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…]
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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…]
Preview: World Championship Qualifying
Are we here already? A busy season, which began all the way back in May of 2016, has sped along at a ferocious pace and it’s somewhat hard to believe that the World Championship is already coming into view on the horizon. The 17-day “Marathon of the Mind” doesn’t get under[Read More…]
China Open: Quarter-Final Preview
A high-quality field of eight players remain in the hunt for China Open glory this weekend in Beijing. Seven proven ranking event winners and a multiple world amateur champion make up the impressive line-up in this penultimate tournament of the campaign. Defending champion Judd Trump continued his wonderful run of[Read More…]
China Open: Last 16 Preview
The China Open has been whittled down to the final 16 players after a busy opening few days in Beijing. Many of the heavy-hitters are still in the mix, albeit Ronnie O’Sullivan suffered a surprising 5-4 loss to Mark Joyce in the second round on Wednesday. The “Rocket” knocked in[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Among Big Names into the China Open Second Round
The four favourites for the China Open comfortably reached the second round on Tuesday in Beijing. Ding Junhui delighted his legion of home fans with a 5-0 drubbing of Paul Davison, in doing so setting up a highly intriguing last 32 tie with young countryman Zhou Yuelong. Ding appeared in[Read More…]