Hendry vs O'Sullivan Semi Final! 🍿 | World Championship 2002

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  • @black_eagle
    @black_eagle 7 месяцев назад +52

    Good call from Dennis, saying it's match between "a player who will go on to be the greatest player that's ever played the game against the greatest player who's ever picked up a snooker cue". What a legendary match. We will never see such a clash of titans again, imo; the Great Age of Snooker is just about over.

  • @fredericpelloud7536
    @fredericpelloud7536 Год назад +96

    Both players made snooker look so easy... One of the greatest match in the history of the game

  • @SnookerLoopy14Seven
    @SnookerLoopy14Seven 11 месяцев назад +28

    I remember this match so well. At the time I remember saying that you’ll never see two players play so well in the same match over so many frames. It was relentless

  • @johnsrabe
    @johnsrabe Год назад +114

    Great to be reminded how good Hendry was. Thanks for this.

    • @Ineedanewbrainwashagent1.
      @Ineedanewbrainwashagent1. Год назад +20

      Yes , I don't care what anyone else says, nobody could beat Hendry playing his best game.

    • @wingzero2348
      @wingzero2348 Год назад +12

      ​@JackSmith-xs8ggimagine saying jimmy wasn't a top opposition. Out of prime hendry slapped world champion ronnie, never forgot muppet.

    • @wingzero2348
      @wingzero2348 Год назад

      ​@JackSmith-xs8ggThis the same ebdon that broke your player down in 05 😂?
      You see all those scummy ronnie fans coughing away at hendrys shots, always was a sht fan base. Love the roar from the crowd on that last black, sent ronnie back to his miserable life 😂

    • @johnsrabe
      @johnsrabe Год назад +4

      @@Ineedanewbrainwashagent1. Hendry says Ronnie is better than he was.

    • @kannyliang
      @kannyliang Год назад +2

      Too bad he lost to ebdon in the final. Closest ever to the 8th

  • @EvilMaleficus
    @EvilMaleficus 10 месяцев назад +13

    Sure O'Sullivan won more, but Hendry was and is just the best player that ever played this game, period.

  • @dudleyburrow
    @dudleyburrow Год назад +49

    It's such a shame Hendry got the yips. This was basically pretty much the end of his reign. He was still so young. Been binge watching his matches since his Cue Tips channel started, and he really was unreal!

    • @Suve35967
      @Suve35967 Год назад +2

      ​@@BuddhaofBlackpoolState of nervous tension, which affects an athlete in their sport. Nerves really.

    • @Paul-sl9zm
      @Paul-sl9zm Год назад

      ​@@Wayne-xs4bp
      Judd Trump is the goat, you simpleton. Ronald aka Mr. Bean is overrated, 7 world championships in 30 years 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Wayne-mf5hl
      @Wayne-mf5hl Год назад +3

      @@Paul-sl9zm ​ Ronnie O'Sullivan is the goat, you simpleton. Judd aka Mr. Bean is overrated, 1 world championships in 23 years 😂😂😂😂😂👍

    • @Wayne-c4m
      @Wayne-c4m Год назад

      @@outlawtorn49-oy4oh never had yips! Done and dusted by 30 only because he couldn't handle the improved standards.Said for 23 years on social media Stephen Hendry is a fraud in the GOAT debate!

    • @jameswoods-y3b
      @jameswoods-y3b Год назад

      @@outlawtorn49-oy4oh yips was an excuse and a pathetic one at that

  • @Juventinos
    @Juventinos Год назад +16

    different class these 2, NO ONE TOUCHES THEM. Schumacher level in f1 both

  • @dazzle316
    @dazzle316 9 месяцев назад +7

    Hendry 🐐

  • @itellyouwhy6957
    @itellyouwhy6957 Год назад +55

    Hendry was so quick and fluent. He wasn't always walking into the line of the shots. He was sliding in from the side and everything. He was rapid and a great player to watch. No messing about. Walks around and straight down and bang!

    • @gmfcstu
      @gmfcstu Год назад +6

      Yeah always glad to see these posted just in case people forgot just how good Hendry was. Or those who weren't old enough to see him in his pomp. Absolute phenom.

    • @johnmccaughey2722
      @johnmccaughey2722 Год назад +6

      Hendry was a machine at his peak. He was actually on the decline at this point in his career but he managed to perform brilliantly in this world championship which was probably the last time he played his best snooker.

    • @sjs260563
      @sjs260563 Год назад +3

      Number 2 for me after Ronnie

    • @DanielCordone9
      @DanielCordone9 Год назад +2

      ​@@sjs260563Hard to say. It's like Djokovic and Federer.

    • @hamedhamdi9969
      @hamedhamdi9969 Год назад +1

      Ronnie is the best !

