UK Open 2026, London, May 26-31

Didn’t he also have some sort of surgery (back surgery?) in Russia last year?

he has scoliosis. but he has won two world championships and a US open with that condition, so it likely wasn't that.

to be fair, he arrived some hours before his first match, and hadn't khalid played as good he mightve gotten into some kind of rhythm and it could be a different story. i doubt he has any regrets, he won a boatload of cash at buffalos
 
Is it me or is Fedor super overrated now? He hasn't been able to produce results in a strong international field for a while now.

Idk what's up with him but he's definitely not the same. I hope his business ventures do not take away from his ability to play at the highest level, though I do think it is probably hard to balance.
Agree, Matchroom keep calling him the World Number 1 but that's not really accurate.
 
Fedor has only 8000 points on the one-year ranking list towards Mosconi Cup qualification.
I'd be willing to bet he could qualify even with zilch pts. He's got a lil' edge over Bergman in this department, because Fedor at least bothered to enter a WNT event, so MR's integrity would have been not in any danger, LOL.
It would be wild not to pick Gorst as a wild card for team USA, even if he finishes as low as mid 20ies in MC rankings.
 
So Shaw missed an easy 9 at 9-9 and he used his cue to fling a ball off the table.

I get the frustration but that could have hurt somebody.
In the universe with proper skilled referees such actions are never left without consequences for the player in question. Matchroom's??? Well, you see that yourselves.
 
What would be the appropriate penalty / fine for such an incident?
Looks like he intended to fling it into the corner pocket, not off the table. I'd let it slide w/a warning, he's out anyway.
And in case anybody else presumed it was Jayson, it wasn't - it was a different Shaw, So:

 
What would be the appropriate penalty / fine for such an incident?
Rules leave this to organizing committee (head referee or TD) discretion, and offer a variety of sanctions, minor being a warning and most severe one - DQ from the tournament.
Put loss of a rack and loss of a match in between.
 
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