Every year this website runs a top ten list of the best players who have never managed to win the World Championship at the Crucible. With the UK Championship getting under way on Tuesday, it got me thinking as to who then would fall into that category for the sport’s[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Pankaj Advani Wins IBSF World Championship
Pankaj Advani has won the IBSF World Amateur Championship for a third time after beating Amir Sarkhosh 8-2 in the final in Qatar. The Indian, who also won the tournament in 2003 and 2015, was one of the pre-tournament favourites and duly delivered again on the big stage to record[Read More…]
Mark Williams Captures Alex Higgins Trophy
Mark Williams has won his first ranking event title since 2011 after a dramatic 9-8 triumph over Yan Bingtao on Sunday. The Welshman was never in front until the final frame, which he took to deny the 17 year-old an opportunity to become the youngest ever ranking event champion. There were[Read More…]
Preview: UK Championship
The first BBC major of the season begins on Tuesday with the return of the UK Championship to York. Mark Selby is the defending champion and the world number one will be seeking to make it a hat-trick of UK crowns on what is the 40th anniversary of the inaugural[Read More…]
Northern Ireland Open Final: Mark Williams vs Yan Bingtao
The final of the Northern Ireland Open is scheduled to be contested between Mark Williams and Yan Bingtao on Sunday in Belfast. However, doubts have been cast on whether Williams will be able to compete after he shared the worrying news on Twitter that his wife had been taken by[Read More…]
Northern Ireland Open: Semi-Final Preview
Mark Williams remains on course for a first ranking crown since 2011 after comfortably beating Mike Dunn 5-1 in the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals on Friday. The Welshman, whose match against the 46 year-old started long after it was scheduled to due to a turgid opening last eight tie between[Read More…]
Can Mark Williams Follow Through on Favourite Tag?
With three rounds remaining in the Northern Ireland Open, Mark Williams finds himself in the unusual situation of being the favourite to land the title in Belfast. Of course, there was once a time when this was commonplace for the Welshman, who enjoyed several spells of domination on the Main[Read More…]
Northern Ireland Open: Quarter-Final Preview
Only one player currently ranked inside the top 16 in the world features in the last eight as a surprise line-up contends for Northern Ireland Open glory this weekend in Belfast. Mark Williams has been an onlooker this season as his contemporaries Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins continued to notch[Read More…]
Million Pound Drop – Ronnie O’Sullivan’s Home Nations Hopes Ended
Elliot Slessor caused a sensation on Thursday afternoon as he knocked Ronnie O’Sullivan out of the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast. The 23 year-old took the game to the “Rocket”, who had been an overwhelming favourite to prolong his quest to capture all four Home Nations series crowns and, with[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Wins but Mark Allen Stumbles Out in NI Open
Ronnie O’Sullivan remains on track for a second Home Nations series title after beating Duane Jones 4-0 in the second round of the Northern Ireland Open on Wednesday. The English Open champion wasn’t at his best but crucially denied the Welshman in two close frames, cushioned by runs of 81[Read More…]