  • @dougieroberts7045
    @dougieroberts7045 7 месяцев назад +12

    Hendry was brilliant, he set the standards, OSullivan raised the bar significantly, and still does all these years on.

    • @LethalMartialArtist
      @LethalMartialArtist 5 месяцев назад +1

      Hendry the most dominant champion ever

    • @sugs1191
      @sugs1191 5 месяцев назад +2

      I don't think Ronnie raised the standard. I think Ronnie has surpassed Hendry now. But Hendry at his best hit the highest standard as far as pure break building and relentless potting under pressure is concerned.

    • @bazzadufc
      @bazzadufc 3 месяца назад +3

      Hendry in the 90s early 2000 was the best player that's ever been,.. facts...

  • @Juventinos
    @Juventinos Год назад +42

    so annoying they never had a final

    • @hoduyan7040
      @hoduyan7040 10 месяцев назад +5

      1993 UK champ.

    • @Juventinos
      @Juventinos 10 месяцев назад +12

      @@hoduyan7040 lol mate they had a ton of finals, I mean a world championship final :)

  • @jennic9076
    @jennic9076 6 месяцев назад +12

    Hendry was a gent. No temper tantrums from Stephen Hendry!

  • @raf7305
    @raf7305 8 месяцев назад +47

    Hendry won 5 world titles in a row. That will never be done ever again. Ronnie might have more titles and a stronger case for the GOAT debate but this is something he never got close to. I’m pretty sure Hendry even won 5 masters titles in a row aswell. That level of domination is unheard of.

    • @dco1019
      @dco1019 5 месяцев назад +19

      Ronnie seemed to agree...atleast he said that he'd prefer the way Hendry got his records instead of the scrappy up and down (manic) way Ronnie did it himself.
      Probably Ronnie's way is more impressive to me though..the amount of times that guy was in shambles, depressed, in sabbaticals, alcohol, substances, playing and training very little..and building himself back up is a testament to his endless talent. Guy is almost 50 and still the best in the world

    • @pcon1473
      @pcon1473 5 месяцев назад +6

      Ronnie plays a way higher standard than Hendry did Hendry would no have won 1 world championship if he played these days

    • @h98_kk76
      @h98_kk76 5 месяцев назад +7

      @@pcon1473 Ronnie plays better I agree on that. He even plays better than Stephen Hendry. But to say Hendry would not have won a single championship is an unfair statement.
      You have to give credit where it belongs, the guy has changed the game. Most top players of this era took decades to break his records. Its his way of game that modern player are playing.

    • @djsuploaded
      @djsuploaded 5 месяцев назад +2

      Only 1 GOAT. Ronnie is still going and going and going.

    • @1bz2002
      @1bz2002 4 месяца назад +1

      Ronnie is the GOAT, imagine if he was mentally ok like Hendy throughout his career. He would have won everything he competed in, that's how special he is. In this year's WC 2024, he wasn't mentally there, hence his ability lacked.

  • @SRC267
    @SRC267 Год назад +4

    Legendary thumbnail

  • @moulinyan
    @moulinyan Год назад +3

    if this was boxing, they'd have never played

  • @chunkylafangaa
    @chunkylafangaa 9 месяцев назад +7

    Nice to see hendry playing so well after so many years

  • @phildre1974
    @phildre1974 Год назад +27

    Has got to be the most sabotaged 147 ever!!

    • @cocoomalov3r
      @cocoomalov3r Год назад

      people were obviosly trying to ring up trying to put him off... fuckin cockneys

    • @jimid9240
      @jimid9240 Год назад +9

      Yeah disgusting behaviour by some idiots.

    • @delboy9234
      @delboy9234 6 месяцев назад

      Yep, even seemed like the same ring tone twice.

    • @johnmccaughey2722
      @johnmccaughey2722 13 дней назад +1

      Alot of ppl in the UK hated hendry. O Sullivans supporters didn't want hendry having two 147s against Ronnie.

  • @joeloxig6872
    @joeloxig6872 10 месяцев назад +5

    I miss this era of snooker

  • @maarcuschew
    @maarcuschew 11 месяцев назад +2

    Hendry prime vs Sullivan prime. Hendry will come out on tops 8 out of 10 times. Many will disagree, and all I can say don’t watch RUclips clips of hendry in his prime. Watch at least half of it to realise hendry was an immaculate machine

  • @joederbesy9796
    @joederbesy9796 6 месяцев назад +1

    If you have a cough stay home. Jesus Christ.

