu
13 March Mark Williams 4-6 Stephen Hendry
14 March John Higgins 6-9 Stephen Hendry
CHAMPION: STEPHEN HENDRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CENTURY BREAKS
146, 141, 135, 120 Paul Hunter
143, 135, 134, 110 John Higgins
140, 129, 123, 120, 120, 106, 102, 100 Marco Fu
116, 106, 105 Stephen Hendry
118, 114, 103 Mark Williams
109 Jimmy White
104, 102 Steve Davis
Jimmy White has not won a major title since 1992
Snooker player Jimmy White has been arrested at a Lancashire hotel on suspicion of possessing a class A drug.
Police were called to the Holiday Inn in Preston city centre in the early hours of Wednesday.
They had received reports that people were smoking a suspicious substance in the hotel bar.
Mr White's hotel room was raided and he was arrested after a white powder was recovered. He was questioned and released on bail until 21 April.
A Lancashire Police spokesman said the substance will now undergo forensic testing.
No one else was arrested in connection with the incident.
Mr White was unavailable for comment on Wednesday.
"Mr White has been released on bail in order for the substance to be tested," said the police spokesman.
Substance will be tested
A spokeswoman at the Holiday Inn at Ringway, Preston, refused to comment further on the arrest.
"We can confirm that an incident has taken place, but as it has been handed over to the police we do not wish to comment."
He was in Preston to play an exhibition match with Alex Higgins at the Guildhall.
Alan Baker, general manager at Preston's Guildhall, said around 1,000 people attended Tuesday night's match, which was part of a UK tour.
Mr White, who was beaten in the European Open Championships in Malta on 6 March, has not won a major title since 1992.
His first round match at this year's World Championships takes place on 19 and 20 April."
remélem csak vmi fatális tévedés történt, de legalábbis VB-n már indulni fog..
mindenesetre holnap snooker a euron Jimmyvel.
Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Michael Holt
Steve Davis vs Brian Morgan
Joe Perry vs Nigel Bond
Peter Ebdon vs Ian McCulloch
Stephen Lee vs Stephen Maguire
Quinten Hann vs Patrick Wallace
Alan McManus vs Marco Fu
John Higgins vs Tony Drago
Stephen Hendry vs Mark King
Jimmy White vs Gary Wilkinson
Graeme Dott vs Colm Gilcreest
Paul Hunter vs Lee Walker
Ken Doherty vs Stuart Bingham
David Gray vs Mark Selby
Matthew Stevens vs Anthony Hamilton
Mark Williams vs Jamie Burnett
Sajnos hetvegen nem vagyok gep kozelbe, igy csak most olvastam vegig Sinisa es DRJustice hozzaszollasait. Szerintem a helyszinen nem lehetett volna jobban vegig drukkolni a ket meccset :)))
Sir Rodney Walker a WPBSA es WSL elnokenek mult heti levelebol egy jo hir ami minket is erint:
"On International broadcasting, we have secured a brand new three-year agreement with Eurosport that provides us with satellite television access into a potential 94 million homes across the world"
a VBn már ment egy fordulót Maguire, hogy a főtáblára kerüljön Robin Hull-al lesz még egy meccse. kiváncsi vagyok tartja-e a jó formáját.
kép még mindig nincs, úgyhogy jóéjt!
Jimmy White's hopes of a first major title since 1992 were ruined by Stephen Maguire after the Scotsman beat him in the European Open final.
Maguire, ahead 7-1 at the break, held his nerve to win 9-3 and claim the Ł48,000 winner's cheque.
Playing in his first final, Maguire built a 3-0 advantage after two sizeable breaks and a run of 137.
Maguire lead 6-0 at one stage, but White got on the board in the seventh frame but could not produce a miracle.
White was called for three successive misses to lose the sixth frame.
White's predicament was typified by the events of frame six in which Maguire was fortunate to secure a snooker as the cue ball remained angled in the jaws of the corner pocket.
Rather than rolling up to the pack of five remaining reds, White twice failed with an attempt to hit them off the side cushion.
He was warned by referee Jan Verhaas that a third miss would result in loss of frame and adopted a slow roll, but once again failed to make contact.
Maguire held his nerve after the resumption, despite a break of 125 by White and the 22-year-old world number 41 sealed his first title with a break of 57.
