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…]
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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…]
Semis Signalling O’Sullivan the Sixth?
The semi-finals have reached the midway point with contrasting conclusions set for both at the Crucible in Sheffield. The two matches may boast similar enough scorelines but their outcomes are likely to be polarised opposites. The tie between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins looks set for an early climax but[Read More…]
World Championship Semi-Final Preview
So after a dozen days at the Crucible, we have finally reached the one-table set-up at the 2014 World Championship. As Shaun Murphy eluded earlier in the tournament, everything up until the semi-finals is just the aperitif to the main course that is the business end of proceedings when you[Read More…]
Hawkins Survives Dale Comeback
Barry Hawkins just about managed to squeeze his way into the semi-finals of the World Championship for a second successive season after emerging from a thrilling contest with Dominic Dale 13-12. The pair resumed for their third and final session this afternoon with the 2013 runner-up seemingly on his way[Read More…]
O’Sullivan and Selby Surge into Semis
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby have booked their places in the semi-finals of the 2014 World Championship after dominating victories in their respective quarter-final ties at the Crucible. Having come through a tough test with Joe Perry 13-11 in the last 16, O’Sullivan was expected to be handed an equally[Read More…]
World Championship Quarter-Final Preview
We’re into the final week of the 2014 World Snooker Championship and the field of 32 players has been whittled down to the last eight. There were a few upsets in the opening few days but most of the encounters went true to form and the remaining octet are merited[Read More…]
McManus Downs Disappointing Doherty
Alan McManus eventually came through the victor in a dire last 16 affair with Ireland’s Ken Doherty in Sheffield on Saturday. The Scot had featured in the second round 13 times previously in his career but had only emerged victorious on three of those occasions. The two-time semi-finalist at the Crucible[Read More…]