  • @subbalakshmikandukuri6131
    @subbalakshmikandukuri6131 Год назад +4

    Bro I can’t even play them in snooker stars😂😂

  • @aliakbarshokriyan2006
    @aliakbarshokriyan2006 Год назад +5

    One of the best matches in the history of snooker

  • @usamahassan8782
    @usamahassan8782 Год назад +11

    Stephen never showed with the fiss pumps, and reactions, he always let the cue do the talking. What a player.. ❤

  • @simoncote5995
    @simoncote5995 9 месяцев назад +1

    Sounds like a coughing festival

  • @jamesen01
    @jamesen01 Год назад +17

    That handshake 😂

    • @DanielCordone9
      @DanielCordone9 Год назад +1

      They didn't like each other at that point

  • @umairali5896
    @umairali5896 Год назад +1

    Really i like both nobody like them but now nobody like ronnie i can say just stephen(was) and ronnie (is)😂😂

  • @ju.snooker
    @ju.snooker Год назад +4

    Great video - watch a match this was. Please WST upload the highlights from the other three semi finals these two played at the worlds.

  • @sharanvaid9840
    @sharanvaid9840 6 дней назад +1

    King of the Crucible for a reason.

  • @nickmiller3319
    @nickmiller3319 Год назад +11

    When I watched this live I was rooting for Ronnie, watching it again now, because of Cue Tips letting us see Stephen's personality come out, I was cheering him on!

    • @sharpvidtube
      @sharpvidtube Год назад +2

      I always liked Stephen, because I was so bored of Steve Davis, who seemed to have zero personality. How wrong I was, when you see what DJ Davis is like now😂

  • @sone77
    @sone77 Год назад +3

    so many people coughing during stephens break damn 😅

    • @Wayne-c4m
      @Wayne-c4m Год назад

      Explain why? 😂😂

  • @Captain_Rhodes
    @Captain_Rhodes 10 месяцев назад +3

    God I remember this like it was yesterday. Time goes to fast for us all.

  • @Occupuyourspine
    @Occupuyourspine День назад +1

    camera in the pocket wow

  • @Taylor___
    @Taylor___ Год назад +4

    14 minutes in, quite nice to see Hendry play.

  • @brianyoungson
    @brianyoungson 10 месяцев назад +2

    This is the game Ronnie said he was gonnae send him back to his sad little life in Scotland. Hendry was never gonnae lose that game after those comments.

  • @EannaButler
    @EannaButler Год назад +3

    Ronnie was really instinctual back then...
    Hendry a class act.
    WST - great to see you post content like this. But maybe employ Cesar Muroya to do the video editing? He's just the best on the internet, hands-down...

    • @EannaButler
      @EannaButler Год назад

      As in, I'm sure Cesar specifically would choose the exciting frames where there was big excitement in the audience, and instructional parts...
      Btw Stephen in the second session was absolutely 👍
      As Stephen himself said in commentary the last time Luca played Lisowski - it'd be great if those two lads could develop a rivalry. I totally agree, rivalries have spurred snooker on to new heights over the years, as JV alludes to himself in this vid.
      Jack Lisowski needs to "squash the bugs" in his game, then it would be game-on between him and Luca Brecel, between two exciting, gifted players... Just as it was between Ronnie and Stephen himself here.
      Ronnie has been involved in so many of these titantic battles over the years tho. Hendry, John Higgins, Selby, and in a slightly different way between himself and Judd... What a fierce warrior is Ronnie!

    • @EannaButler
      @EannaButler Год назад +2

      Just to mention - the kicks with the old chalk. I'm so glad kicks been all-but eliminated with the new Taom chalk from Finland - except for those who persist in their usage of the old, "kicky" chalk - not least Ronnie himself!
      And finally - I preferred the reaction of the audience, before when the BBC earpieces weren't rented to the paying punters. With the earpieces, the audience react to the commentary. But this crowd with no earpieces felt the energy of the snooker, the two men tussling it out over the baize, just for what it is....

    • @delboy9234
      @delboy9234 6 месяцев назад

      @@EannaButler I don't think earpieces are needed either. If you there watching a live game, then sample the atmosphere. Commentary is for TV viewers. BTW, what bugs do you think are in Jack's game?

  • @paulstephenson4145
    @paulstephenson4145 Год назад +5

    Great match same as their semi in 99

    • @ryanmichael7795
      @ryanmichael7795 Год назад

      The standard they both played too in both matches is absolutely unbelievable. I think i just slightly prefer the 99 semi final

    • @johnmccaughey2722
      @johnmccaughey2722 Год назад

      ​@@ryanmichael7795i think ronnie played slightly better in the 99 semi than here.

