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losing my mind what do you MEAN mr. brightside is 20 years old

4.8.20

The tournament has yet to catch fire for me - I was not fortunate enough to bear witness to Ronnie’s 108-minute demolition job in his first round match and have had to suffer through some lengthy tussles, including today’s two matches. Mark Selby has probably featured on this blog more than any other snooker player, and it’s often for the wrong reasons; he seems to attract drawn-out matches in the same way manure attracts flies, and his opener against Jordan Brown was more of the same. Mercifully I only had the second session of this match, and eventually Selby got on with it, winning 10-6.

I think the highlight - and my best moment of the WCs so far - was when I rustled up an obscure stat in the final frame; I was trying my hardest to find something of interest when I noticed that Selby had only potted 20 blacks all match; considering he was 9-6 up after 6h30 playing time, I thought this most unusual, but having never offered anything of the sort before, I had no idea if anyone would share my interest. I told the director, who put it to the commentators, and John Parrott’s immediate reaction was “TWENTY? Are you sure?!” I wasn’t expecting such disbelief, so for a brief moment I thought I had got it wrong, but I double- and triple-checked as JP requested, and confirmed with 100% certainty that this figure was indeed correct. He still didn’t seem wholly convinced while mentioning it on air, which I think demonstrates just how absurd it was (and how crap the match was).

I’m still buzzing from finding something that shocked even the pros in the booth, and the proof that it went live is below!