Neil Robertson won his second UK title on Sunday after a 10-5 victory over Liang Wenbo that included a superb 147. The Australian’s family should be in for a neat Christmas period after he picked up almost £200,000 for his triumph and maximum break double. Add to that the £100,000[Read More…]
Finals
Advani Wins Another World Title
Pankaj Advani won the IBSF World Championship for a second time in his career after an 8-6 victory over Zhao Xintong on Saturday. It marks an incredible 15th world title for the Indian, adding to his previous triumphs in six-red snooker and billiards. The 30 year-old will once again be[Read More…]
Robertson Wins Champion of Champions
Neil Robertson won the Champion of Champions for the first time on Sunday after a 10-5 victory over Mark Allen in the final in Coventry. It marks the Australian’s biggest title since he landed the Wuxi Classic in the summer of 2014, and will give him considerable confidence ahead of[Read More…]
Amazing Allen in Bulgaria
Mark Allen won the Bulgarian Open on Sunday after a 4-0 victory over Ryan Day in the final in Sofia. The Northern Irishman was rarely troubled in the showdown encounter, and indeed on the final day in general, as he reeled off three whitewash wins out of his four matches[Read More…]
Higgins Ties Davis with International Championship Triumph
John Higgins has won the 2015 International Championship after a 10-5 victory over David Gilbert in China. As well as lifting the trophy and collecting a cool £125,000 for his success, Higgins now joins Steve Davis at second on the all-time ranking event winners’ list – having now surpassed Ronnie[Read More…]
Ding’s Delight in Haining
Ding Junhui is back in the winner’s enclosure after being crowned the Haining Open champion in his homeland China. The 28 year-old has endured a mostly torrid time of it for the last 18 or so months since his last tournament triumph came at the Yixing Open in June, 2014.[Read More…]
Rory Roars to Ruhr Open Success
Rory McLeod won his first minor-ranking event title after beating Tian Pengfei 4-2 in the Ruhr Open final on Sunday. All four semi-finalists were in uncharted territory as not one of them had ever got their hands on any professional silverware carrying ranking points. McLeod saw off Mike Dunn in[Read More…]
O’Donoghue Continues Winning Habit
Brendan O’Donoghue won the RIBSA Classic on Sunday to claim the first ranking event on the season at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. By beating TJ Dowling in the final 4-1, O’Donoghue recorded his third straight victory following successes in the final ranker of the last campaign followed by the[Read More…]
Wilson Wins Shanghai Masters in Thriller
Kyren Wilson has won the 2015 Shanghai Masters after a thrilling 10-9 victory over Judd Trump in China. The 23 year-old withstood a strong fightback from the former world no.1 to collect his maiden ranking event title – the first of what will surely be many. Wilson had never before[Read More…]
Un-Nooh Becomes Six Red World Champion
Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh delighted the home crowd as he captured the Six Red World Championship with an 8-2 defeat of Liang Wenbo in Bangkok. The 30 year-old was 1-0 and 2-1 down early on to his Chinese opponent but rattled off seven frames in succession to grab global glory and[Read More…]