Ali Carter has won the 2016 World Open after a 10-8 victory over Joe Perry in Yushan on Sunday. The 37 year-old adds a fourth ranking event title to his collection, pockets £90,000, and returns to the top 16 in the world rankings following the success. It looked as though[Read More…]
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Joe Perry and Ali Carter into World Open Final
The World Open final will be between Joe Perry and Ali Carter after contrasting last four victories for the Englishmen on Saturday. While Perry reached his third ranking event final in as many years with a stunning performance of break-building against close pal Neil Robertson, Carter’s triumph over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was[Read More…]
Ali Carter Thumps Higgins
Ali Carter reached his first ranking event semi-final for more than two years as he thumped John Higgins 5-0 in the World Open on Friday. The Englishman took advantage of an out-of-sorts Higgins to comfortably outplay the Scot with runs of 101, 98 and 51 and reach the last four[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy Continues World Open Defence
Reigning champion Shaun Murphy is into the quarter-finals of the World Open after a 5-1 victory over Kurt Maflin in Yushan. Murphy had waited more than tears to defend the title he won in Haikou, but is now only three wins away from repeating the success in China. The Englishman[Read More…]
Seeds Stumble as Selby and Ding Crash Out
If yesterday was a day for the seeds, day three in the World Open was all about the underdog as there were a host of upsets in the last 32 in Yushan. World champion Mark Selby, world no.2 Stuart Bingham, home favourite Ding Junhui and former world no.1 Judd Trump all[Read More…]
Grinding Win for Mark Selby
Mark Selby held off a stern challenge from qualifier Sam Baird to reach the quarter-finals of the World Championship in Sheffield. After a tight opening exchange in which there was never more than a frame between them right up until 6-6, the 2014 champion appeared to gain control of the[Read More…]
Marco Fu into Quarter-Finals
Marco Fu became the first name into the quarter-finals of the Betfred World Championship after a 13-9 victory over Anthony McGill on Friday. The Hong Kong 38 year-old was in control of the contest after somewhat fortuitously emerging from the second session with a two-frame lead intact despite his opponent[Read More…]
Carter Conquers Champion in Cliffhanger
Ali Carter beat the defending champion Stuart Bingham 10-9 as the opening day of the World Championship began in thrilling fashion at the Crucible. There had been much hype surrounding the build-up to this tie with the obvious queries concerning the Curse of the Crucible whereby there has never been[Read More…]
16 World Championship Qualifiers Confirmed
The World Championship qualifiers came to a conclusion on Wednesday with 16 players emerging from Ponds Forge to complete the last 32 line-up at the Crucible. As always, there was plenty of drama and tension in Sheffield as a coveted place in the main draw was at stake, and it[Read More…]
Drama Unfolding as Qualifiers Reach Conclusion
The first day of the final round of qualifying for the Betfred World Championship took place on Tuesday. Wednesday’s Judgement Day is set up nicely with an appropriate balance of runaway ties and close encounters to follow, as 16 hopefuls attempt to book their coveted spots at the Crucible. This[Read More…]