Snooker - Sunny Akani

[PR1977]

Anyone see any of his match v Ronnie O'Sullivan at the UK Championship?

The kid is different - to say the least - but could be a massive star for Thailand in the future. I thought he outplayed Ronnie completely with his outrageous long potting, cue power and even some positional play but in the end a bit of bad match management and bad luck let him down - but he''ll learn.

By all accounts he's been practicing 10 hours a day for the last ten years and found a very unusual style which seems to work for him. Next up for him will be Jimmy White at the Scottish Open next week which could be another classic

 

[jocky king]

Great player , was unlucky against O Sullivan on the 10 th frame when he fouled the potted  blue after potting a green .  Too early to say about him being among the greats , like many they disappeared . Remember James Wattana . Stuart Pettman who was once a number 13 in the world now lives in Bangkok , he taught Sunny how to play better snooker . Stuart is a nice man who always gives his t8me to anyone . Few times  , he called over to Mega Break to play competitions . I hope Sunny will go on to become a great player .  Strange to see a player cueing on the rest , only one I ever saw . 

[Pinoydave]

Needs to get rid of the hair clips!!

[PR1977]

10 minutes ago, Pinoydave said:

Needs to get rid of the hair clips!!

And go for an Alice Band, perhaps, like Ronnie himself used to wear?!

[PR1977]

14 minutes ago, jocky king said:

Great player , was unlucky against O Sullivan on the 10 th frame when he fouled the potted  blue after potting a green .  Too early to say about him being among the greats , like many they disappeared . Remember James Wattana . Stuart Pettman who was once a number 13 in the world now lives in Bangkok , he taught Sunny how to play better snooker . Stuart is a nice man who always gives his t8me to anyone . Few times  , he called over to Mega Break to play competitions . I hope Sunny will go on to become a great player .  Strange to see a player cueing on the rest , only one I ever saw . 

Certainly do remember James Wattana, another fantastic long potter. I recall he got to a world semi v Stephen Hendry, maybe didn't fulfill his potential but very tough in the 90s when Hendry was in his prime hoovering up all the big tournaments.

[PR1977]

So our hero lost his 1st round match in Scottish Open to The Whirlwind quite comprehensively....maybe the alien conditions in Glasgow got to him.

 

[mikeyboy]

On 12/13/2017 at 19:55, PR1977 said:

So our hero lost his 1st round match in Scottish Open to The Whirlwind quite comprehensively....maybe the alien conditions in Glasgow got to him.

 

Yes  , the Thais go into hypothermia  ( sp ) when it drops below 25 deg. C

Mikeyboy

 

[bangna]

He needs to work on his safety but open play is impressive

[thailien]

Akani played a great match, seldom have I seen Ronnie so flustered.  Akani was very unlucky in the penultimate frame.  Watch it on YouTube.  

Thanks to Wattana's coaching, Thai snooker players are coming on strong.