Tuesday marks the opening day in the 2016 Ladbrokes Players Championship in Manchester. Half of the last 32 matches will be played out today while the remaining first round encounters take place on Wednesday. Much like the World Grand Prix in Llandudno a couple of weeks ago, the early stages[Read More…]
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Players Championship Preview
After the last week of rest this season, snooker returns to our screens on Tuesday with the Players Championship in Manchester. 32 players make up the field at Event City, in much the same format which shaped the recent World Grand Prix. It’ll be best of sevens until the semi-finals,[Read More…]
Framing Formats
There has been a lot of chatter lately on social media surrounding the various formats used in events. Since the beginning of the Barry Hearn era around six years ago, there has been a dramatic influx of tournaments on the calendar. This has been widely hailed as a huge success,[Read More…]
Last Four in World Grand Prix
Ding Junhui came from 3-1 down to deny Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in a quarter-final decider in the World Grand Prix on Friday. The Chinese sensation compiled breaks of 51, 65 and an excellent 108 in the last to see off the Thai and maintain his recent resurgence. Remarkably, this marks Ding’s[Read More…]
Ding and Bingham into Last Eight
Ding Junhui is into the quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix after a strong 4-0 victory over Peter Ebdon on Thursday in Llandudno. The Chinese 11-time ranking event champion has struggled for much of the last two campaigns, resulting in him plummeting down the rankings. As a result, the 28[Read More…]
Holt Halts Rocket
Michael Holt stunned Ronnie O’Sullivan in a first round decider of the World Grand Prix on Tuesday. The Englishman raced into a 3-0 lead with breaks of 88 and 119 but watched as his opponent rallied to force a final frame. There, one would have backed O’Sullivan to continue his[Read More…]
World Grand Prix Preview
The World Grand Prix returns to Llandudno this week as it gets under way on Tuesday in Wales. Judd Trump, who just won the Championship League for a record third time, returns as the defending champion having beaten Ronnie O’Sullivan in last year’s final, like he did at Crondon Park[Read More…]
Wonderful 147 for Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui has compiled a 147 break in his quarter-final contest with Neil Robertson in the Welsh Open. The Chinese former champion trailed the Australian 4-1 at the time but the break looked on from an early stage with the reds all in the middle of the table. Ding found[Read More…]
Selby and O’Sullivan Take Centre Stage Again
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby have set up a mouth-watering Welsh Open clash after winning their last 16 ties on Thursday. However, the defending champion John Higgins and highly-fancied Judd Trump have both been knocked out. O’Sullivan dropped only his second frame of the tournament thanks to a fluked re-spotted[Read More…]
Seeds Dominate Welsh Open
It was another good day for the majority of the marquee names as the Welsh Open field got whittled down to the last 16 on Wednesday. The biggest upset, of sorts, came with the defeat of Shaun Murphy, but that can hardly legislate as a major surprise given his loss[Read More…]