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…]
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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…]
China Open Preview
The penultimate world ranking event of the 2012/13 season gets under way today with the China Open in Beijing. Peter Ebdon is the defending champion after a heroic effort saw him pip Stephen Maguire in last year’s final 10-9. The encounter started off under dour circumstances with only six of[Read More…]
Carter and Fu to Fight it out in Germany
Ali Carter beat Neil Robertson 6-2 in a last four clash of very low quality to reach the final of the German Masters in front of a packed auditorium in Berlin. There, he will meet Marco Fu for a shot at glory after the Hong Kong native edged Barry Hawkins[Read More…]
Berlin Eight
The German Masters is down to the quarter-final stage as the final eight go head-to-head tonight in an effort to reach the business end this weekend in Berlin. The opening couple of days has thrown up plenty of shocks but there are still a lot of big-name players still in[Read More…]
Sky Shoot-Out
It’s fair to say that the Sky Shoot-Out, which returns to our screens tonight for a third successive year, divides opinion. Some see it as some light relief in an otherwise hectic calendar that facilitates an abundance of the traditional format of the game. Others point to its gimmicky premise,[Read More…]
Laptop Problems, The Masters So Far
First, let’s clear some things up. I haven’t been purposely slacking over the last week. As some of you may have seen via my tweets or Facebook updates I have been having some laptop problems over the course of the last week or so. At first it seemed like it[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: The Season So Far
By Fin Ruane So three months into the new snooker season and with the first ranking cut off last weekend it’s time to run the rule over the winners, movers and shakers of the 2012 /2013 season. With qualifiers starting for the Wuxi Classic and Australian Open just a couple[Read More…]
Hawkins Captures Australian Open Title
A superb performance from Barry Hawkins gave the Englishman his maiden ranking event title at the Australian Open in Bendigo today. The 33 year-old produced an excellent display to comfortably see off the challenge of countryman Peter Ebdon in fine style 9-3. Before the final, many had Ebdon as the[Read More…]
Ebdon and Hawkins to Duel Down Under
Peter Ebdon and Barry Hawkins will contest the final of the Australian Open after contrasting wins in the semi-finals in Bendigo. Ebdon once again produced a professional performance that we have grown accustomed to seeing over the years and made relatively light work of Marco Fu in a 6-2 triumph.[Read More…]