Former champion Neil Robertson launched an incredible surge of power scoring to complete a brilliant comeback and beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6-3 in the UK Championship on Saturday.
Tag: Alan McManus
Shaun Murphy Loses Opener in Barbican Centre
Shaun Murphy has become the biggest casualty of the UK Championship so far after being downed 6-3 by Chen Feilong at the Barbican Centre on Wednesday. Last year’s runner-up appeared to be in control when he led 3-1 at the mid-session interval but a run of 88 sandwiched in between[Read More…]
Luca Brecel Produces Comeback Win
Luca Brecel delighted his home supporters by fighting back from 3-0 down to beat Alan McManus 4-3 in the last 32 of the European Masters on Wednesday. But two-time defending champion Judd Trump crashed out of the competition in Lommel after a shock 4-2 defeat to Tian Pengfei. Trump had[Read More…]
Gibraltar Open: Preview and Draw
Gibraltar is the next stop on the calendar as the players head to the Iberian Peninsula for a bit of sun and baize, with the Gibraltar Open set to get under way on Wednesday. The Gibraltar Open is one of the last surviving events that follows the pro-am guise of the[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy Elected to WPBSA Board
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association held its Annual General Meeting in Scotland on Wednesday. Nigel Mawer QPM stood for re-election to the board as a director. Shaun Murphy also stood for election to the board for the first time. Ahead of the AGM, Alan McManus offered his resignation[Read More…]
World’s Top Six Out on Black Friday in Guangzhou
Day three in the China Championship began with 11 out of the top 16 ranked players, but only four remain after a session of carnage in Guangzhou. World champion Mark Selby had already bowed out in a deciding frame thriller to Zhou Yuelong in the afternoon session, but that was[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: The 1996 Snooker World Cup
By Fin Ruane Just over two months ago the snooker world was fixated on Sheffield as the blue riband event of the season took place. This year, the World Championship was even more special as it was the 40th anniversary of the prestigious event being held at the iconic Crucible[Read More…]
Ten Talking Points this Season – Part One
The 2017/18 campaign began a few weeks ago in Preston with the qualifying rounds for the Riga Masters and the China Championship. But let’s pretend that didn’t count and that the season is really starting now with the start of the main event in Latvia just a few days away. It has nothing[Read More…]
Judd Trump and Marco Fu Start Season Strongly
Judd Trump and Marco Fu comfortably qualified for the China Championship on a good day for the higher ranked players in Preston on Monday. Both seeds were playing their first match of the new campaign after opting out of the Riga Masters, thus missing last week’s initial qualifying stage at[Read More…]
Alan McManus and Shaun Murphy in New WPBSA Roles
Alan McManus has been co-opted to the board of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association as a player director. The Scot succeeds six-time world champion Steve Davis, who has decided to step down from his role with immediate effect. As a player who still competes on the Main Tour[Read More…]