Snooker in August concluded with the Paul Hunter Classic last weekend as Michael White captured his second ranking event title in Furth. The Welshman counted world number one Mark Selby and the in-form Shaun Murphy among his victims as he pocketed the £20,000 champion’s cheque at the Stadthalle in Germany. It[Read More…]
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Mixed First Day for Seeds in China Championship
Mark Selby, John Higgins, and Ding Junhui all won their held over qualifying round matches as the Evergrande China Championship got under in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Selby and Ding weren’t at their best, understandably a little rusty as they contested their first proper matches of the season, but still managed[Read More…]
World Open Replaces Shanghai Masters
Yesterday came the predicted news that the Shanghai Masters will be replaced this season by the World Open in September. There had been much speculation in recent weeks as to what was happening with the Autumn ranking event in China, but World Snooker finally confirmed on Tuesday what many had[Read More…]
Ten Talking Points this Season – Part One
The 2017/18 campaign began a few weeks ago in Preston with the qualifying rounds for the Riga Masters and the China Championship. But let’s pretend that didn’t count and that the season is really starting now with the start of the main event in Latvia just a few days away. It has nothing[Read More…]
Mark Selby and Ding Junhui on Course for Classic
Mark Selby and Ding Junhui tussled in a thrilling third session which left their World Championship semi-final finely poised at 12-12 in Sheffield. The pair goes into Saturday’s final session each requiring five frames in order to reach the final at the Crucible for a second successive season. Defending champion[Read More…]
Preview: World Championship Semi-Finals
It’s down to the final four in the 2017 World Championship at the Crucible Theatre. After three weeks of qualifying action followed by the opening three rounds of the main event in Sheffield, the cream of the crop have certainly risen to the top. The quartet of remaining contenders all[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Close to Taking Down Rocket
Ding Junhui is on course for a telling victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan after the Chinese number one established a 10-6 quarter-final lead on Tuesday in Sheffield. The 30 year-old was in superb form as he dominated the second session to pull away after the opening session between the pair was[Read More…]
Preview: World Championship Quarter-Finals
144 have become just eight as the World Championship embarks on the quarter-final stage at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Four former champions remain in contention to win the sport’s blue riband event, and with it the whopping £375,000 champion’s cheque. Arguably the tie of the round is the eagerly anticipated clash[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Wins Thriller to Face Ronnie O’Sullivan
Ding Junhui emerged triumphant from a classic all-Chinese World Championship encounter with Liang Wenbo that went the distance on Saturday. The 2016 runner-up led 9-7 going into the final session of their second round clash at the Crucible, but his countryman appeared the more assertive in the early exchanges. Liang[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Sets up a Second All-Chinese Affair
Chinese duo Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo set up an intriguing upcoming last 16 clash against one another after emerging from the first round of the World Championship on Tuesday. Ding laid down the groundwork for an eventual triumph with an excellent first session against another of his countrymen, Zhou[Read More…]