Four top 16 players make up the final four in the Players Championship at Event City in Manchester. Shaun Murphy is bidding to become the first player since Ding Junhui to win consecutive ranking events after a 4-3 victory over Ben Woollaston. The Englishman will face Mark Allen for a[Read More…]
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Ding and Murphy Surge into Last Eight
Ding Junhui looked to be approaching somewhere near his best as he whitewashed Michael White in the Players Championship on Thursday. The Chinese eleven-time ranking event winner has struggled for much of the last two seasons, a dip in form that has seen his ranking plummet from the world no.1[Read More…]
Allen and Hawkins Mount Manchester Challenge
Mark Allen and Barry Hawkins both won as the first round in the Players Championship came to a conclusion at Event City on Wednesday. 2015 runner-up Mark Williams is out, though, after falling in a decider to fellow Welshman Dominic Dale in Manchester. Williams, who perhaps would have fancied his[Read More…]
Thor Thunders Past Ding
Another hectic day in the Gdynia Open saw the last 16 line-up completed in this season’s final European Tour event in Poland. The action also had many implications concerning the various races in the rankings and order of merits for upcoming tournaments and tour survival. The Gdynia Open is the[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Still The Man
Ronnie O’Sullivan coasted to his sixth Masters title on Sunday evening after hammering Barry Hawkins 10-1 in London. The triumph brought the 40 year-old’s tally on a par with Stephen Hendry, who must be beginning to wonder what records he’ll have left by the time the ‘Rocket’ ends his career.[Read More…]
Masters Final: O’Sullivan vs Hawkins
The final of the 2016 Dafabet Masters will be contested between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins on Sunday. Both men emerged victorious from their semi-final encounters at the Alexandra Palace to set up a repeat of their 2013 World Championship final showdown – which of course was won by the[Read More…]
Masters Semi-Final Preview
Stuart Bingham and Judd Trump completed the last four line-up of the Masters on Friday. World champion Bingham prevailed in his quarter-final tie with John Higgins while Trump pipped Neil Robertson to the post in a thrilling high-quality encounter. Both players remain on course to capture their maiden Masters title,[Read More…]
O’Sullivan and Hawkins into Masters Semis
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins were the first men to reach the semi-finals of the Dafabet Masters at the Alexandra Palace on Thursday. O’Sullivan controlled the eagerly anticipated contest with world no.1 Mark Selby, while Hawkins took advantage of a lacklustre Mark Allen to advance to the last four for[Read More…]
Higgins Battles Through Liang Test
John Higgins and Neil Robertson completed the quarter-final line-up on Wednesday after coming through their respective opening tests in the Masters. In a day that almost mirrored Tuesday’s action, Higgins first had to emerge from a tight high-quality tussle with Liang Wenbo before Australia’s Robertson enjoyed an easier time of[Read More…]
Trump Enjoys Early Victory
Judd Trump got the better of Stephen Maguire in a high-quality first round encounter at the Masters on Monday. Both men are previous semi-finalists and would have been hoping to embark on a run to at least a maiden final, if not the title itself. The pair met at the[Read More…]