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…]
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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…]
Ding Wins Three in a Row
Ding Junhui has won the International Championship to become the first player in two decades to capture three consecutive ranking event titles. In a thoroughly dramatic and topsy-turvy final with Hong Kong’s Marco Fu, Ding came from 9-8 down to prevail in a decider 10-9 and add to the Shanghai[Read More…]
Asia’s Best Contest International Final
Arguably the best two Asian players of all time go head-to-head for the International Championship title in Chengdu on Sunday. Unquestionably, China’s Ding Junhui is the greatest cueman to come out of the continent, highlighted by his abundance of success at such an early age already. And the only other[Read More…]
Ding’s Dominance Continues
Ding Junhui remains on course for a rare hat-trick of ranking event titles after he came through a tough test with Peter Ebdon to reach the semi-finals of the International Championship. The Chinese sensation had already become the clear favourite to collect the trophy in Chengdu after the defeats of[Read More…]
Robertson Out as Ding Remains on Course for Hat-Trick
The International Championship has reached the quarter-final stage and it is safe to say that not many would have predicted the final eight line-up at the start of the week. A succession of big-hitters had already been accounted for prior to today’s last 16 encounters – world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan,[Read More…]
Judd’s Trumped
Defending champion Judd Trump was sent crashing out of the International Championship in the opening round in Chengdu. The 24 year-old compiled two centuries but was powerless as he went down 6-5 to veteran Alan McManus. The defeat means that Trump continues an undesirable run whereby he has failed to[Read More…]
International Championship Preview
The International Championship returns on Sunday for a second outing in Chengdu with one of snooker’s most lucrative prize funds up for grabs. Last year’s inaugural event was a great success, thanks in large part to the longer format that we are now so unaccustomed to. Like the UK Championship,[Read More…]