Four players remain in the hunt for the lucrative Players Championship title in Llandudno this week. The field of 16 players, invited based on their high earnings from this season, has been whittled down to the semi-finalists after eight sessions of action in Wales. Host broadcaster ITV’s horse racing coverage[Read More…]
Tag: Ding Junhui
Marco Fu Beats Mark Selby in Players Championship
Marco Fu dispatched of world number one Mark Selby to reach the semi-finals of the Players Championship in Llandudno on Thursday. The Scottish Open champion, one of the most in-form players over the last three months, twice trailed by a single frame but managed to tie the scores at 2-2[Read More…]
Judd Trump Ousts Ronnie O’Sullivan
Judd Trump became the first player to book a Players Championship semi-final spot after a 5-3 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan in Llandudno on Wednesday. The 27 year-old has been in terrific form throughout this season, even if he hasn’t quite managed to obtain a quantity of silverware he would be[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy’s World Grand Prix Reign Continues
Defending champion Shaun Murphy came from behind to beat Ding Junhui and reach the quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix on Wednesday in Preston. Ding led 2-0 and 3-2 but didn’t have a genuine opportunity to seal victory as Murphy limited his opponent to just four points in the last[Read More…]
Masters: Quarter-Final Preview
16 has become eight as the Dafabet Masters heads towards an eagerly anticipated weekend conclusion at the Alexandra Palace. In an entertaining first round which produced four ties that went the distance and a centuries count which amassed 17, the competitors remaining now set their sights on one of the four[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Ends Masters Drought
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ding Junhui both reached the quarter-finals as the 2017 Masters got under way in London on Sunday. Defending champion O’Sullivan survived a monumental scare in coming from 5-4 behind to beat Liang Wenbo in a decider. Liang had wasted several opportunities in the penultimate frame to knock[Read More…]
Preview: The Masters
The 2017 Dafabet Masters gets under way on Sunday at the Alexandra Palace in London. As the defending champion, Ronnie O’Sullivan returns hoping to claim the title for a record seventh time. Standing in his way are the 15 other strong competitors who make up the elite top 16 in[Read More…]
Top 10 Most Read Stories of 2016
Another 12 months has passed by as we prepare to say goodbye to 2016 in snooker. It was an entertaining year which produced countless moments of magic, comebacks, breakdowns, emotional victories and painful defeats. Over the last few days we took a look at some of the highs and lows[Read More…]
Player of the Year
There have been a few humorous polls on social media over the last couple of weeks asking a certain interesting question. As 2016 draws to a close, who is the player of the year? It’s an easy conundrum for many fans and critics alike to solve, albeit a select number[Read More…]
UK Championship: Second Round Preview
Live coverage of the UK Championship gets under way on the BBC and Eurosport on Saturday with the second round in York. An initial field of 128 competitors has already been whittled down to 64 with defending champion Neil Robertson on his way home after a shock 6-3 loss to[Read More…]