  • @bokyaw-ov3ew
    @bokyaw-ov3ew Год назад +2

    🙏🙏🙏🥭🥭🥭🥭🐘🥭🥭🥭🥭🙏🙏🙏🎱🥉🏆🏐🌧️🚣

  • @aksuli1
    @aksuli1 Год назад +10

    Ronnie was an animal back then too

  • @JannemanVaarwater
    @JannemanVaarwater 22 дня назад

    chees!! 40:04 Is someone smoking in the arena?! 🚬 😮‍💨 😮‍💨 😮‍💨 😮‍💨 😮‍💨

  • @mosialive
    @mosialive 9 месяцев назад +8

    Almost 8 out of 10 shots from Henry goes straight into the pocket... His precision was out of this world. GOAT

    • @deandugas1591
      @deandugas1591 8 месяцев назад

      not the goat anymore

    • @jsquire5pa
      @jsquire5pa 7 месяцев назад

      Not the goat but there is no dishonour in being the second best ever ..

  • @markrosedecorators
    @markrosedecorators Месяц назад +1

    This was a Hendry masterclass and cemented him as the better match player between the two. Prime for prime Hendry wins.

  • @edisonsubandi7231
    @edisonsubandi7231 4 часа назад

    If Ronnie won the 8 Championship then debate all gone.

  • @TheMrBennito
    @TheMrBennito Год назад +1

    Hendry all the way. Dissecting his opponents. It's almost cruel.

  • @Topten0548
    @Topten0548 Год назад +3

    Old is gold ✨️ 💛

  • @deejayzagadka7656
    @deejayzagadka7656 9 месяцев назад +1

    i was ther that night and remeber how Ronnie was devastated after this mach in car park

  • @thecatsarse6542
    @thecatsarse6542 Год назад +1

    Is that Connery and Mr Bean in the thumbnail?

  • @hyperactive99999
    @hyperactive99999 День назад

    vintage hendry made ronnie eat his own words 🤣🤣🤣

  • @安刚-u2i
    @安刚-u2i 7 месяцев назад +1

    很高兴看到你回家 冰冷的英格兰

  • @cruiseguitar
    @cruiseguitar 11 месяцев назад +5

    It was good to see Hendry roll the clock back and play absolutely superb snooker against the eventual GOAT, the legendary Rocket Ronnie. The phenomenon of Stephen Hendry in the ‘90’s is what got me hooked on watching world class snooker; here in western Canada it was on TSN ( the program was Pub Night ( or something like that. It was either snooker or darts. ( “one hundred and forty!”) Watching Hendry cut through greats like Steve Davis, Jimmy White, and the like with surgical precision was must see TV for this Canuck. ( I was a big Cliff Thorburn fan of course) During this time, I didn’t even know about Ronnie.. little did I suspect that someone would come along and equal the great Hendry, and ultimately surpass him. ( in some aspects) This match may have been Hendry’s last huge statement before his decline is that right gents? I’ve not seen the final narrowly won by Ebdon..is it on RUclips by any chance?

    • @delboy9234
      @delboy9234 Месяц назад

      I think this was Hendry's last big victory at the Crucible for sure, although he did win the occasional tournament after this elsewhere.

  • @roadofsnookerfinals-lw6xg
    @roadofsnookerfinals-lw6xg Год назад +2

    I always said Judd plays with 20% ability 80% luck...on the other hand see how far far better Ronnie & Hendry play.That's why they are the two players that have won most ranking and triple crown titles in professional snooker,Nuff said!

    • @alfiedakin8023
      @alfiedakin8023 Год назад +5

      80% luck 😭😭 don’t think so mate

    • @ryanmichael7795
      @ryanmichael7795 Год назад

      Im sorry mate but you cannot win what judd has on essentially just luck. Thats total nonsense that you have thought up

    • @christianosevecenco1605
      @christianosevecenco1605 11 месяцев назад

      @@alfiedakin8023 😆😆

    • @tankgod888
      @tankgod888 10 месяцев назад +1

      Peter Ebdon 20% ability 80% patience

  • @lelio422
    @lelio422 9 месяцев назад +1

    Now that's one legendary thumbnail.

