The 2018 World Open has reached its quarter-final stage with only two top 16 players left in the hunt for glory in Yushan this weekend. World champion Mark Williams fronts an unexpected last eight line-up that will battle it out for the £150,000 top prize over the coming day. The[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Centuries Man Neil Robertson to Rumble Record?
Neil Robertson may have exited the World Open in the last 32 stage on Wednesday but it has been a more than respectable start to the 2018/19 season for the Australian. The 36 year-old fell in a 5-3 defeat to Ricky Walden in Yushan but must surely be happy with[Read More…]
Big Names Crash Out of World Open
The 2018 World Open has taken a completely new shape after a purge of the marquee names sent a host of key contenders crashing out at the last 32 stage on Wednesday in Yushan. Defending champion Ding Junhui’s 5-4 defeat to Robert Milkins concluded an evening of upsets as a[Read More…]
Neil Robertson Continues Form in World Open
Neil Robertson was among a group of marquee names to make it through to the last 32 of the World Open on Tuesday in Yushan. The Australian, who immediately bounced back from a relatively quiet season by his high standards with a resounding triumph in the Riga Masters to commence[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Survives Serious Scare
Defending champion Ding Junhui and world champion Mark Williams both advanced from their heldover World Open qualifying round encounters with tight deciding frame victories on Monday in Yushan. In a busy opening day of action in China, the pair was made to work extremely hard for their places in the[Read More…]
Mark Selby Defends Haining Open
Mark Selby retained the Haining Open title on Saturday after a typical come-from-behind victory over Li Hang in the final in China. The Haining Open isn’t a World Snooker sanctioned event, instead run by the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association, but has become an annual fixture on the calendar that[Read More…]
2018 World Open: Preview and Draw
The 2018 World Open gets under way on Monday as the 2018/19 campaign begins to gather a little momentum. The first ranking event of the new term concluded only last week with Neil Robertson capturing the Riga Masters title at the expense of Jack Lisowski in Latvia. It marked an[Read More…]
Snooker in August
With the first ranking event of the 2018/19 campaign wrapped up, it’s time to look forward to what snooker in August holds in store for us to enjoy. Neil Robertson impressed as he captured the opening ranking title of a new term for the fourth time in the last six[Read More…]
Barry Pinches Wins Challenge Tour 3
Barry Pinches took advantage of a depleted field to capture the third Challenge Tour event of the season in Latvia at the weekend. The Challenge Tour series, consisting of ten events and providing amateur players with a possible route onto the Main Tour, is supposed to boast a total of[Read More…]
Neil Robertson Wins Riga Masters
Neil Robertson has won the 2018 Riga Masters after a 5-2 victory over Jack Lisowski in the final in Latvia on Sunday. The Australian took advantage of a poor display from his opponent, who was featuring in a ranking event final for the first time in his career, to prevail[Read More…]