Mark Williams and Ding Junhui not happy with Crucible crowd: 2012 World Snooker Championship
Proceedings of the 2012 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield have surged into the second round and the line-up of the clashes has also been finalised after the end of Round 1. The spectators at the Crucible Theatre have witnessed
a couple of major upsets in the first round and at the same time, some potters are not happy with their behaviour in the stands.
Two of the top potters in the professional circuit, China’s Ding Junhui and Wales’ Mark Williams seem unhappy with the way the Crucible fans reacted in their matches. Both have played their matches in the first round where Junhui lost to the Welshman Ryan
Day while Williams has made his way into the second round of the tournament after beating Liu Chuang.
The Star of the East, Junhui believes that the Crucible fans are rubbish because they keep shouting during the game and the players cannot concentrate on their shots because of the noise. He gave this statement three days after Mark Allen accused Cao Yupeng
of cheating. Junhui insisted that he lost his concentration during his match because of the noise.
Speaking to the media, Junhui said, “I don't think the fans are right. All rubbish. Rubbish fans. I was concentrating on the game and they kept shouting out. How can they do that? People say that Chinese fans are no good. OK, but then I come here and what
do they do? Obviously with a match like that, everyone who is watching gets right behind the person they want to win.”
On the other hand, the Welsh Potting Machine had the same feeling after he played his first match at the arena. However, he feels that fans have the right to boo the players because they pay for that.
He spoke to Daily Mail, “There were some boos but I was expecting that to be honest. But after the beginning, when they made their point, it was fine. They pay their money so they have a right to boo and cheer whoever they want.”
Snooker is definitely a game of the mind and the players need to concentrate but any disturbing noise during an intense match, like in the World Snooker Championship can easily distort the concentration which can cost the player a brutal defeat. The fans
might want to keep that in mind.
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