Day three in the China Championship began with 11 out of the top 16 ranked players, but only four remain after a session of carnage in Guangzhou. World champion Mark Selby had already bowed out in a deciding frame thriller to Zhou Yuelong in the afternoon session, but that was[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Zhou Yuelong Downs Mark Selby
Mark Selby exited the China Championship in the last 32 after a 5-4 defeat to home hopeful Zhou Yuelong on Friday. The world number one was competing in a first ranking event since he captured his third world crown back in May, and was made to pay for his rustiness[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Starts Well in Guangzhou
The majority of the marquee names advanced into the last 32 as the first round of the China Championship reached its conclusion on Thursday in Guangzhou. Stars Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby comfortably progressed with relatively straight forward triumphs against Sam Baird and Noppon Saengkham respectively. The pair of Englishmen[Read More…]
Mixed First Day for Seeds in China Championship
Mark Selby, John Higgins, and Ding Junhui all won their held over qualifying round matches as the Evergrande China Championship got under in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Selby and Ding weren’t at their best, understandably a little rusty as they contested their first proper matches of the season, but still managed[Read More…]
China Championship: Preview and Draw
The second ranking event of the season gets under way on Wednesday with the China Championship in Guangzhou. The China Championship was launched as a lucrative 16-man invitational last year, with John Higgins collecting a cool £200,000 champion’s cheque for beating Stuart Bingham in the final. With the field increased[Read More…]
Ireland Crowned Home Internationals Champions
Republic of Ireland won the Home Internationals for the first time since 2012 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds on Monday. The four-man team, comprising Michael Judge, TJ Dowling, Robert Murphy, and John Farrell, won all six of their encounters for a resounding success. With victory, the Irish unit[Read More…]
IBSF World Championship in Malta Cancelled
The International Federation of Billiards and Snooker is looking for a new host for its World Championships after Malta pulled out of staging the 2017 edition. Malta had been due to host the prestigious amateur tournament in November but “due to circumstances beyond their control” have let the IBSF know[Read More…]
WPBSA Strongly Refutes IBSF Allegations
A major row between two global snooker bodies has escalated further with World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association chairman Jason Ferguson furiously responding to claims made by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation against the WPBSA last week. In a letter sent to the IBSF and all of its members,[Read More…]
Jason Ferguson Leaves WCBS
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association announced on Wednesday that its chairman Jason Ferguson has resigned his position as president of the World Confederation of Billiards Sports. In a statement released on its website, the WPBSA said that Ferguson had “severed all links to the organisation.” The statement continued:[Read More…]
John Higgins Wins World Open Qualifier
John Higgins and Barry Hawkins qualified for the World Open in an exciting final day of action at the Guild Hall in Preston on Wednesday. Higgins and Hawkins weren’t troubled much, with the latter whitewashing David John 5-0 courtesy of runs of 129, 66, and 54. World number two Higgins[Read More…]