World no.1 Mark Selby followed defending champion Ding Junhui out of the International Championship before even reaching Chengdu after a spectacular defeat to Oliver Lines at the Metrodome yesterday. Ireland’s David Morris had no such problems, though, as he eased past John Astley with a 6-4 scoreline. While the opening[Read More…]
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White Wins at Metrodome
Jimmy White won his first ranking event match since the China Open in April after a dramatic 6-5 victory over Alex Davies at the Metrodome in Barnsley. Coming from 4-2 and 5-4 down, the ‘Wind’ fought gallantly and just about squeezed past his fellow Englishman in a frenetic final frame[Read More…]
Ding’s Defence of International Over
Ding Junhui has been sent crashing from the International Championship after a 6-5 defeat to fellow Chinese player Wang Zepeng in Barnsley. The qualifying round to get back to Chengdu had been expected to be a formality for Ding, who was coming up against an amateur countryman. But just to[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…]
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…]