Ryan Day fought back from 4-0 down to beat Stuart Bingham 10-8 and lift the inaugural Romanian Masters trophy on Sunday in Bucharest. It prolongs a remarkable spell for the Welshman, who only last week secured his second ranking event title of the season at the Gibraltar Open. Day won’t[Read More…]
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Romanian Masters Final: Stuart Bingham vs Ryan Day
Stuart Bingham and Ryan Day will contest the final of the inaugural Romanian Snooker Masters on Sunday in Bucharest. Bingham won the last five frames of his semi-final encounter with Ali Carter to beat his fellow Englishman 5-2, while Day continued his outstanding run with a 5-0 drubbing of Kyren[Read More…]
Ng On Yee Retains Women’s World Championship
Hong Kong’s Ng On Yee defeated Maria Catalano 5-0 to complete the successful defence of her World Women’s Snooker Championship title on Saturday. On Yee completed a dominant week in Malta with a convincing victory against world number four Catalano, who earlier in the day stunned 11-time world champion Reanne[Read More…]
Players Championship: Preview and Draw
The third last ranking event of a busy campaign gets under way on Monday with the start of the Ladbrokes Players Championship in Llandudno. A high-quality field of 16 players will assemble in north Wales, with the £125,000 champion’s cheque providing the fourth biggest prize on offer for events staged[Read More…]
Romanian Masters: Semi-Final Preview
Ryan Day continued his fine recent form by overcoming John Higgins 4-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Romanian Masters on Friday. The Welshman, who captured his second ranking title last week with victory in the Gibraltar Open, has now won nine matches in a row – all under the[Read More…]
WCBS Statement Denounces WSF Affiliation
The rolling saga between the numerous and often confusing number of governing bodies, international federations, and anything else with an acronym within cue sports took another twist on Thursday. The World Confederation of Billiards Sports – an umbrella organisation that represents the cue sports of snooker, pool, and carom –[Read More…]
WSF Women and Seniors Reach Knockouts
The inaugural WSF Championships are gathering momentum as both the World Women’s Championship and the WSF Seniors Championship have reached the knockout phase in Malta. Irish duo Michael Judge and John Farrell impressed in the round-robin of the Seniors event, winning all of their matches with ease to both be[Read More…]
Judd Trump Thumps Luca Brecel in Bucharest
Judd Trump looked impressive again as he thoroughly dismantled the challenge of Luca Brecel with a heavy 4-0 defeat of the Belgian in the Romanian Masters on Thursday. Trump has lost some of his momentum from the first half of the campaign in recent weeks, particularly after he threw away[Read More…]
Mark Selby Loses in the Romanian Masters
It was another bad day at the office for world champion Mark Selby as his current woes continued with a 4-2 defeat to Liang Wenbo in the first round of the Romanian Masters on Wednesday. The pair could only muster a single break of 50 between them in the six[Read More…]
Sniper Shot: Michael Judge
Over the course of this season, Jonathan “Sniper” Williams has been conducting a series of interviews with players from the Irish snooker scene. Many thanks to Jonathan for his contributions to SnookerHQ and to all the players who have agreed to take part in this feature. We hope you enjoy[Read More…]