Philippine Open

[sjm]

To the delight of all old timers like me, Bustamante played without a jump stick.

 

[iusedtoberich]

WOW. I can't believe the stroke he has. I've never seen anything like it. Hopkins level strange, (but completely different, just level of strangeness).

 

[jsp]

Gosh, those last few balls from the Busty/Gorst match eerily reminded me of the last few balls of the infamous Hall/Lebron match.

Anyone have big money on Busty winning that match? Lol. Just can't imagine Gorst missing such an easy 9 like that. I don't think I've ever seen Gorst miss so many makeable balls in one match.

Though, glad to see Busty nail that final 9. That certainly wasn't a hanger.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I can't believe Busty didn't play that hill-hill 8 with more speed to play the 9 in the same pocket.

 

[jsp]

WOW. I can't believe the stroke he has. I've never seen anything like it. Hopkins level strange, (but completely different, just level of strangeness).

If you're talking about Busty, it sounds like you've never seen him play before.

 

[java712]

fire camera work

 

[iusedtoberich]

Jaybee breaks and runs in the time it takes JJ to go to the chair and wipe his hands. ha ha ha.

 

[iusedtoberich]

If you're talking about Busty, it sounds like you've never seen him play before.

Jaybee Sucal. They had an overhead of his stroke the second shot of the match. Since then, its hard to see it with the camera angles.

 

[jsp]

Jaybee Sucal. They had an overhead of his stroke the second shot of the match. Since then, its hard to see it with the camera angles.

Oh, thanks for the clarification. Interesting because I don't see anything especially peculiar with Sucal's stroke.

 

[skor]

I'm happy for Busti, he was my favorite player when I started playing in the 90s and he still is. Best stroke on the planet.

Still no shows at the second round, what's up with that, even Efren is a no show

 

[skogstokig]

Oh, thanks for the clarification. Interesting because I don't see anything especially peculiar with Sucal's stroke.

elbow flares out during follow through, chicken wing extreme

 

[skogstokig]

pity with the scratch hill-hill, but had jaybee won it could've caused a riot

 

[SA96]

Gorst in front of a decent crowd is horrible.

Biggest bottler ever.

 

[SA96]

Nice of Matchroom to promote Efren as playing, and he then doesn't turn up.

No doubt we we will hear that Efren was "ill".

 

[Flakeandrun]

Needless to say, that Fedor miss (among other things) has all the WeChat groups banging on about MR being a total fix to coin the SEA market

 

[skogstokig]

Gorst in front of a decent crowd is horrible.

Biggest bottler ever.

has he ever won anything in east asia? it seems he always loses early there

 

[skogstokig]

Surprised by some of the poor play in a lot of the matches I've watched, are the tables playing particularly tough?

when unknown filipinos and a 16 year old kid playing his first ever tournament play great, sometimes making it look easy, these touring pros have no excuse.

the tables are the same (and the same as in hanoi, W9C). the environment is certainly different, and seems to affect some more than others

 

[891014+1]

Navarrete keep going on with his business!

 

[straightline]

They might be taking it easy. Don't want to kill a tour stop with so much action - of which they no doubt have their hands full. One observer's opinion. O.O.O. ... lol...

 

[skogstokig]

Navarrete keep going on with his business!

incredible. raga looked strong yesterday