2026 World Snooker Championship: April 18 - May 04

[George the Greek]

I agree, Mr V.

I had money riding on a Wu win, but couldn’t help feeling sympathy for Murphy and would have celebrated him winning.

It somehow felt like he was the better player throughout the match to me.

The final was a hard fought battle and could've gone either way. Murphy kept up the pressure that Wu most definately felt and that final break was the bottle he had to not break down and finish . Well done by both

 

[skogstokig]

i would say in race to 18 the winner is the better player, period. but i think the match stats said murphy performed better in most of the measured points.

 

[gregcantrall]

Fire power vs finesse
My take on the match was Shaun had better cueball control. The youngster could make shots from anywhere.

 

[George the Greek]

i would say in race to 18 the winner is the better player, period. but i think the match stats said murphy performed better in most of the measured points.

The changing of the guard has come and the current pros are vulnerable to defeat. They're up against young talent that have little fear,break build and once seasoned are gonna be hard to beat.

 

[George the Greek]

Fire power vs finesse
My take on the match was Shaun had better cueball control. The youngster could make shots from anywhere.

Wu has CB control and his firepower is a bonus. His century breaks are pretty controlled.

 

[skogstokig]

british tabloids have a weird idea of newsworthiness:

Snooker's throwback champion! Wu Yize spotted taking cigarette break

The Crucible crowd took Wu Yize under their wing and a picture of the new snooker world champion puffing on a cigarette will endear him to the traditionalists even more.

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