Great match by both players. Shane showed his top gear, Chang showed a little dog, but one can never tell if it was for the crowd. As good as Shane was breaking in the end, it looked like bar pool for Shane. His final barrage looked like a never-miss proposition. Really unlucky to have a dry break end up as a 1-10 combo for Chang. The last dry break was thing-of-beauty runout by Chang, as the balls clustered strangely.
If i assessed the match, Shane started slow, but three times he showed that his offensive A game is better than anyone on the planet, owing much to his break. Chang didnt start slow and showed that his average game is higher than Shane’s. And there doesn’t look like there’s anything that Chang doesn’t do world class. That includes killing flies.
Had it been rack your own with the template, i think a 10-pack would have been a good bet by either of these two. As it was (referee racked the template, but player could inspect and suggest) , anytime Shane didn't make a ball on the break was a bit mystifying. Chang on the other hand didn’t have the repeatable speed on his break, and the three times that I saw him break noticeably harder/faster, he came up dry. I think he knows better than this, but either was hitting them harder for the crowd or hitting them like a guy with a huge lead.
I didn’t have any real problem with the stream that wasn’t self induced. But, I did leave it for a few moments here and there.
The commentary was less than stellar, but maybe the lead was so big at times that they got bored. Note to future commentators: talking about food is a turn off (of the sound).
Freddie <~~~ throwing stones