  • @No1.SPEAKINGTHETRUTH
    @No1.SPEAKINGTHETRUTH Год назад +31

    Listen there's always the questions about who's the GOAT 🐐 in all different sports. Who was better and who would win between Ali vs Tyson for example or Michael Jordan vs LeBron James. All those questions are subjective because nobody knows who would win, but with Ronnie and Hendry it's different. They played at the same time and Hendry dominated the sport for more than a decade while Ronnie was playing. Hendry didn't pick up a snooker cue until 3 weeks before his 13th birthday and that was on a kids toy table. He played the first time on a full sized table aged 14. Ronnie picked up a cue at 4 years old and there's a video on RUclips of Ronnie aged 9 or 10 years old where he said he making century breaks from 8 years old. Ronnie was making centuries 7 years before Hendry even picked up a cue. After playing for the first time on a full sized table at 14, Hendry won the Scottish championship 2 years later and turned professional at 16 years old. He then won the first of his World titles only 5 years later at the age of 21 and becoming the youngest ever world champion in history, a record still held to this day and not even Ronnie could beat that, even though he had been playing more than twice as long as Hendry. In fact Ronnie turned professional aged 16 and didn't win his first world title until 10 years later at the age of 26, double the time it took Hendry. After Hendry won that first world title, he then went on and completely dominated the sport for the next decade winning 7 world titles in 9 years and was the world number 1 from 1990 until 98 and reclaimed the world no.1 spot in 2006 and kept it for more than 12 months until 07. Hendry reached a total of 9 world championship finals in 12 years, winning 7 and losing 2 and won 5 straight world titles in a row. He also won 5 Masters titles in a row and both the 5 straight titles are still a record in the world championships and the Masters. He holds the record for being number 1 the longest and he did all that while Ronnie was playing at the same time. That's why Ronnie says that it isn't even a question of who is the GOAT because he always says that Hendry is the GOAT. Now Ronnie has now finally equalled Hendry's 7 world titles but it took Ronnie 30 years to equal the record, which is 3×longer than it took Hendry. However to be able to compete at the top of a sport for 30 years is truly amazing and he deserves all the plaudits he gets for being able to keep up with the younger players, but there's so many more tournaments nowadays and playing constantly keeps your game sharp. However Ronnie didn't win 1 world title while Hendry was in his prime! Hendry retired 6 years after Ronnie won his 1st world title and John Higgins won a world championship before Ronnie and they both turned professional in 92 together. So you have to take everything into account and not just be biased towards the players you like the best. Ronnie has become a true legend of the sport and rightly so because the things he can do on a snooker table are marvellous to watch but when Ronnie says himself that he would of rather won his World titles the way Hendry did it by completing and utterly dominating the sport for so long and winning all his 7 titles in a decade rather than winning them in 3 decades, then who are we to argue with him!!! As Hendry said to Ronnie on his Instagram interviews, that Tiger Woods was asked who was better between Jack Nicklaus and Tiger himself, and Tiger Woods replied "well as long as your name is in the argument as the greatest, then you have done something right in your career", I think think that is a good way to look at it because you'll never convince some people no matter what evidence or proof you have because its subjective, some people like flair and fancy shots like the way Jimmy White played snooker, while Stephen Hendry wasn't as flamboyant as Jimmy White but beat him in every single word championship title finals they played in, which was 5 finals. Jimmy Whites flamboyant and crowd pleasing shots were no match for Hendry and his ruthless high scoring game which didn't allow White to win,although he did come close one final and the pressure got to him and Hendry with that ruthlessly afficient high scoring game with a temperament under pressure that was 2nd to none, prevailed because it's not just about playing crowd pleasing shots etc, you need the whole package to become a world champion but especially to be the GOAT 🐐 and Hendry had no equal in that department. It was only when Hendry got divorced and moved to England and stopped practicing nowhere close to the way he had been, that he started declining. Also Hendry played with the same old cue throughout his dominance, and that cue was bent almost like a banana and that cue was stolen and when he got it back it got broken in the cargo hold of a plane and couldn't be fixed. Now there's a saying that a tradesman doesn't blame his tools, but when you've used the same cue for more than 20 years, you are 100% used to the bend in it and just as important is your used to the feel and the weight of the cue and no matter how hard you try to get a master cue maker to make a new cue the exact same as the old cue,it's impossible and the weird thing about Hendry's old cue was that all of the professionals that he practiced with couldn't use his cue and said it belonged in the bin lol but Hendry was so used to it that even the most expensive and best crafted cues ever made wouldn't get him to change from that old cue that was over 40 years old and belonged in the bin or a museum lol.Getting back to Hendry moving to England after his marriage split up, he had a new girlfriend and admits that he wanted to spend a lot of his time with her and neglected his practice, because he no longer had the banter and playing his mates like John Higgins and Stephen Maguire etc to playing by himself on the table in his house and losing his cue he played with his whole life just started a severe decline in his performances, although the year he retired he made a 147 maximum break in the crucible, which was his 3rd 147 like Ronnie, and Hendry still made it to the quarter finals of the world championship before retiring after that game. BOTH these men deserve all the plaudits and accolades that they get because they are the 2 best players of all time, PERIOD!!! However you have to take everything into account and here's a great example before i leave you. Novak Djokovic has won more grand slam titles in tennis than any other man in history, but he played in the same era as Roger Federer and Raphael Nadal and Novak was No.3 in the world with only 3 grand slam titles for almost 10 years until both Roger Federer and Raphael Nadal started to decline with injuries and age. So just because Novak has now overtaken them in grand slams won, that surely doesn't make him the GOAT when he couldn't beat them in their prime and only overtaken them when they were on their decline. It's the same as Hendry and Ronnie because Ronnie only took over when Hendry was in decline and not while Hendry was still in his prime.

    • @samharrison7855
      @samharrison7855 10 месяцев назад +3

      TLDR: Stephen Henry was very good at snooker.

