It has been a fiercely contested debate since day one – are flat draws good or bad for the sport? From my point of view I was initially in favour of the initiation of a system which would allow all professional players the opportunity to enter an event on an[Read More…]
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The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Stars Stumble in German Qualifiers
Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins both lost their final qualifying matches for the German Masters in Wigan on Sunday. 2014 champion Ding Junhui is also out, adding to the early exit already suffered by Neil Robertson on Friday. O’Sullivan had just returned from his self-inflicted hiatus and it was expected[Read More…]
Selby Survives Morris Match
Mark Selby qualified for the German Masters after overcoming a difficult match with David Morris in Wigan on Saturday. The world no.1 was pushed hard by the Irishman and at 3-3 his progress to the main stages looked in doubt. However, the defending champion made a break of 61 to[Read More…]
Seeds Safely Through in German Qualifying Opener
Judd Trump and Ding Junhui both emerged from their opening German Masters qualifying round unscathed on Thursday. Trump saw off Peter Lines 5-1 while Ding surrendered just one extra frame in his victory over Gareth Allen. The latter will face fellow Chinese Tian Pengfei for a berth in Berlin, while[Read More…]
German Masters Qualifying Rounds off 2015
Rounding off 2015 on the Main Tour is the qualifying stage for the German Masters, which takes place in Wigan from Thursday. The German Masters follows the flat draw structure but, uniquely, there’ll be two qualifying rounds completed rather than the customary one. That means that there is even more[Read More…]
German Masters Gains 918.com Sponsor
World Snooker is delighted to announce that 918.com will be title sponsor of the German Masters for the first time. The 918.com German Masters will run from February 3 to 7 in Berlin and it will be the first world ranking event of 2016. It is staged at the famous[Read More…]
Fu Solid as a Rock in Gibraltar
Marco Fu captured his maiden European Tour title with a 4-1 victory over Michael White in the final of the Gibraltar Open on Sunday. It caps a wonderful weekend for the 37 year-old as he adds the €25,000 winner’s cheque to the £3,500 he already bagged for compiling his fourth[Read More…]
Bingham on Course in Gibraltar
World champion Stuart Bingham recaptured some form at the Gibraltar Open as he won three matches on Saturday to reach the fourth round. The 39 year-old has mostly struggled to live up to his billing since his success in Sheffield last May, but scored heavily in beating Craig Steadman before[Read More…]
Blondu and Smith Winners in CrossGuns Junior Series
By Fin Ruane Last Sunday the fourth event in this season’s CrossGuns Junior Series, sponsored by SnookerHQ and The Billiard Co., took place at CrossGuns in Dublin. Despite the inclement weather a good entry saw Paul Smith from the Roadstone SC win the Under-14 tournament and Andrei Blondu from Terry[Read More…]
Fantastic Fu Compiles his Fourth 147 in Gibraltar
Hong Kong’s Marco Fu continued his run of decent form by reaching the last 16 of the Gibraltar Open on Friday. In doing so, the 37 year-old collected £3,500 for recording the fourth maximum break of his career in his 4-2 second round defeat of Sam Baird. It’s the 116th[Read More…]