Ken Doherty survived a scare before seeing off 10-time ladies world champion Reanne Evans 10-8 in the opening qualifying round for the World Championship on Thursday. The 1997 Crucible champion began nervously and found himself trailing 3-1 at the first mid-session interval as Evans took advantage of her big opportunity[Read More…]
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Morris Moves into Round Two
David Morris is into the second round of the 2014 UK Championship after a battling 6-4 victory over Li Hang in York. The Kilkenny cueist, who reached the last 16 at the Barbican this time last year, was pushed almost all the way by his Chinese opponent but eventually pulled[Read More…]
Mehta Wins World Games Gold
India’s Aditya Mehta comfortably beat Liang Wenbo of China 3-0 in the men’s snooker gold medal winning match at the World Games in Colombia. The 27 year-old put the disappointment of losing in the semi-finals of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games behind him by storming to the victory[Read More…]
ReJoyce for Morris
David Morris has won his second match in the World Championship qualifiers after a 10-4 rout of England’s Mark Joyce. The Irishman enjoyed a relatively easy time of it against teenager Kacper Filipiak in the previous round – losing only two frames – and dropped just twice as many in[Read More…]
Figueiredo for Brazil
The first round of the Brazilian Masters was completed yesterday as four ranking event winners made their way into the last eight. Former world number one Stephen Hendry once again showed signs of good form in his 4-1 victory over local wildcard Noel Rodrigues – seeing the Brazilian off 4-1.[Read More…]
Brazil Masters
The first ever professional snooker tournament in South America will be held this week as the 2011 Brazil Masters – also known as the Brazilian Masters – commences on Thursday. Thirteen of the world’s best in the sport will be joined by Brazilian professional Igor Figueiredo and two amateur countrymen as wildcards.[Read More…]