Ali Carter won the last four frames to beat Judd Trump in spectacular fashion 13-12 in front of a boisterous crowd in the Crucible. Resuming at 9-7 up, Trump maintained his two frame cushion by the mid-session interval, almost serving up a maximum only to fall at the 13th red.[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Ronnie and Judd Move into Gear
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump both began to produce the goods today, taking control of their respective last 16 clashes in Sheffield. O’Sullivan was nearing his imperious best at times against old foe Mark Williams and, having held a 5-3 advantage overnight, quickly rattled off a further six frames on[Read More…]
Hendry Ousts Hapless Higgins
Stephen Hendry wasted little time in completing his demolition job on defending champion John Higgins to reach the quarter-finals of the World Championship for the 19th time. Hendry won seven of the eight frames in last night’s second session – one in which Higgins arguably played the worst snooker of[Read More…]
Robertson Rampant, Hell for Higgins
Neil Robertson became the first player to book his place in the quarter-finals of the World Championship after a hard-fought 13-9 victory over David Gilbert. The players resumed this morning at 5-3 in favour of the Australian and Gilbert missed a huge chance to get back on level terms at[Read More…]
World Championship Podcast #2
Today, CrossGuns’ Fin Ruane and I met up for a mid-tournament World Championship special. After a fascinating opening week in Sheffield, we discuss the Mark Allen affair, the return to form of Stephen Hendry, all the shocks, and what’s in store for the rest of an already classic event. To[Read More…]
Carter Flies Through
Ali Carter and Mark Williams became the last two players to enter the second round of the World Championship on a quieter day in Sheffield. The opening five days had been swarmed with shock results and controversial press conferences but Thursday proved to be more mundane as the event takes[Read More…]
World Championship Second Round Predictions
So the first round of the World Championship comes to a conclusion today, simultaneous to the opening bout of play in two of the last 16 ties. With all the shocks in this year’s tournament, it’s no surprise that I didn’t hit a 100% success rate with my last 32[Read More…]
After Eights
Eight Top 16 seeds have now been knocked out of the first round of the World Championship in Sheffield – equalling the record set in 1992. World no1 Mark Selby and Chinese Sensation Ding Junhui have joined the growing casualty list in this spectacular tournament that has now been thrown[Read More…]
Qualifier Higginson Upsets Lee
Andrew Higginson continued the streak of shock results in this year’s 2012 World Championship with a 10-6 victory over in-form Stephen Lee. Lee had come into this event having reached the semi-finals or better in four of the last five ranking tournaments – reaching the final in the World Open[Read More…]
Mark Allen Statement
Mark Allen has issued the following statement in reaction to the comments he made in Sunday’s controversial press conference after his defeat to Cao Yupeng. “Following my recent comments in the press conference after my first round defeat to Cao Yupeng, I would like to formally apologise to anyone who[Read More…]