    • @scalychannel5897
      @scalychannel5897 10 месяцев назад +26

      Ronnie is better and you’ve wasted 12 hours writing that

    • @mjglitchz2413
      @mjglitchz2413 10 месяцев назад

      what was the point in writing all that you spaz

    • @Golf12121
      @Golf12121 10 месяцев назад +7

      Not reading that essay

    • @FLEXZILLAGAMING
      @FLEXZILLAGAMING 9 месяцев назад

      hahahahah@@scalychannel5897

  • @MdMd-en4iw
    @MdMd-en4iw 7 месяцев назад

    แต่พอมีรอนนี คนส่วนใหญเทจัยห้เค้ามากมายคับ รอนนีมีการเล่นดุดันมีทุกลุกดุม่เบื่อคับ

  • @pastorlazarus-cc9vb
    @pastorlazarus-cc9vb 6 месяцев назад

    What time is Irrelevant unhinged narcissist Stephen Hendry playing next? Its different gravy now!
    When he was done and dusted by 30YO , and cant go beyond FIRST ROUND now to save his life! .He's trying to be O'Sullivan by crying DAVID DID NOT MENTION HIS NAME .Hendry cant be RONNIE IN A 1000 YEARS. RONNIE IS IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE . ANY ERA PLAYER AND GOAT 🐐

  • @jamieclarke5520
    @jamieclarke5520 Год назад +2

    Great watch ☑️

  • @darengardner6219
    @darengardner6219 6 месяцев назад +1

    A privilege to watch . Awesome .

  • @arloking
    @arloking Год назад +3

    Unbelievable the amount of people that kept their phones on during Hendry's 147 attempt. I would've snapped a cue. Etiquette was completely absent on whoever those people were. 😤

    • @johnmccaughey2722
      @johnmccaughey2722 Год назад +2

      Its terrible how many times phones went off during his 147 attempt.

    • @awrobb1
      @awrobb1 Год назад +2

      And not at any other times - have to assume it was deliberate.

    • @arloking
      @arloking Год назад +2

      @@awrobb1 That's what I felt like, it had to have been, right?

    • @roadofsnookerfinals-lw6xg
      @roadofsnookerfinals-lw6xg Год назад +1

      @@arloking
      So they were planted there to disrupt hendry? Hendry fanboys are funny!

    • @arloking
      @arloking Год назад

      @@roadofsnookerfinals-lw6xg You speak like a woman, "So what you're saying is.." and then proceed to put words in my mouth. No. First of all - to think that I meant they were "planted", means that somebody else had motive to get other people to purposefully put him off his game in this fashion. No, I think that these were just fans, and maybe not Hendry's fans. Secondly, I just found it funny that during his 147 attempt, multiple phones went off, not during the other hours of play beforehand, or after. Quite interesting. I think that, to anybody watching, that was a bit odd. Whether I believe those individuals did it on purpose or not, I really don't know, nor do I care. But it's sad because the amount of focus it takes to make a 147 is so difficult, and I can relate because recently I made a 113 playing my best earlier this year, and missed after a guy at the club walked behind me and accidentally bumped the end of my cue while I was down on the shot. (Not blaming him, and he sincerely apologised, but as you can understand it affected me slightly, action causes reaction, and i let it annoy me, as I believe hendry might have.) Nonetheless, there was a lack of politeness from those individuals in the audience during the game. I just hope people can have a bit more respect for those that are trying to play their best, and to allow them in such a stage to do such. 💙

  • @adamcox2503
    @adamcox2503 7 месяцев назад +1

    Snooker from the heavens 😍

  • @Wayne-c4m
    @Wayne-c4m Год назад +1

    Watch the video where Hendry introducing Ronnie as the greatest! Ronnie reciprocated through kindness.More importantly all pro players call Ronnie the GOAT,and you know that! 👍

    • @madeovstarstuff
      @madeovstarstuff Год назад

      Ronnie certainly but these two play musical chairs with one another when asked who's the best ever. Cue the spiderman meme 😅

    • @Wayne-c4m
      @Wayne-c4m Год назад

      @@madeovstarstuff 👍

  • @MdMd-en4iw
    @MdMd-en4iw 7 месяцев назад

    แต่เฮนรีถ้าเปนนักมวยคงเหมือน ฟลอยเมเวชเตอรจูเนี่ยอะคับ

  • @garrydhamot8531
    @garrydhamot8531 Год назад +1

    The Ronaldo and Messi of snooker.

  • @Sobioytccc
    @Sobioytccc Месяц назад

    Young Stephen was bashing ball so well, I am awestruck. He was really a world champion.

  • @macpac22
    @macpac22 8 месяцев назад

    3 phones went off in that 147 attempt by Hendry. Some of Ronnies fans are complete arseholes.

