It’ll be two Englishmen who battle it out for the China Open title after another dramatic day in Beijing. Many were expecting it to be a Mark Selby versus Ding Junhui showdown on Sunday but the latter was pipped at the post after a superb effort from Gary Wilson on[Read More…]
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Ding and Selby Advance in China
All but one potential frame was played in a dramatic quarter-final day at the China Open on Friday. Ding Junhui, Mark Selby and Kurt Maflin all won in deciders while England’s Gary Wilson reached his first ranking event semi-final after a 5-3 victory over Barry Hawkins. Defending champion Ding marginally[Read More…]
Brecel Beats Selby as Seeds Crash Out
Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Judd Trump all lost in the Welsh Open as the last short best-of-seven round conjured up more shocks in Cardiff. However, Scottish former champions John Higgins and Stephen Maguire advanced to the quarter-finals, where they’ll do battle for a place in the last four. World[Read More…]
World Championship Qualifiers Preview
One of the most exciting events in the entire season gets under way tomorrow in Sheffield. No, the snooker roadshow does not quite stop at the Crucible Theatre yet but first at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre for the World Championship qualifiers. While it doesn’t gain as much coverage as[Read More…]
Long Welsh Open Starts Today
The Welsh Open gets under way today in a revamped format that sees the entire tournament contested in Newport. Now in its 23rd year on the calendar, the Welsh Open is the third longest running ranking event, with only the World and UK Championship in existence for a longer period.[Read More…]
Chinese Struggle to Reach Beijing
Several of the Chinese players were dumped out of the China Open before even returning to their homeland on the opening day of qualifiers in Gloucester. The first round is taking place at The Capital Venue before the final 64 players compete in Beijing at the start of April. Seven[Read More…]
Mighty Maxes but Rocket Runs Empty
It has only been five days since Mark Selby’s landmark 147 break that was the 100th made in professional competition. Yet, there has already been two further maximums compiled since that memorable moment – both coming in the German Masters opening round. The Berlin event doesn’t get under way properly[Read More…]
Wilson Destroys Jones in First Day of “Shocks”
The 2013 UK Championship got under way yesterday with quite a few surprise results baptizing the tournament in York. This is the first year that the second biggest ranking event on the calendar has adopted the 128 flat draw that offers no protection for the game’s elite. While none of[Read More…]
Williams a Winner Again
Mark Williams ended a two-year barren spell by winning the inaugural Rotterdam Open in the Netherlands yesterday. The Welshman will go down as one of the sport’s greatest ever players but his career has been anything but consistent. A dominant force at the beginning of the century, Williams won two[Read More…]
Paul Hunter Classic
The fourth Players Tour Championship event of the season commences this week as the circuit heads outside England for the first time in the minor-ranking event series. The tournament, perhaps better known as the Paul Hunter Classic, takes place in Furth, Germany over the weekend as the momentum for the 2011/12[Read More…]