International Championship The International Championship returns for a second year as the qualifiers take place in Barnsley today and tomorrow. Last year’s event in Chengdu was recognised as an overall success, with a slightly longer format and increased prize money appeasing the wishes of both fans and players alike. Judd[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Ju Reti for Chinese Domination?
China’s Ju Reti has become the first amateur player to win a Players Tour Championship event. A couple of players have come close before, notably Joe Swail when he reached the final of a European event in Gloucester last year, but Ju broke new ground by overcoming in-form Michael Holt[Read More…]
Final Four in Zhangjiagang
The second Asian Tour event of the season has been taking place this week with four players battling out for the spoils today in Zhangjiagang. Two professionals and a pair of amateurs make up the semi-finalists – three of them Chinese, hoping to collect some silverware on home soil. The[Read More…]
Damning Dozen for Lee
Stephen Lee escaped a lifetime sentence but his professional career is effectively over after being banned for 12 years for match fixing. The former world no.5, a five-time ranking event winner, Crucible semi-finalist and Masters runner-up, among boasting many other accolades throughout a long and pretty fruitful career, will only[Read More…]
Ding Reigns in Shanghai
Ding Junhui has won his seventh ranking event title after overcoming compatriot Xiao Guodong 10-6 in the final of the Shanghai Masters. In what was the first all-Chinese ranking event final, Ding was almost always in command despite a spirited effort from his inexperienced opponent, and was never behind for[Read More…]
All-Chinese Affair in Shanghai
There’ll be an all-Chinese final in a ranking event for the first time after Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong won their semi-finals at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday. Both players were made to work hard for their victories despite the seemingly one-sided look of both scorelines. Xiao overcame England’s Michael[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Quarter-Final Preview
The quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters take place on Friday with markedly different halves of the draw in China. While the bottom section is dominated by established stars of the sport, the top half is a mixture of new blood and season campaigners who perhaps have never fully reached their[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Responds
Ronnie O’Sullivan has released the following statement in response to the Twitter comments he made earlier in the week. Ronnie O’Sullivan Statement I would like to clarify the comments that I made on Twitter 17th September as they were an instant reaction to an issue which I feel strongly about,[Read More…]
Seeds Tumble in Shanghai
The first round of the Shanghai Masters has come to a conclusion with a mixed bag of results for the top seeds. Almost half of the top 16 competitors who were guaranteed entry to the venue stage of proceedings have already been eliminated after a day of shocks on Wednesday.[Read More…]
Ronnie in Limelight Again
Ronnie O’Sullivan is rarely out of the papers, whether it’s for his snooker ability on the table, his temperamental behaviour off it, or his ability to crop up when the limelight should be on somebody else. Stephen Lee on Monday was found guilty of match fixing, to which he is[Read More…]