  • @frizzyred1292
    @frizzyred1292 8 месяцев назад

    If Hendry had of kept playing like this, Ronnie wouldnt have been so dominant. He still is the GOAT but Hendry was right up there with him until he got the yips.

  • @NopeNoNah-y4c
    @NopeNoNah-y4c 4 месяца назад

    Hendry is GOAT
    Maradona is GOAT
    Tiger is GOAT
    Mayweather is GOAT

  • @sugs1191
    @sugs1191 5 месяцев назад

    I think this version of Hendry beats ant version of Ronnie. I just think Hendrys body language and aggression made him more invincible than Ronnie. Ronnie has more talent and better safety but you cant beat Hendry on this form.

  • @diggersid456
    @diggersid456 Год назад +4

    A young hendry back in day beats most players today. thats how good he was back then but no one beat peter ebdon this year. a surprised winner

    • @gregorious123
      @gregorious123 Год назад +1

      yeah credit where it's due I think it was his pink against Matthew Stevens in the semi was it? John Virgo said that was one of the best bottle shots he had seen. Ebdon fought hard for his win.

  • @osmanalikarim8202
    @osmanalikarim8202 Год назад +5

    An absolute animal on a snooker table,i always thought his peak was between 2000-2010, even though he won many tournaments in all the decades, nobody ever talks about his consistency and longevity.

  • @rashed6880
    @rashed6880 21 день назад

    Why so many people coughs?

  • @bendybruce
    @bendybruce 4 месяца назад

    I think Ronnie might have won this game had he not provoked Stephen's in a fire. He kind of re awakened the titan, and Stephen simply would not be denied. Probably one of the highest quality games of snooker we will ever see.

  • @stoolpigeon4285
    @stoolpigeon4285 4 месяца назад

    Some pros put Higgins above Hendry in the all times. No way. If he's not 1 he's 2.

  • @pcon1473
    @pcon1473 4 месяца назад

    Hendry played against a much lower standard apart from a handful of opponents had Hendry at his prime played these days I could not see him winning even one world championship never mind 7

  • @ronmckay504
    @ronmckay504 5 месяцев назад

    As good as Ronnie is he was never as dominant as Hendry. O'Sullivan's career has been up and down but never over a 10 year stretch as Hendry's was. He was and still is the youngest World Champion and Ronnie's longevity is what that's remarkable and it was a shame that Hendry retired when he did but at that time he wanted a life outside of Snooker and he doesn't seem to regret his decision all these years later.

  • @dmitrykolos6519
    @dmitrykolos6519 5 месяцев назад

    Если бы в 90-х было такое количество турниров как сейчас, у Хендри было бы намного больше рейтинговых побед чем 36, соответственно и сотенных серий было бы намного больше

  • @MdMd-en4iw
    @MdMd-en4iw 7 месяцев назад

    เฮนรีเก่งมากคับ ผมดูตอนเดกจนเขาหยุดเล่น

  • @Nixter1974007
    @Nixter1974007 11 месяцев назад

    Two of the games greats. However, I think Hendry presented himself much better. O'Sullivan at times can be a loose cannon. Hendry's manner and attitude was always exemplary.

  • @Thijs-Kuiken
    @Thijs-Kuiken 9 месяцев назад

    his whole demeanor (of Hendry) seems to be like he had a chip on his shoulder though.. was it so? Was there something on the background that played a part between the two?
    Watch the dominant handshake of Hendry.. though it gets straightened subtly by O'Sullivan to round of this encounter in.. well.. style? 😀

    • @Glasschin2.0
      @Glasschin2.0 8 месяцев назад

      Yeah Ronnie had said something in the lead up to, Henry talks about it on his Simon Jordan interview.

  • @darreno9874
    @darreno9874 9 месяцев назад

    Everyone is warned to turn their phone off, after that any who's phone goes off should be thrown out, no refund either. Apart from the morons, the play by these two great players was brilliant.

  • @stanleychai4311
    @stanleychai4311 9 месяцев назад

    You know you're watching a great game when only one player has points at any frame. Dude i know snooker is part of the game but you can't do shyt when your opponent is at this level.

  • @daglennartsolvang4191
    @daglennartsolvang4191 9 месяцев назад

    The Two best players that ever been. I like them both. This is fun to watch. Something else then Boring Mark Selby.

  • @macandmore6768
    @macandmore6768 8 месяцев назад

    Hendrys last great performance against Ronnie - and in my opinion one of the best of all times. Sadly he was not able to play on the same level in the final. Otherwise he would have won his eighth title against Ebdo - that's for sure.

  • @pefontiykabolef503
    @pefontiykabolef503 11 месяцев назад

    I'm a better player, even though I've never hit a ball with a stick, but I'm capable😮

  • @laganas2008
    @laganas2008 5 месяцев назад

    Ronnie could very well win his 8th world snooker championship title this month.

