Ding Junhui sent defending champion John Higgins crashing out of the Welsh Open after a topsy-turvy second round tie in Newport. Both in need of a decent run in a tournament following equally mediocre campaigns by their own very high standards, Ding raced into a 2-0 lead and looked to[Read More…]
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Hendry Beats Robertson
Stephen Hendry outplayed Neil Robertson in the first round of the Welsh Open to claim his first win over a top ranked player in a ranking event for quite some time. Evidently not content at seeing his fellow veteran Steve Davis receiving all the plaudits for his victory over Ali[Read More…]
Davis Does it Again
Steve Davis beat Ali Carter 4-3 in the opening round of the Welsh Open today in Newport to once again prove his remarkable ability, temperament and standing in the sport. At 54 years of age, Davis is by far the oldest player remaining on the tour – only Jimmy White[Read More…]
Irish Scene: O’Donoghue On Course for Number 1
Brendan O’Donoghue beat Joe Delaney 5-2 to claim the fifth ranking event of the Irish Senior campaign yesterday in Celbridge. The Nenagh player impressively surrendered only three frames in his last three matches for his second success this season and puts him to within touching distance of top place in[Read More…]
Welsh Open Preview
With the qualifying stages complete, the attention now turns to the Welsh Open this week in Newport. The Welsh Open has, throughout the years, been perhaps unfairly chastised as being one of the least important ranking events on the annual calendar. However, the 2012 edition marks the 20th anniversary of[Read More…]
Ken Cruises Through in Welsh Qualifiers
Ken Doherty advanced to the final round of qualifying for the Welsh Open after a comprehensive 4-0 drubbing of Rod Lawler in Sheffield. The Irishman dropped outside the top 32 in the world rankings at the last cut-off point and he’ll be desperate to regain his place before the final[Read More…]
Guodong too Good for Morris
Xiao Guodong ended David Morris’ hopes of qualifying for the Welsh Open after a 4-2 victory in a mixed day for the Chinese contingent. In a high quality affair, Xiao overcame the Irishman 4-2 with two centuries of 120 and 104 – Morris himself compiled a nice 112 ton. The[Read More…]
Morris Denies Davison in Decider
David Morris came from one down with two to play to beat Paul Davison 4-3 in the opening qualifying round of the Welsh Open. After sharing the first four frames, recent German Masters qualifier Davison fired in a brilliant 137 break to go within one of progressing to the next[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Grabs German Masters
Ronnie O’Sullivan staged an impressive comeback to win the 2012 German Masters – beating Stephen Maguire 9-7 in a thrilling final in Berlin. The victory marks O’Sullivan’s first ranking event title – not including the minor Players Tour Championship events – since the 2009 Shanghai Masters, an unprecedented barren run[Read More…]
O’Sullivan or Maguire
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Maguire will contest tomorrow’s final of the German Masters after contrasting semi-finals earlier in Berlin. O’Sullivan came through a tough encounter with Stephen Lee 6-4 while Maguire put on the performance of the week – if not a contender for the entire season – in his[Read More…]