Simon Lichtenberg has become the first German to win a major international event after victory in the European Under-21 Championship on Friday in Sofia. The 20 year-old produced a terrific display to beat Welshman Tyler Rees 6-3 in the final to claim the prestigious amateur title. Lichtenberg joins an exclusive[Read More…]
Finals
The latest snooker news reports from finals on the World Snooker Tour, Women’s Tour, Seniors Tour, and amateur tours
Jackson Page Defends European Under-18 Crown
Jackson Page defended the European Under-18 Championship on Monday after a 5-3 victory over Florian Nüßle in Sofia. The Welshman compiled breaks of 96, 84, and 63 to prevail in a close affair and reign supreme in the underage category for the second time in succession. Page’s run to the final[Read More…]
Mark Williams Scores 20th Ranking Title with German Masters Double
Mark Williams dominated Graeme Dott to claim the 2018 German Masters crown in fine style with a resounding 9-1 victory in Berlin on Sunday. The Welshman rarely looked troubled and, after a relatively even early exchange, proceeded to pummel the Scotsman in a thoroughly one-sided affair. The victory for Williams[Read More…]
Mark Allen Claims Masters Victory
Mark Allen has won the 2018 Masters after a compelling 10-7 victory over Kyren Wilson in Sunday’s final at the Alexandra Palace. The Northern Irishman claimed his maiden Triple Crown trophy with a hard-fought success that sees him emulate famous countrymen Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor as champions in London.[Read More…]
Neil Robertson Pinches Scottish Open Success
Neil Robertson returned to the winners’ enclosure after a remarkable 9-8 victory over Cao Yupeng in the Scottish Open final on Sunday. The Australian, a huge favourite before the contest began, was thoroughly outplayed for the majority of the encounter before staging a late fight back to pinch glory from[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Wins Record-Equalling Sixth UK Championship
Ronnie O’Sullivan has won the 2017 UK Championship after a superb 10-5 triumph against Shaun Murphy in York on Sunday. Victory for the Englishman takes him level with Steve Davis in the all-time UK winners’ list with six crowns, and it also means that the 42 year-old matches Stephen Hendry’s[Read More…]
Pankaj Advani Wins IBSF World Championship
Pankaj Advani has won the IBSF World Amateur Championship for a third time after beating Amir Sarkhosh 8-2 in the final in Qatar. The Indian, who also won the tournament in 2003 and 2015, was one of the pre-tournament favourites and duly delivered again on the big stage to record[Read More…]
Mark Williams Captures Alex Higgins Trophy
Mark Williams has won his first ranking event title since 2011 after a dramatic 9-8 triumph over Yan Bingtao on Sunday. The Welshman was never in front until the final frame, which he took to deny the 17 year-old an opportunity to become the youngest ever ranking event champion. There were[Read More…]
Relentless Ronnie O’Sullivan Wins Shanghai Masters
Ronnie O’Sullivan romped to victory in the Shanghai Masters on Saturday, dismantling the challenge of Judd Trump in the final with a 10-3 drubbing of his fellow Englishman in China. It had been expected that a tight encounter would materialise, especially given their even head-to-head record and Trump’s superior showing[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy is Champion of Champions
It was a case of third time lucky for Shaun Murphy in finals this season as he held off Ronnie O’Sullivan’s late fight back for a 10-8 Champion of Champions victory on Sunday. The Englishman, who had never even won a match at the Coventry invitational in four previous attempts,[Read More…]