Several of the top players flexed their muscles on Monday as the UK Championship begins to heat up nicely. Four former champions booked their place in the last 16 and they were joined by a trio of other ranking event winners. The match of the day featured Liang Wenbo and[Read More…]
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Morris and O’Brien Advance in York
David Morris moved into the last 32 of the UK Championship for the first time after hammering former champion Peter Ebdon 6-1 in York on Saturday. The encounter didn’t boast many big breaks – the only half century came in the opening frame with a 72 from Morris – but[Read More…]
Finals Day in Gloucester
The last 16 line-up for the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup was confirmed on Saturday at the Capital Venue in Gloucester. The likes of David Morris and Judd Trump already booked their place on Friday and were joined by eight further players yesterday. World no.1 Neil Robertson was banging in more[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…]
Robertson’s World Hopes Down the Toilet
Robert Milkins caused a major shock on Day six of the 2013 World Championship after he knocked out 2010 champion Neil Robertson 10-8 in Sheffield. The Gloucester cueman had already dispatched of People’s Champion Jimmy White in the final qualifying round to reach the Crucible for the first time in[Read More…]
Talking the Talk
Three days have now passed in the 2013 World Championship and, as always, there have already been many talking points. Three world champions have gone by the wayside in the last couple of days with John Higgins, Mark Williams and Peter Ebdon all suffering early 10-6 defeats. While all three[Read More…]
Masterful Masters Quarter-final Preview
The first round of the 2013 Masters came to a conclusion last night with another belter of a game to add to what was already a memorable opening few days. The best was saved until last as Mark Selby left it late once again by staging a trademark comeback victory[Read More…]
A Damn Good Thrashing
There were a lot of close matches in the opening rounds of the Shanghai Masters but that certainly wasn’t the order of day four as the last 16 was played out in China. A rare hat-trick of whitewashes were bandied out to unfortunate opponents while only one of the eight[Read More…]
Qualifier Higginson Upsets Lee
Andrew Higginson continued the streak of shock results in this year’s 2012 World Championship with a 10-6 victory over in-form Stephen Lee. Lee had come into this event having reached the semi-finals or better in four of the last five ranking tournaments – reaching the final in the World Open[Read More…]