World no. 1 Neil Robertson eased past Marcus Campbell in the first round of the Australian Open – despite admitting afterwards that he could have pulled out sick. The Wuxi Classic champion has been waking up in the middle of the night in cold sweats and had to fight off[Read More…]
Tag: Barry Hawkins
Perry Pips Hawkins for Pink Ribbon
Joe Perry came from 3-1 behind to continue his good early season form by beating Barry Hawkins 4-3 in the final of the annual Pink Ribbon at the Capital Venue in Gloucester yesterday. The Englishmen put on a good show, sharing sevens breaks of 45 or more between them –[Read More…]
2013 SHQ Awards
The new campaign is just a matter of days away but let’s first take a look back at the highlights of the 2012/13 campaign with the second annual SHQ Awards. As was the case twelve months ago, I am lucky enough to be joined by regular contributors Fin Ruane and[Read More…]
Ronnie Ronnie Ronnie
Ronnie O’Sullivan last night completed an astonishing comeback to the sport by claiming his fifth World Snooker Championship title with an 18-12 victory over Barry Hawkins. The capacity Crucible Theatre audience was treated to a final of very high quality as O’Sullivan was valiantly pushed by his underdog opponent. Yet,[Read More…]
World Champ Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins will contest the final of the 2013 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield. O’Sullivan, the defending champion, comfortably saw off challenger Judd Trump 17-11 while Hawkins came from behind to overcome Ricky Walden 17-14 in the two semi-finals. For the ‘Rocket’, it was[Read More…]
Move to Strike
The semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship is unique in that it is the only format that is played over the course of three days. In those three days a lot can change, so to get too excited over somebody’s position after the opening session would be foolish. These frames[Read More…]
Semi-Final Preview
We have reached the semi-final stage of the 2013 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. Four players have each won 36 frames to get this far but there is still a seismic task at hand as they have only barely passed the halfway mark. 35 more frames are needed to become[Read More…]
Quarter-final Preview
The quarter-final line-up at the Crucible was completed last night with Ronnie O’Sullivan still firmly in the hunt for glory in Sheffield. The reigning champion’s World Snooker Championships odds have been cut to 2/1 as he effortlessly shifted through the gears to overcome Ali Carter in a repeat of last year’s final.[Read More…]
Hawk Eyes World Title
Barry Hawkins dominated the final session to beat world no.1 Mark Selby 13-10 in the second round of the World Championship in Sheffield on Saturday. The Englishman came from 9-7 down to overcome one of the major favourites by three frames, completely taking over the match after his Leicester opponent[Read More…]
Talking the Talk
Three days have now passed in the 2013 World Championship and, as always, there have already been many talking points. Three world champions have gone by the wayside in the last couple of days with John Higgins, Mark Williams and Peter Ebdon all suffering early 10-6 defeats. While all three[Read More…]