A high-quality Champion of Champions final four comprising Ronnie O’Sullivan, Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen, and Kyren Wilson will battle it out this weekend at the Ricoh Arena. There is £100,000 on offer for the player who can record a second pair of victories between now and Sunday to walk away[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Mark Allen Continues Form in Coventry
Mark Allen hammered in five century breaks in beating Barry Hawkins and Neil Robertson to reach the last four of the Champion of Champions on Thursday in Coventry. The Northern Irishman, who superbly won the International Championship last week in China, was brimming with confidence as he booked a semi-final[Read More…]
Mark Selby Compiles Champion of Champions 147
Mark Selby became the first player to compile a Champion of Champions 147 after making the perfect break in his first round encounter with Neil Robertson on Thursday. After the Englishman lost a scrappy opening frame to Robertson, he potted a long red and was immediately perfect on the black[Read More…]
QUIZ! Last Winners of Old Snooker Events
There are complaints here and there, as there always will be in every walk of life, but snooker is generally in an extremely healthy position at present. With 20 ranking events and several other invitationals to contest throughout a hectic 2018/19 campaign, the players have never been so busy and[Read More…]
Classy Kyren Wilson into Coventry Semi-Finals
Kyren Wilson produced a scintillating display of scoring to hammer Judd Trump and become the third player to reach the Champion of Champions Coventry semi-finals at the Ricoh Arena. Earlier in the day, Wilson knocked out world champion Mark Williams with a controlled first round performance proving enough to get[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Sets Up Shaun Murphy Rematch
Ronnie O’Sullivan lived up to his nickname of the “Rocket” as he launched himself into the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions on Tuesday in Coventry. Most players slow down with age but the soon to be 43 year-old was in stellar form as he dislodged two fellow former world[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy Begins Coventry Defence Strongly
Shaun Murphy became the first player to book a semi-final place in the Champion of Champions as the 2018 edition got under way on Monday in Coventry. The defending champion, who has not shown a lot of form since suffering a surprising first round exit at the World Snooker Championship[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Preview and Draw
Less than 24 hours after the completion of the International Championship in China, the Champion of Champions gets under way in Coventry on Monday. The 16-man invitational event returns to the calendar for a sixth straight season and features all the tournament winners from the last twelve months on the[Read More…]
Third Time’s a Charm for Mark Allen in International Championship
Mark Allen has won the International Championship after a 10-5 triumph over Neil Robertson in Sunday’s final showdown in Daqing. The Northern Irishman controlled the majority of the contest, compiling an impressive four century breaks to bring his overall tally for the tournament to an incredible 14. To that end,[Read More…]
Where are the Snooker Fans in China?
It has a population of more than one billion people and the television viewing figures for the biggest matches dwarf anything that has been recorded before elsewhere. There are reports of thousands of clubs in the major cities that are packed to the rafters with cue enthusiasts and schools that[Read More…]