Since the beginning of this session, Ronnie hasn’t won one frame and Neil Robertson caught up putting the game into a tie. As I’ve said earlier, another day, another luck for Ronnie O’Sullivan… Let’s hope he’ll get back into form soon enough…

Neil Robertson is now in the lead 9-8 against Ronnie, both of them play pretty good but the level of play isn’t really high, we don’t get to see 100+ breaks for now…

Ronnie replies with a 100+ break but Neil wins the next frame and is in the lead again. Ronnie shouldn’t have allowed Neil’s come-back earlier today, he might live to regret that.

Ronnie is back in the lead after stealing the frame away from Neil. Incredibly, Neil was a shot away from winning this frame but missed the last ball he needed to secure victory and Ronnie didn’t wait long to win the frame.

The match got pretty even but I bet Ronnie’s fans are not relaxed as Neil Robertson gained pretty easily the lead of the game. It’s not usual for Ronnie to tail behind, he should have ended this long time ago, would argue his fans.

The 20th frame has its sense of humor, the first points, on both sides have been gained through fouls. The first one by Ronnie, resulted in a break-up of the reds pack and if Neil Robertson would have called a replay the ref would have had a hard time putting the balls back in order. But Neil accepts the position and pots the red… together with the white.

Ronnie steals the frame away from Neil, he was one shot away from victory but misses that last ball he needed and Ronnie doesn’t loose the oportunity to gain back the lead of the game.

I’ve seen so many mistakes and missed shots in this match it’s not about who misses anymore, it’s about who can play decently enough to win, that’s how much the level of play has fallen. It’s funny to see spring-loaded Ronnie jump up from his seat with every miss of Neil Robertson’s.

Ronnie is now one frame away from victory and Neil Robertson is back in the hotseat as his chances don’t look so well…

If Ronnie is to win this last frame and the match he is heading on to play against John Higgins, the player with the greatest achievements in snooker next to Ronnie left in the competition in the quarter finals. A match fit for the finals if you ask me.

It’s the last frame and Ronnie doesn’t hesitate to show off his talent. He fluked one of the shots and apologised but the shots he pulls now are great, some of the pressure must be off his shoulders now that he has a comfortable lead as is as close to victory as ever. The points go up and Ronnie’s average shot time comes down as the “Rocket” picks up speed and secures victory in this match, he is going to the quarters for a shot against Higgins.

The match between Stephen Hendry and Allister Carter just ended. After winning another two frames Stephen Hendry lost with a score of 13-6 as Carter only needed one frame to win.

The match between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil robertson continues now on TV. Ronnie looked like he was going to have another wasy win yesterday as we’ve seen the first two sessions unfold with Neil Robertson only winning two of the 8 frames played. But as we all know Ronnie, another day may mean another luck.

Stephen Hendry has a difficult match ahead, against Allister Carter. Carter is already in the lead with a score of 6-2. It’s not that Hendry played bad, he played really well but Allister Carter played excelellent. Allister Carter actually had a 99% success rate of the long-shots at one point in the morning session, at that rate there hardly is a player that would have stood up against him.

Depending on the score at this evening’s session, Handry may or may not have good chances of victory in this match. Maybe if he begins the session tomorrow at a score of 9-7 he could recover, but any bigger advantage to Carter will almost certainlty mean defeat for the great champion.

In the 10th frame the brown ball fools Allister Carter and the frame goes to Stephen Hendry, the score is 7-3 though and Hendry must focus better, he did make a few big mistakes in the last 2 frames and it was luck that kept Carter from winning them both.

The score is now 9-4 and Stephen Hendry looks less likely than ever to turn the score as Carter is about to win this frame, too. At the second table Higgins is also in the lead 11-4 against Fergal O’Brian. Thankfully, neither of the games is going to end this evening so the players have a good night sleep to put their game in order.

The evening session has ended, Allister Carter is in the lead with a score of 12-4. Stephen Hendry has the impossible job of winning 9 frames in a row.

Ronnie’s long expected match in the second round has just started. Ronnie is playing against Neil Robertson after easing past Ding Junhui. Neil Robertson has faced Ryan Day in the first round and defeated him 10-5.

Neil Robertson nails the first frame of the match but Ronnie takes the second. We are watching impressive breaks being achieved in what appears to become a very exciting match.

O’Sullivan wins the third and the fourth frames and is now in the lead by two, the score is 3-1 at the end of the first session of the match.

Ronnie is playing great these days at the Crucible, he is widening the lead between him and Robertson to 3 frames now and looks unstopable.

In the meantime the 5th frame of the match between Peter Ebdon and Mark Selby has ended, Mark Selby is in the lead by one. The score is 3-2.

“The Rocket” is up to speed and in the lead 5-1 against Neil Robertson. If Neil is going to allow Ronnie a 6 frames lead at the end of this session he’s only stepping in Dings footsteps towards defeat. If Neil wants to have any chances in winning this match he has to keep up with Ronnie.

After a great beggining in the match, when Joe Swail actually tried to achieve a 147 break. He seems to have lost it, Stephen Maguire is now in the lead by no less than 5 frames with a score of 8-3… I don’t personally thing Jow Swail has any chance of recovery in this match, maybe after a good night sleep if he manages to hold on to the match until the end of today’s session.

The session between the two has ended at the score of 8-4 in Maguire’s favor. Swail does have chances of recovery though, he is only 4 frames behind and we have seen how determined he is to win when he was up against Mark Williams in the first round.

Ronnie takes a crushing lead over young snooker player, Ding Junhui. Ding did win 3 out of five of the finals he ever played, against Steve Davis, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Hendry. Ronnie won a dramatic match against Ding at the Masters last year, ending it with a crushing 10-3 victory… It is said Ding never recovered from that match.

Either Neil Robertson or Rian Day will face Ronnie in the second round but nobody know which one of them, neither do the bookkeepers giving Neil 51% chances but that’s not a difference that would make me put my money on him.

Matthew Stevens finds an easy game against world championship debutant Joe Delaney, in the first round. Beautiful Michaela Tabb is the ref. of this game so it must be a pleasure whatching, although the breaks are not breathtaking and the drama isn’t exactly A-grade either…

Matthew Stevens has great chances in facing Ken Doherty in the second round. That’s where he’ll have a chance of proving himself against a great player.

Sir Steve Davis looks at his dream come true, as the provisional ranking where he is on the 13′th position will become permanent once the world title will be conquered. His wish is to reach 50 in top 16.

Yet he was defeated in decisive frame by his friend, John Parrott. John is likely to meet Shaun Murphy and if the former world champion won’t prove to be a match for him Ken Doherty may find a bumpy ride in the quarters

UPDATE: This is how Steve Davis lost, in the decisive frame of the match, after a superbe comeback from 9-6…