A busy opening day at the International Championship has come to a conclusion in Daqing on Sunday. The fifth edition of the most lucrative ranking event in China began with a few upsets, but most of the star competitors managed early victories. Liang Wenbo, perhaps understandably, suffered a hangover following[Read More…]
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Ding Junhui Downs Mark Selby for Shanghai Success
Ding Junhui has won the Shanghai Masters for a second time after a wonderful 10-6 victory over Mark Selby in China on Sunday. In a repeat of the World Championship final in May, Ding gained a modicum of revenge over the Crucible champion to record his 12th ranking event success.[Read More…]
Mark Selby and Ding Junhui in Shanghai Masters Final
Mark Selby and Ding Junhui will meet in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday. Their clash marks the pair’s first meeting since their epic showdown for the World Championship in May, which Leicester’s Selby emerged victorious in 18-14. Selby once again lived up to his master of brinkmanship[Read More…]
Ding Junhui and Mark Selby on Course for Another Final
Mark Selby and Ding Junhui remain on course for a repeat of their epic World Championship final contest after each emerging from tough last eight ties at the Shanghai Masters on Friday. World no.1 Selby edged Ryan Day 5-3 while Ding ended Michael Holt’s excellent run with a victory of[Read More…]
Michael Holt Knocks Ronnie Out of Shanghai
Ronnie O’Sullivan is out of the Shanghai Masters after a 5-2 defeat to Michael Holt in China on Thursday. The 2009 champion was competing in his first event of the campaign and narrowly survived his opening test when he came from 4-1 down to beat Liang Wenbo in the last[Read More…]
Ding Squeezes Through as Teenager Stuns Gould in Shanghai
Home favourite Ding Junhui is into the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters after a dramatic opening day in China. The tenth edition of the ranking event began with three out of the four first round ties going the distance, made all the more thrilling as the format returned to[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Captures 6 Red World Crown
Ding Junhui won the 6 Red World Championship on Saturday after an 8-7 victory over Stuart Bingham in Bangkok. The Chinese no.1 compiled runs of 72 and 67 as he held off the Englishman in a tense decider to collect the £45,000 winner’s cheque. After losing the first frame, Ding[Read More…]
Stuart Bingham and Ding Junhui in 6 Red Final
Stuart Bingham and Ding Junhui will contest the 6 Red World Championship final on Saturday in Bangkok. Bingham knocked out the last remaining home hope Akani Songsermsawad in the quarter-finals before a 7-1 thrashing of 2014 champion Stephen Maguire in the last four. Bingham was runner-up when this event was first[Read More…]
Stars Surge in World Open
It was a relatively straightforward day for the marquee players as the first round of the World Open came to a conclusion on Tuesday. Defending champion Shaun Murphy, world champion Mark Selby, Crucible runner-up Ding Junhui, and former world number ones John Higgins and Neil Robertson all advanced to the[Read More…]
Can China Conquer?
Ten years ago it was a common occurrence to hear pundits naively predict that Chinese players would soon dominate the sport. Indeed, the repeated adage “half of the top 16 will be made up of Chinese in the next five years” has been muttered so often that it’s become a[Read More…]