Ronnie O’Sullivan was in ominous looking form as he rocketed into the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions on Wednesday. The defending champion, victorious in the inaugural staging of the tournament in Coventry 12 months ago, was given a tough test by the player he beat in last year’s final Stuart[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Trump Playing Like a Champion
Judd Trump produced some high quality snooker to easily dismantle the challenges of Stephen Maguire and Mark Selby in the Champion of Champions on Tuesday. The Englishman, who gained an invitation to this lucrative tournament by winning the Championship League and Australian Open in 2014, knocked in a flurry of[Read More…]
Ding the First Name into Last Four
Ding Junhui became the first player to book his place in the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions in Coventry on Monday. The Chinese returned to a degree of form as he stuttered over the finishing line in a 4-2 victory over Dominic Dale before repeating the feat in a 6-5[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Preview
We’ve hardly been able to get 40 winks of sleep but it’s onto the next big event on the snooker calendar as the Champion of Champions gets under way today in Coventry. Ricky Walden will probably still be mid-flight as he returns to English shores as the International Championship victor,[Read More…]
Wonderful Walden Wins International Championship
Ricky Walden has won the 2014 International Championship after a superb 10-7 victory over Mark Allen in Chengdu. After a relatively slow start from both, the final transpired to be a wonderful occasion of attacking snooker that produced a worthy winner. The pair was both seeking a hat-trick of ranking event[Read More…]
Boileau’s Blog: India Bound
By Josh Boileau Hi everyone, September was a pretty quiet month for me tournament wise but I was glad of it as I knew October until December would be busy for me. My shoulder injury still hasn’t gone as of yet but another few sessions of Physio and I think[Read More…]
Allen and Walden Set for International Showdown
Today marks the final of the International Championship between Mark Allen and Ricky Walden in Chengdu. The pair will fight it out for the fourth ranking event title of the campaign with a neat £125,000 top prize for the winner. Both players couldn’t have played in more contrasting semi-finals to[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Schedule
The players and fixtures have now been set for the 2014 Dafabet Champion of Champions, which takes place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry from Monday 3rd to Sunday 9th November. Reigning champion Ronnie O’Sullivan gets his defence underway with a re-match of last year’s final as he faces Essex’s[Read More…]
Williams Back at the Top
Mark Williams caused a major upset yesterday when he beat Ronnie O’Sullivan for the first time in 12 years at the International Championship in Chengdu. His 6-5 victory over the five-time world champion, his long-term bogey player, earned him a semi-final berth in one of the sport’s most lucrative ranking[Read More…]
O’Sullivan On Course for International Success
The International Championship has reached the quarter-final stage with a relatively unexpected line-up still gunning for the title in Chengdu. Ronnie O’Sullivan remains the heavy favourite as he made light enough work of Li Hang’s challenge in the last 16 on Wednesday. The five-time world champion didn’t score as heavily[Read More…]