Ding Junhui began the China Championship with a 5-3 victory over Lee Walker in his held over qualifying round tie in Guangzhou on Monday. The home favourite delighted his fans to overcome the Welshman for the first time in his career despite only knocking in a couple of breaks over[Read More…]
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Shanghai Masters Final: Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Barry Hawkins
Barry Hawkins fought back from two frames down to deny home favourite Ding Junhui a place in the Shanghai Masters final with a deciding frame victory in China on Saturday. In a topsy-turvy affair that swung one way and then the other, Hawkins recovered from losing five frames in succession[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Ends Kyren Wilson’s Streak
Ronnie O’Sullivan continued his defence of the Shanghai Masters with a 10-6 defeat of the in-form Kyren Wilson – in doing so advancing to Sunday’s final in China. The world number three won the tournament’s last staging as a ranking event ten months ago and is now one victory from[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Plays Barry Hawkins in Second Shanghai Semi-Final
China’s Ding Junhui delighted the home crowd late on Thursday by hanging on for a 6-5 victory over world number one Mark Selby in the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals. Ding was never behind in the contest but was typically pegged back on numerous occasions by Selby, who almost repeated his trademark[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Quarter-Final Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan began his 2018/19 campaign with a 6-3 win over Neil Robertson to complete the Shanghai Masters quarter-final in China on Wednesday. There had been plenty of anticipation surrounding the 42 year-old’s return to the baize after the best part of half a year away, subsequent to his fiery[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Last 16 Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan will make his maiden bow of the 2018/19 campaign on Wednesday when he plays Neil Robertson in the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters in China. The revamped tournament, being played as a lucrative invitational rather than a ranking event for the first time since its launch more[Read More…]
Kyren Wilson Wins Six Red World Championship
Kyren Wilson made it back-to-back triumphs on the Main Tour after claiming the 2018 Six Red World Championship title on Saturday in Thailand. The Englishman produced an assured display to see off the challenge of former champion Ding Junhui with an 8-4 scoreline. The last time the pair met in[Read More…]
Six Red World Championship Final: Ding Junhui vs Kyren Wilson
Ding Junhui and Kyren Wilson will contest the 2018 Six Red World Championship final on Saturday after each emerging from tough semi-final encounters in Bangkok. Ding, the champion from two years ago, trailed Luca Brecel 6-5 in a gripping affair that ebbed one way and then the other, before eventually[Read More…]
Six Red World Championship: Semi-Final Preview
Three top 16 players feature in the last four of the Six Red World Championship with outsider Akani Songsermsawad hoping to upset the odds and lift the title on home soil in Thailand. The popular 22 year-old, known as Sunny Akani, prevailed in both of his opening knockout phase fixtures[Read More…]
Six Red World Championship Moves to Knockouts
Mark Williams and Ding Junhui were among those to complete the line-up for the last 16 in the 2018 Six Red World Championship after victories on Wednesday in Bangkok. The pair, who between them have emerged with the trophy in each of the last two editions in Thailand, maintained their[Read More…]