I find it's all in his stroke. He's got such a fluent and effortless stroke. A lot like Fedor's but less mechanical somehow. A thing of beauty to watch
Melling is one of my favorite players, he moves fast. Thinks fast and always has a match that will leave a highlight. Fun to watch, but he does make silly mistakes and misses that the boring player doesn't make. But I'll always support the fun player over the boring. He makes amateur shots like a pro. If you know pool you know what I mean.
Exactly! Best players atm are all European. Filler, meiling, shaw, Feijen , Ouschan. All the best players at the minute. Europe rules this game. Sorry yanks lol
@@jamesdavis8731 And the last 4 have been Euopean and 1 Filipino. The last American to win it apart from SVB was Earl Strickland in 2002 LOLOLOL. Better yet you haven't won a women's game since 1991
Melling playing those drag shots... always risky to have the white rolling when it contacts the object ball on these tournament tables. Notice he missed both balls thick? Nearly every other top player always plays with a bit of spin still on the cue ball at the moment of contact. As well as controlling the cue ball this breaks the static friction which can push the pot straight. Surely a player as experienced as him knows this? Are the outside tables all the same quality?
It's a racking template. There are small holes cut in it that the balls sit on. The shape and spacing of the holes causes the balls to tend to roll towards the center of the rack, which results in a rack with no gaps between the balls, leading to a better break.
He wasn't bad against the first amateurs but he was against a real player, Shaw. And after he lost from him he lost from an amateur and was out of the tournament
A pretty low quality match from both players. Billy with far too many table fouls and Melling with too many missed easy balls and dry breaks. You won't win the US Open playing like that
*_@MATCHROOM: GET IT TOGETHER. SERIOUSLY!. SHANE PLAYED THIS AFTERNOON. INSTEAD OF BROADCASTING TOP PLAYERS LIVE WITH COMMENTATORS, MATCHROOM, TAPES THE TOP PLAYERS AND WE WATCH TAPED. WHICH IS DUMB BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WHO WON/LOST. SO NOBODY WATCHES. YOU LOST ALL THOSE VIEWERS_*
I'm going to start a kickstarter campaign for the development of a voice muting plugin for browsers to be able to mute certain people so that commentary can be pleasant and informative without the circus element added by the likes of Yates. JJ and Karl and many other real players are great....Yates is just terrible. Why they keep in in there is beyond my ability to comprehend!?!?!
America hasn't got more talent pmsl Commentator for real ? 😆 🤣 😂 Come to UK then with tighter pockets,bigger tables,and have to be more accurate on the cue ball position wise as well,bcos of tight pockets. Yanks chuck the cueball middle of the table,knowing you don't have to get right on the ball cos they hit the rail half way down and still go on in FFS. HES DILLOUSIONAL
uk pool tables are smaller (standard uk tables are 7ft' with some 6 footers in the league and American tables are 8, 9 or 10ft I believe), balls are smaller (hence uk pool players use snooker cues more than the 13mm American tipped pool cues) and the pockets are a lot tighter so you hit the rail on the way it ain't going in. The bigger uk tables are snooker which is an entirely different game. Which is why pro snooker players don't dominate pool comps as well. Look at Trump last year.
Here is the deal - in the Mosconi Cup it is ALL of Europe against one country - the United States. Why don't we just have America play the UK? Why don't we just have America play Germany, etc.? America has a huge amount of talent - but they don't really cultivate that talent. Jone is right, America needs to work on bringing up these really talented young players better. I think Jones comment about how the American players needing to really focus on the Mosconi Cup is also true. The European players seem to be more into the Mosconi Cup than the America players, and that should not be acceptable to America.
Funny how JJ never praised Melling for any of his amazing positional shot and pots he made just cuz he smoked his murican. Some shots he made were pure magic, impossible for most of the robotic pros, yet there were basically no reactions. Funny
@18:30 just one example of top praise for Mr. Melling from JJ. You’re very closed minded and messy stating comments that are irrelevant like that Evageniy
Chris Melling is the whole package in a pool/ billiards player. When he's on, he's on.....
All these guys are like that and real top top doesn’t have to work as hard with all the magic, they play more efficient position
The safety plays by Melling in this match are insane.
I read this comment and then within the first minute he sticks the cue ball to the 3.
Chris the great Melling
Yeah I think of all pool players currently active, this guy has the best cue ball control.
I find it's all in his stroke. He's got such a fluent and effortless stroke. A lot like Fedor's but less mechanical somehow. A thing of beauty to watch
Melling is one of my favorite players, he moves fast. Thinks fast and always has a match that will leave a highlight. Fun to watch, but he does make silly mistakes and misses that the boring player doesn't make. But I'll always support the fun player over the boring. He makes amateur shots like a pro. If you know pool you know what I mean.
Calming that COMPETITIVE FIRE is one of the hardest skills to master!!!
*Chris “The Almost Leftie” Melling*
I love the slow mo. Very helpful!!
Billy has to learn so much about Billard, and Melling ist a beast
thankyou matchroom!
What a shot holy shit.48:05
Jeremy is the BEST commentator.
"He'll catch the rail he's cueing from". JJ has a way with words.
I like both of these guys. Kind of hurts having to see one lose.
I was waiting for Billy Thorpe to start rocking to Children of the Sun.
"All at once came a sound from the inside
Then a green beam of light hit the ground..."
Love watching melling
I'm so torn.! I love the magician "2.0" lol←, but I'm american so....... Let's go Billy!
great performance by 梅林
Good match. Are both these players in this year's Mosconi Cup? Melling is a real joy to watch, so really hope he makes the European team.
