Mark Williams is the 2017 six red world champion after an 8-2 victory over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in Bangkok on Saturday. The 42 year-old adds a third different World Championship crown to a stellar career in which he has also been world champion at the Crucible twice and enjoyed a World[Read More…]
Tag: 6-Red World Championship
Six Red World Championship Final: Mark Williams vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Mark Williams and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh will contest the Six Red World Championship final after respective 7-3 semi-final victories on Friday. Williams overcame Marco Fu in the opening last four contest, establishing 3-0 and 6-1 cushions as he dominated the affair from the outset. Fu had come from 5-2 down to[Read More…]
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Looking to Reclaim Six Red Crown
Former champion Thepchaiya Un-Nooh is one of four players who remain in the hunt for Six Red World Championship glory this week in Bangkok. The Thai, winner of this event two years ago, delighted his home support with dramatic victories over Stuart Bingham and Liang Wenbo. The 32 year-old led[Read More…]
Six Red World Championship Down to Last 16
Defending champion Ding Junhui qualified for the last 16 of the Six Red World Championship on Wednesday after a 5-2 victory over Tom Ford in his final round-robin fixture in Thailand. Ding, the top ranked player competing in the invitational tournament, finished second in Group A behind Noppon Saengkham and[Read More…]
Mark Williams Progresses in Six Red Worlds
Mark Williams and Mark King were among the first men to qualify for the last 16 of the Six Red World Championship as the round-robin phase continued in Bangkok on Tuesday. Home hopeful Noppon Saengkham is also through after winning both of his opening two fixtures. Saengkham heads Group A[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Loses Six Reds Opener
Defending champion Ding Junhui has work to do if he is going to advance from the round-robin phase as the Six Red World Championship got under way in Thailand on Monday. The Chinese number one suffered a one-sided 5-1 defeat to Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham in his first fixture in Group[Read More…]
Preview: Six Red World Championship
The Sangsom Six Red World Championship gets under way on Monday with a high-quality field assembled in Thailand. A total of 32 players from all around the world will compete in the short format event, which was first staged in Bangkok almost a decade ago. Ricky Walden won the inaugural[Read More…]
Snooker in September
Snooker in August concluded with the Paul Hunter Classic last weekend as Michael White captured his second ranking event title in Furth. The Welshman counted world number one Mark Selby and the in-form Shaun Murphy among his victims as he pocketed the £20,000 champion’s cheque at the Stadthalle in Germany. It[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Captures 6 Red World Crown
Ding Junhui won the 6 Red World Championship on Saturday after an 8-7 victory over Stuart Bingham in Bangkok. The Chinese no.1 compiled runs of 72 and 67 as he held off the Englishman in a tense decider to collect the £45,000 winner’s cheque. After losing the first frame, Ding[Read More…]
Stuart Bingham and Ding Junhui in 6 Red Final
Stuart Bingham and Ding Junhui will contest the 6 Red World Championship final on Saturday in Bangkok. Bingham knocked out the last remaining home hope Akani Songsermsawad in the quarter-finals before a 7-1 thrashing of 2014 champion Stephen Maguire in the last four. Bingham was runner-up when this event was first[Read More…]