White, whose last title was the prestigious UK Championship in 1992, was making his 23rd appearance in a major final, albeit his first since 2000.
az van már egy pár neki.:))
jó korán vége lett, ilyen korán a Mastersnak kellett volna végződnie, dehát az élet kegyetlen.. :D
viszont így talán még ma lesz kép a bajnokról. ja, és gratula McGuire-nek:), fantaszikus amit csinált!!!
McGuire dominates White
Jimmy White's hopes of a first major title since 1992 were badly dented when Stephen McGuire raced into a 7-1 lead in the final of the European Open.
Euro Star Stephen Maguire was off like a steam train as he raced into an astonishing 7-1 lead over Jimmy White in the first session of the European Open final in Malta today (Saturday).
The young Glaswegian, who celebrates his 23rd birthday a week today, had never previously been beyond the last 16 of a ranking event. But the former world amateur champion has proved his potential this week with victories over Peter Ebdon, Joe Perry, John Higgins and Stephen Lee. He now stands just two frames away from his first major title.
Maguire may have had the run of the balls but he barely missed a pot in the first eight frames and fully deserves what looks likely to be a decisive advantage. Veteran White, who has lost in six Embassy World Championship finals, has a mountain to climb if he is to avoid another runners-up prize.
Maguire would become the youngest player to win a ranking event since John Higgins at the 1998 Embassy World Championship and the fifth Scot to win such a tournament. Victory would bring him a Ł48,000 top prize and bring him into contention for the LG Electronics Tour Order of Merit title.
Maguire, not even born when White turned professional in 1980, was ranked 41 at the start of the season but now seems certain to gain a top 32 place.
London’s 41-year-old veteran White is seeking his first ranking title since the 1992 UK Championship, though he did win the Matchroom League the following year. He is playing in his 23rd ranking final and aiming for his tenth title.
The most popular player in the history of the game, the Whirlwind has enjoyed a fine season so far. He was a semi-finalist in the Travis Perkins UK Championship and the Masters. Whatever the result today, he has boosted his chances of hanging on to his elite top 16 place, thanks to wins this week over James Wattana, Stephen Hendry, Neil Robertson and local favourite Tony Drago.
Victory tonight would make him the oldest winner of a ranking event since Doug Mountjoy’s 1989 Mercantile Credit Classic triumph. It would be his second European Open title, having beaten Mark Johnston-Allen 9-3 in the 1992 final. Only Hendry has won ranking titles in three different decades.
Maguire and White have played four times previously, with two wins apiece.
With a capacity crowd at the Hilton Conference Centre in Portomaso looking on, Maguire showed no signs of nerves despite his relative inexperience and was off to a blistering start with a break of 96 to take the first frame. White was among the balls first in the next but suffered a slice of misfortune as he potted the blue and spilt the pack on 44, only for a red to drop into a top corner. His opponent stepped in with 74 to go 2-0 up.
Maguire then hit top gear in frame three with a long red to initiate a brilliant 137 total clearance. He enjoyed another lucky break in the fourth as he fluked the 13th red. Leading 54-23, a superb pot on the last red helped him to a 4-0 interval lead.
White had a scoring chance in the next but made just eight before missing a red to the centre. Again he was brutally punished by the Scot as he rattled in a 103.
Things went from bad to worse for White in frame six as he lost it in unusual circumstances. Trailing 43-6 with six reds left, he was trapped in an awkward spot near the green pocket, but not snookered. He tried to come off the side cushion and roll up to one of the reds near the black spot.
He failed twice then came up short as he tried to hit a red directly. Under the ‘three misses’ rule, referee Jan Verhaas had no choice but to award the frame to Maguire. The aggregate points score at this stage was 589-83.
At 0-6, White was desperate to stop the rot and the seventh frame came down to the final black. The Englishman missed a tricky cut to the centre, but left his opponent in trouble. Maguire’s only option was to bounce the cue ball off the top cushion and hope to clip the black into the same middle pocket, but he missed it by a whisker and White finally had a frame on the board.
The Whirlwind built a 50-0 lead in the next before missing a straight-forward red to a top corner. There was a lot of work to do for the youngster, but he compiled a faultless 62 dish to the pink to restore his six frame lead.
The match resumes at 8pm local time, with the first to nine frames to fly home with the trophy.
Most már elhiszem,h a skót nagyon jó,és Jimmy nagyon szerencsétlen..50-ig jutott a szerencsétlen,és át kellett h adja Maguire-nek,aki leszedte az asztalt.
