With the climax of the snooker season drawing ever closer, provisional world number one John Higgins has been discussing amongst other things, the possibility of the World Championship final becoming a one-day event…
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While I am always open to new ideas, when it comes to the World Championship I would not like too much to change as I have always felt that the tournament works well.
As a fan of the longer matches that it offers in particular, I would certainly loathe to see the matches reduced in length at all, indeed I would probably like to see more tournaments with an extended format and not less!
Any thoughts?
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6 comments
pickle says:
March 20, 2010 at 1:41 am (UTC 0 )
less work, same money. who wouldnt love that.
Paul Coret says:
March 20, 2010 at 8:11 am (UTC 0 )
I am of the opinion the WC should stay as a 2 day world final event. For the other tournaments a 1 day final is allright though i am not in favour of a best of 17. think they should be the best of 19. I am not sure, but the uk open used to have a 2 day final. the one day final nowadays looks a bit odd as the other rounds and semifinals are best of 17 where the final is a best of 19. Difference between the final and other rounds is too small
Ander Isuskiza says:
March 20, 2010 at 8:52 am (UTC 0 )
I totally agree with Paul.
Shawerr says:
March 20, 2010 at 10:38 am (UTC 0 )
When it comes to new ideas for snooker, I almost always disagree with John Higgins. His ideas seem strange to me. Why change something that has been so successful over the years?
Dez says:
March 22, 2010 at 4:17 pm (UTC 0 )
The format for the World Champs should not be altered in any way.
The UK should return to a best of 33 final as in the days up to 1992.
The British Open should be re-instated as a ranking tournament.
The pros and the fans need more snooker not less!
Dez says:
March 22, 2010 at 4:18 pm (UTC 0 )
Sorry, I meant a best of 31 final for the UK (couldn’t count).