Mark Allen and Stuart Bingham will contest the 2014 Shanghai Masters final on Sunday in China. Defending champion Ding Junhui was involved in a tough encounter with Bingham and the Chinese Sensation let a 4-2 lead slip as he succumbed to a 6-4 defeat in front of his home crowd. Semi-final[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Shanghai Masters Semi-Final Preview
The Shanghai Masters has reached the semi-final stage with a quartet of top players gunning for the title in China. The 2014 edition of the event got under an unusual start with many of the favoured players falling by the wayside early on, including the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd[Read More…]
Indian Open Postponed Until March
This season’s Indian Open world ranking event in Mumbai has been postponed, with the original dates of 13-17 October 2014 changed to 10-14 March 2015. World Snooker has been advised by the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India to change the dates of the tournament. This follows the recent calling[Read More…]
O’Brien into Shanghai Quarters
Fergal O’Brien is into the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters after a grafting 5-3 victory over local amateur Zhao Xintong. The contest got off to a free-flowing start and the scores were tied at the mid-session interval following shared breaks of 80, 69, 61, 42 and 41, but the match[Read More…]
Dale Dumps Trump
Australian Open champion Judd Trump is out of the Shanghai Masters after a shock 5-2 defeat at the hands of Dominic Dale in China. Trump had been many people’s pre-tournament favourite to lift the title following his early season form but was powerless to stop his Welsh Opponent after the[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Ousted by McManus
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s long-awaited return to the Shanghai Masters ended in an early defeat at the hands of veteran Alan McManus in China yesterday. The ‘Rocket’ had only contested the event once since he lifted the trophy back in 2009 but the large expectant crowds were left disappointed after a lacklustre[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Preview
The 2014 Shanghai Masters gets under way on Monday as 15-Red snooker returns to our screens. Now in its eighth year on the calendar, the Chinese ranking event is firmly becoming one of the most important. All the top players are keen to get their hands on the trophy, highlighted[Read More…]
The Debate Continues; Irish 2014/15 Calendar Announced
The calendar for the upcoming 2014/15 campaign in Ireland was released a few days ago. This year there will be seven ranking events before the season-ending Irish Championship in May. The opening tournament will be staged at the North West Snooker Club in Letterkenny on the 11th of October while[Read More…]
Maguire Crowned Six Red World Champion
Stephen Maguire has won the 2014 Six Red World Championship after a thrilling 8-7 victory over Ricky Walden in Thailand. The Scot came from 5-2 and 7-5 down to pip his English opponent in an exciting affair that would befit any major final. Maguire started the match slowly, going down[Read More…]
Maguire and Walden Gunning for Six Red Glory
Ricky Walden and Stephen Maguire will contest the 2014 Six Red World Championship final in Bangkok on Saturday. The Top 16 ranked players on the Main Tour emerged after a grueling five days of short-format snooker and will compete over the best of 15 frames tomorrow for the tidy sum[Read More…]