The field of 16 has been reduced to eight after the opening two days of the inaugural China Championship in Guangzhou. Mark Selby showed no signs of relinquishing his control on the Main Tour as he comfortably outscored Anthony McGill for a 6-2 victory on Tuesday. The 33 year-old, who[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Coral Continues Home Series Support
World Snooker is delighted to announce Coral as the title sponsor of the new Home Nations series. The three remaining events in the series – the Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open – will all be title-sponsored by Coral. This follows their successful sponsorship of the recent Coral[Read More…]
China Championship Preview
The inaugural Evergrande China Championship gets under way on Tuesday as the 2016/17 campaign continues to build momentum. 16 players have been invited to Guangzhou for the lucrative five-day event, with a whopping £200,000 on offer for the champion crowned on Saturday – the most ever to be awarded outside[Read More…]
Mark Selby Strolls to International Championship Success
Mark Selby has won the International Championship for the first time after destroying Ding Junhui in the final 10-1. The ‘Jester’ failed to replicate the high level of power scoring from his superb semi-final victory over Stuart Bingham, but gained the upper hand early and duly never relinquished his advantage.[Read More…]
Mark Selby to Play Ding Junhui in Another Final
Mark Selby has joined Ding Junhui in the final of the International Championship after a superb performance in beating Stuart Bingham 9-3 on Saturday in Daqing. The world no.1 lost the opening two frames as Bingham raced out of the blocks with runs of 58 and a terrific 127. However,[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Nears 13th Ranking Title
Ding Junhui is the first man into the International Championship final after a 9-4 victory over Judd Trump earlier in China. The home favourite, champion of this event in 2013 when it was previously staged in Chengdu, was always in control after nicking the opening two scrappy frames. The 29[Read More…]
International Championship Down to Final Four
Judd Trump continued his marvelous stretch of form by coming from behind to pip Shaun Murphy in a dramatic International Championship quarter-final in China. The Englishman will play home favourite Ding Junhui in the last four on Friday after the Chinese no.1 produced an excellent performance in ousting the defending[Read More…]
Michael Holt Halts the Rocket – Again
Ronnie O’Sullivan is out of the International Championship after losing 6-4 to Michael Holt in the third round on Wednesday. At the start of 2016, Holt boasted just one solitary victory over the five-time world champion, but that has dramatically changed since after recording a hat-trick of wins this year.[Read More…]
Seeds Surge into Last 16
Ten out of the top 11 seeds in the International Championship have booked their places in the third round in Daqing. The manner of the victories varied but the result was the same, ensuring most of the sport’s biggest stars remain in contention for China’s most lucrative ranking event title.[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Through in International Championship
Ronnie O’Sullivan scraped past Xiao Guodong in his opening match of the 2016 International Championship on Monday. The ‘Rocket’ sped into a 3-1 lead with breaks of 137, 78 and 55 but lost his way somewhat as his Chinese challenger fought back to almost force a decider. Indeed, Xiao was[Read More…]