  • @michaelgaskell2031
    @michaelgaskell2031 9 месяцев назад

    It’s shame Hendry burnt out to quick. For me up there with Ronnie. 2 of the best of all time.

  • @MartinJacoby
    @MartinJacoby 7 месяцев назад

    Great video. Just wish we could have a few more ad breaks 😐

  • @frankdelar
    @frankdelar Год назад +1

    Ronnie & Hendry , they are evenly matched what makes the difference is the luck factor

    • @frankdelar
      @frankdelar Год назад +1

      It's your comment that is ridiculous, yes luck makes the difference very often, I would even say that Hendry, Higgins, Selby, William and O'Sullivan are of equal strength, what separates them is the luck factor in the majority of cases

    • @roadofsnookerfinals-lw6xg
      @roadofsnookerfinals-lw6xg Год назад

      @@frankdelar Not true! Ronnie has a winning record over Hendry,Higgins ,Williams in finals played and overall' Except the fact Selby has a 5-3 winning record over the GOAT ROS in finals! Facts matter not opinions based on feelings and not reality! Ronnie & Selby far better players than anyone that played the game!

    • @frankdelar
      @frankdelar Год назад

      @@user-bg9er5vs5y I was probably misunderstood when I was talking about the luck factor...? On the contrary, I really like Ronnie O'Sullivan, he is a player whom I admire enormously for his formidable control of the cue ball, I would rather say that Ronnie is a notch above the other players that I have previously named, Hendry in his good years were in my humble opinion of equal strength with Ronnie, anyway Ronnie and Hendry will go down in history both

  • @zariqmin2102
    @zariqmin2102 11 месяцев назад

    Both of very great players
    But Ronnie long time champions of champion player

  • @FloydMaxwell
    @FloydMaxwell Год назад

    Commentating has improved over the years. The commentators are the same but they say more, and say more that is significant these days.

  • @arfanahmad9866
    @arfanahmad9866 Год назад +1

    🇵🇰 پاکستان زندہ باد 🇵🇰

  • @The_Devil_Riser
    @The_Devil_Riser 6 месяцев назад

    Ronnie looks the same just younger but how Stephen has aged 😂

  • @HugoNobrega87
    @HugoNobrega87 Год назад +1

    So much coughing

  • @mikebest634
    @mikebest634 7 месяцев назад

    Compare that semi final to the bore fest from last weekends final with mark allen and bell Andre .

  • @sandervandenberg977
    @sandervandenberg977 9 месяцев назад

    Phone ringing at 104 is absolutely EPIC!😂

  • @farrukhbhatti3
    @farrukhbhatti3 Год назад

    First time I watched where ronnie failed.

  • @MasterNeoRNCP
    @MasterNeoRNCP Год назад +4

    I often forget how good Hendry used to be, Absolute best. His career can be divided into two distinctive periods. Pre 2002 and after 2002. Pre 2002 the best world has ever seen THE BEAST and after 2002 Crap. It's nice to see his games once in a while especially this one and 1997 match where he scored 147 against Ronnie in decider. If there is one player who can arguably sweat Ronny it was only Hendry. Too sad he was not that consistent like Hendry and withered away too soon.

    • @sugs6839
      @sugs6839 Год назад

      He was probably the best player in the world in 2003 along with Mark williams btw. In 2005/06 he was prob top 5 - but not the same. He had a resurgence at 09 crucible.

    • @da_great_mogul
      @da_great_mogul 11 месяцев назад

      I'd actually say pre-1995 (long bleached hair) and post 1995 are the two periods. From 1995 onwards, the odd big loss started to creep in.

    • @RustyLongPipe
      @RustyLongPipe 9 месяцев назад +1

      I know nothing about snooker but have randomnly started getting loads of these videos on my feed. What makes a player like hendry go from being an absolute beast, to then suddenly becoming crap?

    • @jonnysongs
      @jonnysongs 6 месяцев назад

      @@RustyLongPipe he achieved 7 world championships, beating the previous holder of 6 (steve davis), and he had nothing left to prove

  • @hura8513
    @hura8513 Год назад +1

    Два супер игрока мира 👍👍вот это матч

  • @delboy9234
    @delboy9234 6 месяцев назад

    It'd be nice to play like these two did here, even just for a day.

  • @oix
    @oix 3 месяца назад

    don't remember the bbc graphics looking this bad

  • @ianwilliamson2980
    @ianwilliamson2980 Год назад

    this is best im ever seen both playing top form.i always said hendry was best of all in top form like here

  • @rosin4260
    @rosin4260 Год назад

    10:30 I was 12 when I saw this on live TV, still watching it on RUclips after 21 years