Stephen Maguire beat Jack Lisowski 5-2 in the China Open second round to maintain his hopes of breaking back into the top 16 in time for the World Championship next month. The Scot is fighting for the last automatic spot for the Crucible with another former semi-finalist in Sheffield, Ding Junhui.[Read More…]
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China Open Conjures Shock Results
Day one in the China Open threw up quite a few surprises as the top 16 permutations were thrown wide open. It goes without saying that the China Open is one of the biggest and most established ranking events on the calendar, and therefore its stature as an important tournament[Read More…]
Ding and Murphy Surge into Last Eight
Ding Junhui looked to be approaching somewhere near his best as he whitewashed Michael White in the Players Championship on Thursday. The Chinese eleven-time ranking event winner has struggled for much of the last two seasons, a dip in form that has seen his ranking plummet from the world no.1[Read More…]
Top Guns Progress in Players Championship
Judd Trump and Ding Junhui eased into the second round of the Players Championship after respective 4-1 victories over Martin Gould and David Gilbert in Manchester. Ding, buoyed by a return to form of late which saw him feature in the last four of the World Grand Prix, comfortably beat[Read More…]
Players Championship to Break Off
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…]
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…]