Reigning champion Shaun Murphy is into the quarter-finals of the World Open after a 5-1 victory over Kurt Maflin in Yushan. Murphy had waited more than tears to defend the title he won in Haikou, but is now only three wins away from repeating the success in China. The Englishman[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Seeds Stumble as Selby and Ding Crash Out
If yesterday was a day for the seeds, day three in the World Open was all about the underdog as there were a host of upsets in the last 32 in Yushan. World champion Mark Selby, world no.2 Stuart Bingham, home favourite Ding Junhui and former world no.1 Judd Trump all[Read More…]
Stars Surge in World Open
It was a relatively straightforward day for the marquee players as the first round of the World Open came to a conclusion on Tuesday. Defending champion Shaun Murphy, world champion Mark Selby, Crucible runner-up Ding Junhui, and former world number ones John Higgins and Neil Robertson all advanced to the[Read More…]
Murphy Wins Yushan Opener
Shaun Murphy finally got his defence of the World Open under way with a 5-1 defeat of Sanderson Lam in Yushan. It’s more than two years since then 2005 world champion got his hands on the World Open trophy in Haikou but he safely negotiated his held over qualifying round[Read More…]
World Open Makes Return
Snooker returns after another of its many summer breaks with the World Open starting on Monday in China. The competition is back for the first time since 2014, with Shaun Murphy finally getting the chance to defend the title he won in Haikou more than two years ago. The tournament moves to[Read More…]
Wildcards for Home Nations Events
The Home Nations series of world ranking events to run during the 2016/17 season will each feature two amateur wild cards from the host nation. The series will comprise the new English Open, Irish Open and Scottish Open as well as the existing Welsh Open. Each tournament will feature 128[Read More…]
What’s Been Happening?
In short, not much. It’s been almost two weeks since the conclusion of the Indian Open, where Anthony McGill collected his maiden ranking event trophy, as the stagnated start to the 2016/17 campaign continues. The biggest tournament of the season so far gets under way on Monday with the return[Read More…]
Anthony McGill Wins Indian Open
Anthony McGill has won the Indian Open after beating Kyren Wilson 5-2 in the final in Hyderabad – his first ranking event success. In a battle of two of the sport’s best young emerging stars, the Scot took control of the contest after the scores were tied at 2-2, reeling[Read More…]
Maguire Denies Advani in India
Stephen Maguire withstood a spirited fight back from Pankaj Advani to deny the home favourite in the Indian Open second round on Thursday. Advani had fought back from 3-1 down to force a decider in front of a large partisan crowd, before disappointingly losing a dramatic final frame to the[Read More…]
Williams Through Despite Sickness
The first round of the Indian Open was completed on Wednesday with most of the big seeds going through in Hyderabad. The notable exception was 2015 runner-up Ricky Walden, the fourth seed going down 4-1 to Nigel Bond, while Ryan Day also suffered at the hands of the much-improved John[Read More…]