Ding Junhui’s season of turmoil continued today as he was dumped out of the German Masters following a dramatic 5-4 defeat to Ryan Day. In a match strewn with errors from both competitors, Ding took on a tricky final pink with the rest in the penultimate frame that would have[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Stars Set Off in Berlin
The German Masters got under way on Wednesday at the Tempodrom in Berlin. The event has been widely acclaimed since its reintroduction onto the calendar in 2011, with massive enthusiastic crowds cheering on their favourite players amid a wonderful setting. The same is to be expected in this short, busy[Read More…]
German Masters Preview
The German Masters, one of the best tournaments on the calendar, gets under way on Wednesday in Berlin. Ever since its introduction in 2011 the ranking event has been a resounding success, aided in large part thanks to the enthusiastic sell-out crowd that packs the 2000-plus capacity Tempodrom arena every[Read More…]
Woollaston into Championship League Winners Group
Ben Woollaston won the penultimate Championship League group in Crondon Park yesterday to become the sixth player through to the Winners Group next month. The Englishman sneaked into the semi-finals after narrowly pipping Fergal O’Brien to fourth place following the round-robin phase. Both competitors won three out of their six[Read More…]
Davis Ousts O’Sullivan in Championship League
Mark Davis avoided losing a hat-trick of Championship League finals when he came from 2-0 down to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 3-2 to win Group 5 on Tuesday. The Englishman had already been defeated twice by 3-1 scorelines in the finals of both of the last two groups, to Ali Carter[Read More…]
Xuzhou Open Prize for Perry
Joe Perry won the Xuzhou Open earlier on Saturday after a 4-1 victory over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the final in China. It concludes the Asian Tour series of three tournaments, with the top eight players on the Order of Merit booking their places in the lucrative Players Championship Grand Finals in[Read More…]
Will Snooker be in Tokyo 2020?
On Thursday, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association announced that it has engaged heavily in working alongside the World Confederation of Billiard Sports on a bid for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The host city in Japan will be able to accept at least one sport as an addition[Read More…]
Bingham Wins Championship League Group 4
Stuart Bingham became the fourth player through to the Championship League Winners Group after emerging victorious from Group 4 at Crondon Park. The Englishman finished second behind Peter Ebdon following the round-robin phase with four wins from his six league encounters. In the semi-final Bingham made breaks of 75 and[Read More…]
Carter wins Championship League Group 3
Ali Carter won the third Championship League group on Tuesday, beating Mark Davis 3-1 in the final. In doing so, the Englishman books his place in the Winners Group next month in which the overall champion will be invited to play in the lucrative Champion of Champions later in the year.[Read More…]
World Championship Contenders?
Last Sunday not only marked the final of the 2015 Masters that saw Shaun Murphy lift the trophy and become the tenth member of the exclusive Triple Crown club. It also signified the start of the three-month countdown to the season-ending World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield. It feels like[Read More…]