Anthony McGill has won the Indian Open after beating Kyren Wilson 5-2 in the final in Hyderabad – his first ranking event success. In a battle of two of the sport’s best young emerging stars, the Scot took control of the contest after the scores were tied at 2-2, reeling[Read More…]
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Maguire Denies Advani in India
Stephen Maguire withstood a spirited fight back from Pankaj Advani to deny the home favourite in the Indian Open second round on Thursday. Advani had fought back from 3-1 down to force a decider in front of a large partisan crowd, before disappointingly losing a dramatic final frame to the[Read More…]
Williams Through Despite Sickness
The first round of the Indian Open was completed on Wednesday with most of the big seeds going through in Hyderabad. The notable exception was 2015 runner-up Ricky Walden, the fourth seed going down 4-1 to Nigel Bond, while Ryan Day also suffered at the hands of the much-improved John[Read More…]
Indian Open Begins Under Darkness
The Indian Open began on Tuesday under rather farcical circumstances in Hyderabad. First, there was a power cut during the keenly contested match between Joe Swail and Jimmy White with the latter needing just three more pots to secure victory. In addition, there were technical problems with the much-hyped Eurosport[Read More…]
Players Set for Indian Open
The Indian Open gets under way on Tuesday as the stagnated start to this campaign stutters along. The qualifiers plus six local wildcards head to Hyderabad for the third edition of the Indian Open. The event wasn’t scheduled last season following victories for Ding Junhui and Michael White in the two previous[Read More…]
Whirlwind Wins First Match in Almost a Year
Jimmy White won hist first ranking event match since the start of last August after beating Ali Carter 4-1 on Monday. In doing so, the ten times ranking event champion qualified for the Indian Open in July, where he’ll face fellow veteran Joe Swail. White won only one match in[Read More…]
Indian Open Qualifiers Gets New Season Under Way
The 2016/17 campaign got well under way at the weekend with the beginning of the Indian Open qualifiers at the Guild Hall. 128 players descended on Preston in an attempt to win the one match necessary to reach the venue stages of the returning ranking event. Indeed, there are three[Read More…]
Winner White Wows India
Michael White has won his maiden ranking event title after whitewashing Ricky Walden in the final of the Indian Open in Mumbai. The 23 year-old Welshman was in superb form as he seized the opportunity in his first final with breaks of 81, 77, 58 and 85. International Championship winner[Read More…]
Indian Open Final Day
Mark Williams, Ricky Walden, Michael White and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh all gun for the Indian Open title on Saturday in Mumbai. The quartet emerged from their last 16 and quarter-final bouts on Friday to reach the final day’s action at the Grand Hyatt. With £50,000 up for grabs for the winner,[Read More…]
Seeds Surge in Mumbai
Ricky Walden ended the hopes of a nation as he knocked out home favourite Aditya Mehta out of the Indian Open on Thursday. The International Championship winner withstood a spirited comeback from the 2013 runner-up, who won two frames from 3-0 down but couldn’t force a decider as Walden advanced[Read More…]