Ronnie O’Sullivan began his defence of the Masters with a 6-4 victory over Ricky Walden on Wednesday in London. The ‘Rocket’ compiled two tons and in doing so equaled Stephen Hendry’s centuries record of 775. It always seemed fitting that the 39 year-old Chigwell cueist would surpass Hendry in a[Read More…]
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Maguire Tames Trump
Stephen Maguire came from behind to beat Judd Trump 6-4 while Neil Robertson repeated the scoreline against Robert Milkins on the second day of the Masters. Maguire gained a modicum of revenge over Trump after being defeated by the same margin to the Englishman at the recent UK Championship in York.[Read More…]
Hawkins Hits 147 and Wins Championship League Group 1
Barry Hawkins was the first player to qualify for the 2015 Championship League Winners’ Group after emerging victorious from Group 1 on Tuesday. The Englishman reached the semi-finals after finishing third following the round-robin stage, having registered four victories from his opening six encounters. Hawkins then saw off the top[Read More…]
Easy UK Wins for Hawkins and Bingham
The 2014 Coral UK Championship got under way at the Barbican Centre in York yesterday. A lot of hype surrounded the build up to this year’s International Championship but the UKs represents the first traditional major of the campaign. With a rich history of producing wonderful champions, it’s easy to[Read More…]
Ding the First Name into Last Four
Ding Junhui became the first player to book his place in the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions in Coventry on Monday. The Chinese returned to a degree of form as he stuttered over the finishing line in a 4-2 victory over Dominic Dale before repeating the feat in a 6-5[Read More…]
Ronnie Up and Running in Chengdu
Pre-tournament favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan is into the last 32 of the International Championship after a come-from-behind victory over Ben Woollaston in Chengdu. The ‘Rocket’ started slowly and found himself 3-1 down at the mid-session interval but he fought back strongly to win the contest 6-4. After reducing the deficit to[Read More…]
Robertson Rants After Sealing Semi-Final Spot
Defending champion Neil Robertson secured a dramatic victory over Shaun Murphy on the final black to reach the semi-finals of the Wuxi Classic today in China. After a scrappy encounter that played foul to dodgy conditions inside the arena, Robertson won the eighth frame with a 95 break to force[Read More…]
High Quality Last 8 in Wuxi
Eight remain in the hunt to win the first ranking event of the season at the Wuxi Classic in China. One would have been forgiven to have presumed that some of those contesting the latter stages of an early season tournament would have been lesser known players capitalising on the[Read More…]
World Champion Out of Wuxi
Newly crowned world champion Mark Selby has been dumped out early in the first ranking event of the season, the Wuxi Classic. The ‘Jester’ was involved in a high-quality affair with China’s Liang Wenbo, eventually succumbing to a 5-3 defeat despite compiling breaks of 119 and 81. Liang, somewhat of[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Storms into World Final
Ronnie O’Sullivan stormed into his third successive World Championship final after a dominating 17-7 victory over Barry Hawkins at the Crucible. Not only did the ‘Rocket’ overcome the same man who he beat to capture his fifth crown 12 months ago, but he did so in style by romping to[Read More…]