{"id":14967,"date":"2024-05-03T21:29:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=14967"},"modified":"2024-05-03T23:46:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T22:46:26","slug":"sport-wilson-vs-gilbert-world-championship-snooker-semi-final-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=14967","title":{"rendered":"SPORT: Wilson vs. Gilbert, World Championship Snooker, Semi-Final, \u201824"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0979-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14965\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0979-1-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0979-1-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0979-1-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0979-1.png 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dave Gilbert, thinks and chalks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my kind of match. I\u2019m typing this as they play set 19, at 9-9. They\u2019ve been trading blows, frame for frame. Both playing brilliantly. Great to watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0981-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14966\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0981-1-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0981-1-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0981-1-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0981-1.png 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first bit of a breakaway?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A bit later\u2026 and all of a sudden, Kieran has got two frames ahead. The first time in the match either player has done so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well\u2026 Kieran went on a proper run. And poor ol\u2019 Dave had no run of the ball at all. In fact, astonishingly, Gilbert\u2019s pot success percentage remained higher than Kieran\u2019s!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0982-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14968\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0982-1-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0982-1-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0982-1-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_0982-1.png 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gilbert claws back the final frame, in style.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the commentators, John Parrot and Shaun Murphy, noted, Dave showed immense strength of character, after a very small dip in his overall form, some pretty ugly bad luck &#8211; oh, and Kieran playing rather well &#8211; stopped the even trading of frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But 14-10 is a heck of a lot better than 15-9. Personally I hope Dave takes it to a decider. Indeed, I\u2019d like him to win. But as long as it goes all the way\u2026 may the best man, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my kind of match. I\u2019m typing this as they play set 19, at 9-9. They\u2019ve been trading blows, frame for frame. Both playing brilliantly. Great to watch. A bit later\u2026 and all of a sudden, Kieran has got two frames ahead. The first time in the match either player has done so. Well\u2026 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=14967\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SPORT: Wilson vs. Gilbert, World Championship Snooker, Semi-Final, \u201824&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-3Tp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14967"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14970,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14967\/revisions\/14970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}