The 2015 BetVictor Welsh Open gets under way on Monday as the long-established ranking event moves back to Cardiff for the first time since 2004. That year, Ronnie O’Sullivan came from 8-5 down in the final to beat Steve Davis in a deciding frame thriller before going on to collect[Read More…]
Tag: Ding Junhui
Irish Trio into India
Ken Doherty, Fergal O’Brien and David Morris all qualified for the Indian Open after winning the one match necessary in Barnsley. Doherty needed all seven frames to overcome Sanderson Lam 4-3 while fellow veteran Dubliner O’Brien had a much easier time of it in his whitewash win over William Lemons.[Read More…]
Desperate Ding Suffers Another Bad Day
Ding Junhui’s season of turmoil continued today as he was dumped out of the German Masters following a dramatic 5-4 defeat to Ryan Day. In a match strewn with errors from both competitors, Ding took on a tricky final pink with the rest in the penultimate frame that would have[Read More…]
German Masters Preview
The German Masters, one of the best tournaments on the calendar, gets under way on Wednesday in Berlin. Ever since its introduction in 2011 the ranking event has been a resounding success, aided in large part thanks to the enthusiastic sell-out crowd that packs the 2000-plus capacity Tempodrom arena every[Read More…]
World Championship Contenders?
Last Sunday not only marked the final of the 2015 Masters that saw Shaun Murphy lift the trophy and become the tenth member of the exclusive Triple Crown club. It also signified the start of the three-month countdown to the season-ending World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield. It feels like[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Nears Record Breaking Moment with Win
Ronnie O’Sullivan began his defence of the Masters with a 6-4 victory over Ricky Walden on Wednesday in London. The ‘Rocket’ compiled two tons and in doing so equaled Stephen Hendry’s centuries record of 775. It always seemed fitting that the 39 year-old Chigwell cueist would surpass Hendry in a[Read More…]
2015 Masters Preview: Who Can Stop Ronnie?
Snooker returns to our television screens after the Christmas break with the start of the 2015 Dafabet Masters at the Alexandra Palace on Sunday. The top 16 players in the world go head-to-head in the famous straight knockout invitation event, with a tasty £200,000 on offer for next week’s champion.[Read More…]
Top 10 Most Read Stories of 2014
2014 is quickly coming to a close and what a memorable year it has been on SnookerHQ. This post will represent the 270th published in what has been the busiest and best year yet for the website. A major makeover in the summer, which included the accompaniment of photos with each[Read More…]
2014 Highs and Lows – Part Two
As 2014 draws to a close in the next few days, it’s time to reflect on what has been another entertaining year full of drama both on and off the table. There have been many stories over the last 12 months worthy of recalling, from title triumphs to near misses, comebacks[Read More…]
Ding and Allen Dumped Out of UK
Two of the favourites for the 2014 UK Championship were ousted on Tuesday as the seeds’ domination came to an abrupt end. Two-time champion Ding Junhui and 2011 runner-up Mark Allen both suffered surprising exits in the third round in York, while Joe Perry and Robert Milkins also failed to[Read More…]