Ali Carter has won the 2016 World Open after a 10-8 victory over Joe Perry in Yushan on Sunday. The 37 year-old adds a fourth ranking event title to his collection, pockets £90,000, and returns to the top 16 in the world rankings following the success. It looked as though[Read More…]
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Joe Perry and Ali Carter into World Open Final
The World Open final will be between Joe Perry and Ali Carter after contrasting last four victories for the Englishmen on Saturday. While Perry reached his third ranking event final in as many years with a stunning performance of break-building against close pal Neil Robertson, Carter’s triumph over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy Continues World Open Defence
Reigning champion Shaun Murphy is into the quarter-finals of the World Open after a 5-1 victory over Kurt Maflin in Yushan. Murphy had waited more than tears to defend the title he won in Haikou, but is now only three wins away from repeating the success in China. The Englishman[Read More…]
Stars Surge in World Open
It was a relatively straightforward day for the marquee players as the first round of the World Open came to a conclusion on Tuesday. Defending champion Shaun Murphy, world champion Mark Selby, Crucible runner-up Ding Junhui, and former world number ones John Higgins and Neil Robertson all advanced to the[Read More…]
World Open Makes Return
Snooker returns after another of its many summer breaks with the World Open starting on Monday in China. The competition is back for the first time since 2014, with Shaun Murphy finally getting the chance to defend the title he won in Haikou more than two years ago. The tournament moves to[Read More…]
World Open Wins for Trump and Bingham
Stuart Bingham, Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson all qualified for the World Open after emerging from their preliminary encounter in Preston on Wednesday. But Martin Gould is out after the German Masters champion was defeated 5-4 by fellow Englishman Hammad Miah. Trump and Wilson comfortably saw off their amateur opposition[Read More…]
Trump Thumps Walden to Win China Open
Judd Trump has won the China Open for a second time after beating Ricky Walden 10-4 in Beijing on Sunday. The final between two attack-minded competitors promised to be a close and entertaining affair, but the free-flowing snooker that had been predicted never quite materialised. Walden began well with runs[Read More…]
Trump and Walden in China Open Final
Judd Trump and Ricky Walden will contest the final of the China Open after emerging from contrasting last four encounters on Saturday. Trump produced some superb snooker, as well as riding his luck a little, to hammer Stephen Maguire 6-0. Earlier, Walden was made to work a lot harder for[Read More…]
China Open Conjures Shock Results
Day one in the China Open threw up quite a few surprises as the top 16 permutations were thrown wide open. It goes without saying that the China Open is one of the biggest and most established ranking events on the calendar, and therefore its stature as an important tournament[Read More…]
Selby Withdraws from Players Championship and China Open
News has filtered through today that Mark Selby has withdrawn from the upcoming two ranking events due to personal reasons. The world no.1 was expected to feature prominently at the Players Championship next week in Manchester before flying to Beijing to defend his China Open crown. However, the 32 year-old[Read More…]