Stuart Bingham lost a qualifying match for the second successive tournament after a 5-4 defeat to Zhang Anda in the preliminaries for the World Open on Friday at the Preston Guild Hall. Shaun Murphy also crashed out with a similar loss to another Chinese competitor, Mei Xiwen, but there were[Read More…]
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World Open Qualifiers to Start in Preston
A day after the conclusion of the preliminary round for the Riga Masters, the World Open qualifiers are set to take place this weekend at the Preston Guild Hall. Riga Masters qualifying finished on Thursday with the majority of the higher ranked players again emerging with early victories at the[Read More…]
World Women’s Snooker Open Day in Leeds
World Women’s Snooker is coming to Yorkshire this autumn with the staging of a special event in Leeds city centre. Following positive discussions between World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) and Leeds Kirkgate Markets, both parties announced a new open day which will take place from 10am on Friday, 14th September[Read More…]
Mark Allen in Rapid Riga Qualification
The Riga Masters qualifiers continued at the Preston Guild Hall on Wednesday with Mark Allen, Kyren Wilson, and Anthony McGill all progressing to the main stages. Masters champion Allen, with an average shot time of less than 15 seconds, won an entertaining contest with Daniel Wells 4-2 while Wilson, the[Read More…]
Stuart Bingham Loses in Riga Qualifying
Stuart Bingham became the first big-name casualty in the first event of the season as he crashed to a 4-0 defeat to Niu Zhuang in the qualifying round for the Riga Masters on Tuesday. The 2015 world champion appeared to be in rusty shape as his opponent took advantage of[Read More…]
Early Wins for Shaun Murphy and Barry Hawkins
The 2018/19 snooker season commenced on Monday with the start of the Riga Masters qualifying round at the Preston Guild Hall. There were no upsets of note to speak about as the top seeds in action safely negotiated their opening task of what will ultimately prove to be another long[Read More…]
Five Players To Watch in the 2018/19 Snooker Season
The new snooker season gets going on Monday with the qualifying round for the Riga Masters taking place at the Preston Guild Hall. With twenty ranking events and a host of other invitational tournaments scheduled between now and the start of next May, it’s sure to be another hectic calendar[Read More…]
Riga Masters and World Open Qualifiers Kickstart Campaign
The 2018/19 snooker season gets under way on Monday with the qualifying rounds for both the Riga Masters and World Open set to take place at the Preston Guild Hall. The pair of rankers will be the first in a campaign that will boast a total of at least 20,[Read More…]
Betting Sponsors Renew Ties with Snooker Events
Ladbrokes has renewed its sponsorship of snooker’s World Grand Prix and Players Championship, and added the new Tour Championship to the series. Those three events will make up the Ladbrokes Series of world ranking events in 2019. The Ladbrokes World Grand Prix will run from February 4-10 in Cheltenham, followed[Read More…]
Belgium to Host European Women’s Masters
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) announced the first staging of the European Women’s Masters on Thursday. To be held at the De Maxx club in Neerpelt, Belgium, the tournament will take place over three days in October and feature the world’s best women players, each vying for ranking points[Read More…]