With the penultimate qualifying event – the International Championship – concluding this weekend in China, Matchroom Sport can announce that the final seeded player for the Champion of Champion will be Scotland’s John Higgins. The current World No. 12 is the highest ranked player already qualified and will take his[Read More…]
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Higgins Mauls Murphy to Reach Last Eight
Four-time world champion John Higgins was in superb form as he routed Shaun Murphy 6-0 in the last 16 of the International Championship on Wednesday. Higgins endured a difficult 2014 but has steadily improved once again this year – highlighted by his consistent return to the winning table with victories[Read More…]
Day Downs Ding in Daqing
The International Championship is down to the last 16 after a very busy day of second round action in China on Tuesday. The top and bottom half of the draws are taking quite different shapes as the seeds begin to crumble in one and stack up in the other. The[Read More…]
Bingham Crashes Out in Daqing
World champion Stuart Bingham is out of the International Championship after a 6-2 first round defeat to Yu Delu in Daqing. Yu only had one break above 50, a 72 in the first frame, but took advantage of an out-of-sorts Bingham who missed several chances to stamp his authority on[Read More…]
Walden’s International Championship Reign Ended Early
Ricky Walden’s defence of the International Championship ended before it really began as he was dumped out of the competition by Tian Pengfei on the opening day in Daqing. Walden’s qualifying round with the Chinese player was held over from Barnsley to the main event but the Englishman probably wishes[Read More…]
Ding’s Delight in Haining
Ding Junhui is back in the winner’s enclosure after being crowned the Haining Open champion in his homeland China. The 28 year-old has endured a mostly torrid time of it for the last 18 or so months since his last tournament triumph came at the Yixing Open in June, 2014.[Read More…]
Fernandez Run Ended but Main Tour Hopes Remain Alive
A high-quality quartet make up the final four in the Haining Open as the first and potentially only Asian Tour event of the campaign nears its conclusion. In a busy day of action in China, home favourite Ding Junhui won three matches, two of which in deciding frame thrillers, to[Read More…]
UK Championship Tickets Selling Out
The final session of snooker’s Betway UK Championship has sold out, with fans snapping up tickets for the showpiece tournament at the York Barbican. It’s one of the sport’s Triple Crown events and always draws capacity crowds to the Yorkshire city to see the world’s best green baize stars competing[Read More…]
Rory Roars to Ruhr Open Success
Rory McLeod won his first minor-ranking event title after beating Tian Pengfei 4-2 in the Ruhr Open final on Sunday. All four semi-finalists were in uncharted territory as not one of them had ever got their hands on any professional silverware carrying ranking points. McLeod saw off Mike Dunn in[Read More…]
Murphy On Course for Ruhr Double
Some big names will be battling it out for the Ruhr Open title after the last 16 line-up was completed on Saturday in Germany. Defending champion Shaun Murphy remains in the hunt to continue his reign in Mulheim after emerging from some tricky tests with David Grace, Sam Craigie and[Read More…]