The 2015 Shanghai Masters final will be contested between Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson – two young players with many years at the top of the sport ahead of them. In contrasting semi-finals, Trump knocked out defending champion Stuart Bingham in a high-scoring affair while Wilson, featuring in his maiden[Read More…]
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Bingham Takes Gould to Reach Last Four
Defending champion Stuart Bingham came from 4-2 down to deny Martin Gould a place in the last four of the Shanghai Masters today in China. Gould had looked on course for a second successive appearance in a ranking event semi-final when he went within a frame of victory over the[Read More…]
Trump Pinches Victory off Selt
Both of last year’s finalists remain on a collision course to meet at the same stage again after reaching the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters today in China. Defending champion Stuart Bingham and the player who he overcame to lift the trophy in 2014, Mark Allen, both recorded comprehensive 5-1[Read More…]
Robertson Fails to Cope in China
Jamie Cope knocked Neil Robertson out of the Australian Open as only seven of the top 16 seeds made it into the second round of the Shanghai Masters. There were high-profile exits for Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire and Marco Fu over the course of the first two days of action,[Read More…]
Bingham Begins Defence of Shanghai Masters
Defending champion Stuart Bingham is into the second round of the Shanghai Masters after seeing off amateur Fang Xiongman on day two in China. Chinese invitee Fang had recorded the customary defeat of a professional in the much detested wildcard round when he ousted Jamie Jones on Monday. However, world champion[Read More…]
Un-Nooh Becomes Six Red World Champion
Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh delighted the home crowd as he captured the Six Red World Championship with an 8-2 defeat of Liang Wenbo in Bangkok. The 30 year-old was 1-0 and 2-1 down early on to his Chinese opponent but rattled off seven frames in succession to grab global glory and[Read More…]
Six Red Championship Down to Eight
The Six Red World Championship is nearing the business end of proceedings with only eight players left vying for the title in Bangkok. Three Thai competitors remain in the hunt for glory on home soil, including the under-21 world champion Boonyarit Kaettikun – who has already beaten Michael Holt and[Read More…]
Wins for Blondu and Joyce in CrossGuns Junior Series Opener
By Fin Ruane The first event in this season’s inaugural CrossGuns Junior Series took place Saturday last and the winners on the day were John Joyce in the Under-14 category and Andrei Blondu in the Under-19s. The new junior events, which are sponsored by The Billiard Co. and SnookerHQ, and staged in[Read More…]
6-Red World Championship Returns
The Sangsom 6-Red World Championship gets under way on Monday in Bangkok. Scotland’s Stephen Maguire returns to defend his title while Mark Davis, a three-time world champion in this discipline, also features. World no.1 Mark Selby, the winner in 2010, takes part as well but other former champions Ricky Walden[Read More…]
CrossGuns Junior Series Begins on Saturday
There’s only two days left until the first event in the inaugural CrossGuns Junior Series. Saturday will see Under-19 and Under-14 competitions staged in CrossGuns Snooker Club in Dublin, hosted by club owner Fin Ruane. Ruane continues to show his strong support for underage snooker in Ireland and the series,[Read More…]