The inaugural WSF Championship has reached the last 32 stage in Malta with a straight knockout format to be adopted from now until the champion is determined on Saturday. With the formalities of the mundane round-robin phase complete, attention can now properly turn to the big contenders as they chase[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Ronnie O’Sullivan into Players Championship Semi-Finals
Favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan fought back from 2-0 down to beat Ding Junhui 6-3 with a powerful performance in the quarter-finals of the Players Championship on Wednesday. The world number two was well tested early on in the showdown, which was a repeat of the World Grand Prix final from last[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Advances in Players Championship
Ronnie O’Sullivan produced another dominant display, in a season full of them, to beat Graeme Dott in the last 16 of the Players Championship on Tuesday. The “Rocket” is in search of a record-equalling fifth ranking event title of the season after previous successes in the English Open, Shanghai Masters,[Read More…]
World Seniors Championship: Preview and Draw
A lot of focus this week is on the ongoing Players Championship but also taking place from Wednesday will be the World Seniors Championship in Scunthorpe. Stephen Hendry will be the star attraction in a field of 16 players all gunning for global glory in the over 40s category. The[Read More…]
Mark Allen Loss Damages World Championship Hopes
Mark Allen finds himself in a precarious position in the world rankings after losing to Ding Junhui in the first round of the Players Championship on Monday in Llandudno. Allen may have broken his major duck earlier this season when he superbly captured a maiden Masters crown in January but[Read More…]
Romanian Masters Champ Ryan Day Triumphs Again
Ryan Day fought back from 4-0 down to beat Stuart Bingham 10-8 and lift the inaugural Romanian Masters trophy on Sunday in Bucharest. It prolongs a remarkable spell for the Welshman, who only last week secured his second ranking event title of the season at the Gibraltar Open. Day won’t[Read More…]
Romanian Masters Final: Stuart Bingham vs Ryan Day
Stuart Bingham and Ryan Day will contest the final of the inaugural Romanian Snooker Masters on Sunday in Bucharest. Bingham won the last five frames of his semi-final encounter with Ali Carter to beat his fellow Englishman 5-2, while Day continued his outstanding run with a 5-0 drubbing of Kyren[Read More…]
Ng On Yee Retains Women’s World Championship
Hong Kong’s Ng On Yee defeated Maria Catalano 5-0 to complete the successful defence of her World Women’s Snooker Championship title on Saturday. On Yee completed a dominant week in Malta with a convincing victory against world number four Catalano, who earlier in the day stunned 11-time world champion Reanne[Read More…]
Players Championship: Preview and Draw
The third last ranking event of a busy campaign gets under way on Monday with the start of the Ladbrokes Players Championship in Llandudno. A high-quality field of 16 players will assemble in north Wales, with the £125,000 champion’s cheque providing the fourth biggest prize on offer for events staged[Read More…]
Romanian Masters: Semi-Final Preview
Ryan Day continued his fine recent form by overcoming John Higgins 4-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Romanian Masters on Friday. The Welshman, who captured his second ranking title last week with victory in the Gibraltar Open, has now won nine matches in a row – all under the[Read More…]