Ronnie O’Sullivan is into the quarter-finals of the UK Championship after a bruising victory over Robert Milkins but Ding Junhui’s incredible run of success is over. O’Sullivan, Champion of Champions winner a couple of weeks ago, is on course to win back-to-back trophies after dismantling a hapless Milkins at the[Read More…]
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Favourites Flying High
Barry Hawkins and Stephen Maguire are into the quarter-finals of the UK Championship after respective victories over former world champions in York yesterday. Crucible runner-up Hawkins emerged from a 6-5 thriller with Shaun Murphy while 2004 champion Maguire saw off fellow Scotsman John Higgins 6-3. Murphy had struggled for form[Read More…]
UK Championship Preview
The hectic snooker schedule continues today as the 2013 UK Championship gets under way at the Barbican Centre in York. The flat 128-player draw that was newly introduced for most of the ranking events this season means that the tournament this year will be 13 days long. This is quite[Read More…]
Ronnie Snatches Semi-Final Spot
Ronnie O’Sullivan came from 3-0 and 5-3 down to beat Ding Junhui 6-5 in a thriller at the Champion of Champions in Coventry on Friday night. The world champion was up against arguably the best player in the world right now, Ding, who has won the last three ranking events[Read More…]
Allen On Course for Hat-Trick
Ding Junhui has been the man of the last couple of months after completing a rare trio of successive ranking event titles. However, Mark Allen is now only four matches away from completing a hat-trick of his own in the minor ranking event European Tour series. The Northern Irishman won[Read More…]
Maximum Effort Not Enough for Trump
Judd Trump compiled the first 147 break of his career but still lost to Mark Selby 4-3 in the Antwerp Open in Belgium. The former world no.1 is one of the most prolific break-builders in the game so it was a little surprising that it has taken him this long[Read More…]
Antwerp Open Preview
The tournaments are coming thick and fast and the next stop is Belgium for the third annual Antwerp Open. Mark Allen is the defending champion and enters the event in good form having captured the last two Players Tour Championship titles on the European Tour – in Ruhr and Gloucester.[Read More…]
It’s a Young Man’s Game After All
Mark Allen won the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup in Gloucester yesterday, making it back-to-back European Tour titles. The Northern Irishman was rarely troubled throughout the weekend as he collected a second trophy in a month following his success in October’s Ruhr Open in Germany. Allen overcame Judd Trump in the[Read More…]
Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup Preview
The Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup takes place this weekend at The Capital Venue in Gloucester. In fact, the annual tournament now in its third year in the Players Tour Championship series, began yesterday with the preliminary amateur rounds. Those come to a conclusion today with Irish former professional Leo Fernandez[Read More…]
What We Learned from the International Championship
Yesterday saw the conclusion of the 2013 International Championship, the second year of the event held in Chengdu, China. It was another successful staging of a tournament that is quickly becoming one of the most prestigious on the calendar. Even though it is still a fledgling initiative, the International has[Read More…]