Four remain in the hunt for the English Open title as the first Home Nations event of the season reaches the business end of proceedings in Barnsley. An interesting quartet is left battling it out for glory at the Metrodom, with one proven star of the sport attempting to hold[Read More…]
Tag: English Open
English Open: Quarter-Final Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the senior statesman as he heads a distinctly young English Open quarter-final line-up in Barnsley. There have been signs over the past year or so that a changing of the guard is potentially imminent, highlighted by several new ranking event champions and the emergence of many new[Read More…]
Maximum Magic from Liang Wenbo in English Open
Liang Wenbo fired in a maximum 147 as he fought from behind to beat Tom Ford in the English Open on Wednesday. The defending champion looked in trouble when he trailed 3-1 but forced a deciding frame with the perfect break that pocketed the Chinese number two a neat £40,000 from[Read More…]
Mark Selby Survives Scare in Metrodome
World champion Mark Selby avoided an early exit from the English Open by coming from 3-2 down to beat Scott Donaldson in a decider on Tuesday. The world number one has struggled to find his top form this season after a record-equalling last campaign that brought him five ranking titles,[Read More…]
Judd Trump Among Array of Seeds Who Progress in English Open
All of the bigger names advanced as the Home Nations series got under way with the start of the English Open on Monday. There were a few close calls but, by the end of a hectic day’s play that concluded after midnight, there were no major casualties of note to[Read More…]
Preview: Home Nations English Open
The Home Nations series gets under way on Monday with the first of its four tournaments in the United Kingdom and Ireland – the English Open. The series was successfully launched last year, bringing more snooker to fans in the traditional home of the sport. Tournament in Northern Ireland, Scotland,[Read More…]
Mark Selby Planning Return After Injury
World champion Mark Selby will head the field when the English Open comes to Barnsley for the first time in October. Selby has missed the start of the current season due to a broken toe but is set to return to the baize later this month. And the world number[Read More…]
English Open Makes Barnsley Move
Barnsley will stage a World Snooker ranking tournament for the first time in October when the English Open comes to the town. The event will run from October 16 to 22 at the Barnsley Metrodome with 128 of the world’s best players in action, and tickets are on sale now.[Read More…]
Coral Continues Home Series Support
World Snooker is delighted to announce Coral as the title sponsor of the new Home Nations series. The three remaining events in the series – the Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open – will all be title-sponsored by Coral. This follows their successful sponsorship of the recent Coral[Read More…]
£3,150 Raised for Jessie May
English Open title sponsor Coral has raised £3,150 for Jessie May Children’s Hospice At Home. Coral pledged to donate £50 for every century break made during the English Open in Manchester and there were 63 tons made over the seven days of the world ranking event. Jessie May Children’s Hospice[Read More…]