Rory McLeod won his first minor-ranking event title after beating Tian Pengfei 4-2 in the Ruhr Open final on Sunday. All four semi-finalists were in uncharted territory as not one of them had ever got their hands on any professional silverware carrying ranking points. McLeod saw off Mike Dunn in[Read More…]
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Murphy On Course for Ruhr Double
Some big names will be battling it out for the Ruhr Open title after the last 16 line-up was completed on Saturday in Germany. Defending champion Shaun Murphy remains in the hunt to continue his reign in Mulheim after emerging from some tricky tests with David Grace, Sam Craigie and[Read More…]
Xiao Completes Championship League Winners Group Line-up
Xiao Guodong won the seventh group of the 2015 Championship League to seal the final place in the Winners Group at Crondon Park. The former Shanghai Masters finalist won four out of his six round-robin encounters to advance from the league format into the play-offs, where a brace of 3-0[Read More…]
Woollaston into Championship League Winners Group
Ben Woollaston won the penultimate Championship League group in Crondon Park yesterday to become the sixth player through to the Winners Group next month. The Englishman sneaked into the semi-finals after narrowly pipping Fergal O’Brien to fourth place following the round-robin phase. Both competitors won three out of their six[Read More…]
Davis Ousts O’Sullivan in Championship League
Mark Davis avoided losing a hat-trick of Championship League finals when he came from 2-0 down to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 3-2 to win Group 5 on Tuesday. The Englishman had already been defeated twice by 3-1 scorelines in the finals of both of the last two groups, to Ali Carter[Read More…]
Walden Winds Down Wilson’s Challenge
Ricky Walden narrowly avoided becoming another early seeded casualty after coming through a tough battle with debutant Kyren Wilson 10-7. The Chester cueist, semi-finalist at the Crucible in 2013, appeared to be cruising to a relatively comfortable victory when he led 22 year-old 8-5. However, Wilson fought back gallantly to[Read More…]
2014 World Championship: The Big Preview
The draw for the first round of the 2014 World Championship was made on Thursday and as ever it threw up some interesting ties. The qualification stage is complete and all that is left is the small matter of the 17 days required for one of the 32 competitors[Read More…]
Doherty Returns to the Crucible
Ken Doherty has qualified for the World Championship for the first time in two years after beating Dechawat Poomjaeng 10-5 in the final qualifying round in Sheffield. The Irishman put the disappointment of failing to reach the Crucible last season, as well as what has transpired to be a disastrous[Read More…]
All About the O’Sullivan Show
The Players Championship Grand Final field will be whittled down to eight by the end of today as the tournament nears the business end in Preston. Wednesday saw the conclusion of the first round as the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins breezed into the last 16 but world[Read More…]
Irish Out of Shanghai
It was a bad day for the Irish contingent as all three went out in the final round of qualifying for the Shanghai Masters. David Morris, who had superbly come through three rounds already to get to this stage, ran out of steam as he succumbed to a whitewash defeat[Read More…]