Barry Hawkins and Stephen Maguire are into the quarter-finals of the UK Championship after respective victories over former world champions in York yesterday. Crucible runner-up Hawkins emerged from a 6-5 thriller with Shaun Murphy while 2004 champion Maguire saw off fellow Scotsman John Higgins 6-3. Murphy had struggled for form[Read More…]
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Seeds Starting to Dominate in York
Several of the top players flexed their muscles on Monday as the UK Championship begins to heat up nicely. Four former champions booked their place in the last 16 and they were joined by a trio of other ranking event winners. The match of the day featured Liang Wenbo and[Read More…]
Great Scots
Most of the big-name players in action on Sunday advanced unscathed from their second round encounters at the UK Championship in York. The biggest scare came when 2004 champion Stephen Maguire found himself 5-2 down to young Belgian talent Luca Brecel. However, the teenager panicked with the winning line in[Read More…]
Morris and O’Brien Advance in York
David Morris moved into the last 32 of the UK Championship for the first time after hammering former champion Peter Ebdon 6-1 in York on Saturday. The encounter didn’t boast many big breaks – the only half century came in the opening frame with a 72 from Morris – but[Read More…]
Morris Copes Fine in York
Ireland’s David Morris beat Jamie Cope 6-4 in his first round match at the UK Championship in York yesterday. Although the opening couple of days were somewhat dominated by upsets and shocks, Morris’ victory, despite being 50 places below his opponent in the world rankings, doesn’t necessarily come as a[Read More…]
More Upsets as Liang Misses 100th Maximum
The second day of the UK Championship threw up another few unexpected results but not as many as the higher ranked players fought back on Wednesday in York. Five players ranked inside the world’s top 41 were dumped out of the competition on the opening day’s action and they were[Read More…]
Wilson Destroys Jones in First Day of “Shocks”
The 2013 UK Championship got under way yesterday with quite a few surprise results baptizing the tournament in York. This is the first year that the second biggest ranking event on the calendar has adopted the 128 flat draw that offers no protection for the game’s elite. While none of[Read More…]
PTC Grand Finals Moving to Thailand
World Snooker today announced that this season’s Players Tour Championship Grand Finals will be staged in Thailand. It is good news for the South East Asian country, which has a long history hosting snooker tournament dating back to the 1980s. But it is a major blow for professional snooker in[Read More…]
UK Championship Preview
The hectic snooker schedule continues today as the 2013 UK Championship gets under way at the Barbican Centre in York. The flat 128-player draw that was newly introduced for most of the ranking events this season means that the tournament this year will be 13 days long. This is quite[Read More…]
Ronnie is the Champion
Ronnie O’Sullivan won the inaugural Champion of Champions after a hard-fought 10-8 victory over Stuart Bingham in Coventry on Sunday night. Neither player played to their full potential, indeed it was a pretty scrappy affair throughout, but the world champion produced a late burst to add yet another trophy to[Read More…]