Full teams haven't been announced yet. Currently both players are not on the roster
Full teams haven't been announced yet. Currently both players are not on the roster
What’s with the thing holding the ball in the middle on the break? How is that a thing. Kinda changing the game a bit.
Itu baik
I use the drag shot quite a bit. it's more of a technique shot.
You know, we can always turn down the volume if it is too loud, but we can only turn it up so much. I CAN’T HEAR YOU.
56:15 good.
26:39 whoaa
Watch 8 ball settle right after break of game 4. Template would lnt been there 8 would and should have blocked kick at 2
1 minute in and already an ad?
Chris Melling reminds me of Curly from the 3 stooges Ooh a wise guy Aay? Yuk Yuk.
More talent in USA ? Where are they ?
Exactly! Best players atm are all European. Filler, meiling, shaw, Feijen , Ouschan. All the best players at the minute. Europe rules this game. Sorry yanks lol
@@judedunne5046 WTF are you talking about. The present world champion is American! LOL. You been sleeping little guy?
@@jamesdavis8731 Great! That doesn't mean that Europe doesn't have more consistently better players. SVB even commented on how he gets wiped by shaw
@@jamesdavis8731 And the last 4 have been Euopean and 1 Filipino. The last American to win it apart from SVB was Earl Strickland in 2002 LOLOLOL. Better yet you haven't won a women's game since 1991
@@jamesdavis8731 Europe wipe the floor with Americans
Melling playing those drag shots... always risky to have the white rolling when it contacts the object ball on these tournament tables. Notice he missed both balls thick? Nearly every other top player always plays with a bit of spin still on the cue ball at the moment of contact. As well as controlling the cue ball this breaks the static friction which can push the pot straight. Surely a player as experienced as him knows this? Are the outside tables all the same quality?
Melling got every roll in the box, billy no luck at all..
what ever happened to Justin Bergman?? you don't see him anymore
He's been staying close to home not traveling as much to play tournaments
@@electriceye1734 hey thanks for the update , I would love to see him being picked for the mosconi cup...he was made for this game.
What is the purpose of the red diamond under the balls?
It's a racking template. There are small holes cut in it that the balls sit on. The shape and spacing of the holes causes the balls to tend to roll towards the center of the rack, which results in a rack with no gaps between the balls, leading to a better break.
melling seems to be playing with a cynergy
You saw when Judd played last year…. He’s a snooker champion and looked like he’s never ran three balls in their life…. Different games
He wasnt that bad
He wasn't bad against the first amateurs but he was against a real player, Shaw. And after he lost from him he lost from an amateur and was out of the tournament
Commentator is so negative towards Chris melling its unbelievable 🙄
Magician belongs to one person and person only and it's not Melling. He is very good though.
Someone got gaped
A pretty low quality match from both players. Billy with far too many table fouls and Melling with too many missed easy balls and dry breaks. You won't win the US Open playing like that
Yes, Thorpe was not very good. I expect him to get better as time goes on. He was not sharp at all.
*_@MATCHROOM: GET IT TOGETHER. SERIOUSLY!. SHANE PLAYED THIS AFTERNOON. INSTEAD OF BROADCASTING TOP PLAYERS LIVE WITH COMMENTATORS, MATCHROOM, TAPES THE TOP PLAYERS AND WE WATCH TAPED. WHICH IS DUMB BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WHO WON/LOST. SO NOBODY WATCHES. YOU LOST ALL THOSE VIEWERS_*
Tbh "The banker" is such a bad nickname...
I'm going to start a kickstarter campaign for the development of a voice muting plugin for browsers to be able to mute certain people so that commentary can be pleasant and informative without the circus element added by the likes of Yates. JJ and Karl and many other real players are great....Yates is just terrible. Why they keep in in there is beyond my ability to comprehend!?!?!
Stinking grey tables these diamond tables are a lousy pool table 👎
America hasn't got more talent pmsl
Commentator for real ? 😆 🤣 😂
Come to UK then with tighter pockets,bigger tables,and have to be more accurate on the cue ball position wise as well,bcos of tight pockets.
Yanks chuck the cueball middle of the table,knowing you don't have to get right on the ball cos they hit the rail half way down and still go on in FFS.
HES DILLOUSIONAL
uk pool tables are smaller (standard uk tables are 7ft' with some 6 footers in the league and American tables are 8, 9 or 10ft I believe), balls are smaller (hence uk pool players use snooker cues more than the 13mm American tipped pool cues) and the pockets are a lot tighter so you hit the rail on the way it ain't going in. The bigger uk tables are snooker which is an entirely different game. Which is why pro snooker players don't dominate pool comps as well. Look at Trump last year.
Who cares you have a tribal and primitive mentality it’s pathetic AF.
Here is the deal - in the Mosconi Cup it is ALL of Europe against one country - the United States. Why don't we just have America play the UK? Why don't we just have America play Germany, etc.?
America has a huge amount of talent - but they don't really cultivate that talent. Jone is right, America needs to work on bringing up these really talented young players better. I think Jones comment about how the American players needing to really focus on the Mosconi Cup is also true. The European players seem to be more into the Mosconi Cup than the America players, and that should not be acceptable to America.
Like im sure he is and has proven himself somewhere before but in this match Billy is playing horrible.....wow literally stopped watching....
Funny how JJ never praised Melling for any of his amazing positional shot and pots he made just cuz he smoked his murican. Some shots he made were pure magic, impossible for most of the robotic pros, yet there were basically no reactions. Funny
I think u need to rewatch
😂 You seem very bitter my friend.
@18:30 just one example of top praise for Mr. Melling from JJ. You’re very closed minded and messy stating comments that are irrelevant like that Evageniy
@55:45 another example. 🙄
@@brettbarker8444 literally no 😅