David Morris is through to the last 32 of the Indian Open after a convincing 4-0 win over David Gilbert on Wednesday. Defending champion Ding Junhui is out, though, after suffering yet another early exit in a ranking event – this time at the hands of Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. Irishman Morris[Read More…]
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Trump and Williams Through in Indian Open
Former world champions Mark Williams and Peter Ebdon moved into the last 32 of the Indian Open after a pair of 4-2 victories on Tuesday. England’s Judd Trump joined them in the second round after recording the same scoreline in his win over Peter Lines in Mumbai, but may be[Read More…]
Indian Open Preview
The Indian Open gets under way in Mumbai on Tuesday. The eighth ranking event of the campaign comes with just over a month until the season-ending World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield. With the bigger names, including Mark Selby, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson, not making the trip to[Read More…]
Irish Trio into India
Ken Doherty, Fergal O’Brien and David Morris all qualified for the Indian Open after winning the one match necessary in Barnsley. Doherty needed all seven frames to overcome Sanderson Lam 4-3 while fellow veteran Dubliner O’Brien had a much easier time of it in his whitewash win over William Lemons.[Read More…]
Monday Start for International Championship Qualifier
After yet another week without any snooker on our screens, the International Championship qualifiers – or first round if you will – gets under way on Monday in Barnsley. The postponement of the Indian Open until March of next year meant that the scheduled qualifiers for that event was moved[Read More…]
Indian Open Postponed Until March
This season’s Indian Open world ranking event in Mumbai has been postponed, with the original dates of 13-17 October 2014 changed to 10-14 March 2015. World Snooker has been advised by the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India to change the dates of the tournament. This follows the recent calling[Read More…]
September’s Snooker Starts with 6-Reds
Following the decision to remove one of the Asian Tour events from the calendar, the month of August ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Mark Allen’s victory in the Paul Hunter Classic last week seems like a long time ago and it feels like the start of the[Read More…]