Mark Allen won the last two frames to beat Marco Fu 6-5 in the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in York. Qualifier Ricky Walden will be the Ulsterman’s opponent for a place in Sunday’s final after the Englishman knocked out former world champion Shaun Murphy 6-3. In a topsy-turvy contest[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Treble Ton Trumps Maguire
Judd Trump potted his way into the semi-finals of the UK Championship with an impressive 6-3 victory over Stephen Maguire in York. The China Open champion, who saw off Ronnie O’Sullivan in a tight last 16 clash that went the distance on Tuesday, took a while to get going in[Read More…]
Fu Shocks Selby
Wednesday served up a day of shocks as both the world number one and two were sent crashing at the second round of the UK Championship in York. A pair of surprise 6-3 defeats were the undoing of Shanghai Masters champion Mark Selby and German Masters winner Mark Williams. Selby[Read More…]
Trump Beats O’Sullivan in Decider
Judd Trump edged Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-5 to reach the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in York today. There was never more than a frame between the two entertainers in the entire encounter as the lead traded hands on several occasions. The result mirrors the contest the duo served up a[Read More…]
Trump Through With Angry Allen
Judd Trump came from 4-2 behind to beat Dominic Dale 6-4 and set-up a mouth-watering second round clash with Ronnie O’Sullivan at the UK Championship in York. However, the day will be mainly remembered for controversial comments made by Ulsterman Mark Allen, who launched a scathing attack at World Snooker[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Downs Davis
Ronnie O’Sullivan beat fellow living legend Steve Davis 6-1 today to advance to the second round of the UK Championship in York. Six-time champion Davis had come through two rounds of qualifying to be in the last 32 and set up a dream tie with ‘The Rocket’ – himself a[Read More…]
Higgins Through in Decider
Defending champion John Higgins made it through the opening day of the 2011 UK Championship in York after a 6-5 defeat of tenacious Rory McLeod. It was a fantastic opening day in York, the first time the second major has been held in the city since 2006, despite the controversial[Read More…]
Iranian Lands IBSF World Championship
Teenager Hossein Vafaei Ayouri has won the 2011 IBSF World Championship following a dramatic 10-9 victory over Welshman Lee Walker in India. The International Billiards & Snooker Federation is the world governing body for all of non-professional snooker and this event has a long and illustrious history with the likes[Read More…]
Snookerbacker Classic Joy for Taylor and Barrett
Englishmen Allan Taylor and Jamie Barrett are the first men through to the Snookerbacker Classic Finals after an eventful opening day at The Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. As many will already know, Snookerbacker is a fellow blogger and has set up this excellent initiative for amateurs across the UK[Read More…]
UK Championship
After almost three months, the third major ranking event of the season is finally upon us with the williamhill.com UK Championship commencing this Saturday at the Barbican Centre in York. Of course, there has been plenty of action on the baize since the Shanghai Masters in September but it has[Read More…]