John Higgins won the Welsh Open for a record fourth time on Sunday after a 9-3 victory over Ben Woollaston in Cardiff. It marks a long-awaited return to the winners enclosure for the Scot, who must have sometimes wondered in the past couple of years if he would ever taste[Read More…]
Finals
Bingham Wins Championship League
Stuart Bingham won the 2015 Championship League yesterday after a 3-2 victory in the final over Mark Davis in Crondon Park. With the seven players involved, the Winners Group was expected to be a tight affair and that duly was the case as only two points separated the entire field[Read More…]
Selby’s Success in Germany
Mark Selby emerged victorious in the German Masters final as he came from behind to see off Shaun Murphy in the Berlin final 9-7. In doing so, the world champion denied Ronnie O’Sullivan the world no.1 position as he himself takes top spot in the rankings once again. Sunday’s showdown[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…]
Masterful Murphy Captures Triple Crown
Shaun Murphy has won the 2015 Masters title after a comprehensive 10-2 victory over Neil Robertson in London. The Englishman adds to his previous triumphs in the World and UK Championship to become the tenth player to complete snooker’s Triple Crown. The final was billed as a showdown between two[Read More…]
Goggins Wins Premier Cup
Rodney Goggins won the fourth ranking event of the Irish campaign on Sunday with a 4-1 victory over Jason Devaney in the final in Carlow. Goggins’ Premier Cup success adds to the title he already collected at the start of the season in the RIBSA Classic. Indeed, the 147 Wexford[Read More…]
Selt Smells Success in Championship League
Matthew Selt won Group 2 of the 2015 Championship League after beating Judd Trump 3-2 in the final at Crondon Park on Thursday. The Englishman continued his good form of late to book his place in next month’s Winners’ Group, where the overall champion will earn an invitation into the[Read More…]
Hawkins Hits 147 and Wins Championship League Group 1
Barry Hawkins was the first player to qualify for the 2015 Championship League Winners’ Group after emerging victorious from Group 1 on Tuesday. The Englishman reached the semi-finals after finishing third following the round-robin stage, having registered four victories from his opening six encounters. Hawkins then saw off the top[Read More…]
Maguire Lifts Lisbon Open Trophy
Stephen Maguire won the inaugural Lisbon Open after a 4-2 victory over Matthew Selt in the final on Sunday. Selt was contesting his first final following impressive wins over Dominic Dale, Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins but Maguire’s experience proved to be the pivotal difference in the end. Maguire’s triumph[Read More…]
Ronnie Tastes UK Glory Again
Ronnie O’Sullivan won his fifth United Kingdom Championship, 21 years after his first, in a thrilling final with Judd Trump at the Barbican Centre in York on Sunday. The 39 year-old survived a spirited comeback from his young challenger to deny the 2011 champion in a classic encounter 10-9. O’Sullivan[Read More…]