Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins will meet for the third time in a month as the Shanghai Masters reaches the business end of proceedings in China. After a manic few days of snooker that has already accounted for the majority of the field, only four players remain in the hunt[Read More…]
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Shanghai Masters: Quarter-Final Preview
Blink and you’ll miss him. That’s usually emcee Rob Walker’s final build-up before introducing Ronnie O’Sullivan into the arena for an important match. Well, for the snooker at present it’s more a case of blink and you’ll miss it – such is the speed that we are hurtling through these[Read More…]
Yan Bingtao and Oliver Lines Leave Fans Shell-Shocked
Fan favourites Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ding Junhui both exited the International Championship in the last 64 on Monday in Daqing. The pair each fell to emerging young talents in the game, albeit under vastly different circumstances. While O’Sullivan didn’t have much to offer in response to a scintillating performance from 17 year-old[Read More…]
English Open: Quarter-Final Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the senior statesman as he heads a distinctly young English Open quarter-final line-up in Barnsley. There have been signs over the past year or so that a changing of the guard is potentially imminent, highlighted by several new ranking event champions and the emergence of many new[Read More…]
John Higgins Wins World Open Qualifier
John Higgins and Barry Hawkins qualified for the World Open in an exciting final day of action at the Guild Hall in Preston on Wednesday. Higgins and Hawkins weren’t troubled much, with the latter whitewashing David John 5-0 courtesy of runs of 129, 66, and 54. World number two Higgins[Read More…]
Luca Brecel Latvia Bound
Qualifying for the Riga Masters concluded on Friday with defeats for three of the marquee names at the Guild Hall in Preston. Post holiday levels of rust were expected prior to the opening tussles of the new season, but somewhat surprisingly there weren’t too many upsets of note over the[Read More…]
Jimmy White Loss Ends 37-Year Professional Career
Jack Lisowski beat Jimmy White 10-7 in the first round of World Championship qualifying to relegate the People’s Champion from the Main Tour on Friday. In a thrilling and dramatic contest which was played at a frantic pace, Lisowski pulled away from 7-7 to potentially put an end to the[Read More…]
Ryan Day Secures Players Championship Place in Gibraltar
Ryan Day edged Luca Brecel 4-3 to reach the fourth round of the Gibraltar Open, confirming his spot in the upcoming Players Championship in Llandudno. The Welshman, who also beat Phil O’Kane and Michael Holt on Friday, had been holding on to the 16th and final qualifying spot on the[Read More…]
Jones Ousts O’Brien in Barnsley
Fergal O’Brien was dumped out of the Shanghai Masters qualifiers following a 5-0 drubbing from Jamie Jones in Barnsley on Thursday. Jones dominated the Irishman from the outset, and rounded off the impressive victory with a 102 century break. His fellow Welshman Matthew Stevens joined him in the last round[Read More…]
Ken Doherty Suffers Another Early Loss
It was a mixed second day for Irish duo Fergal O’Brien and Ken Doherty after another busy round of qualifying for the Shanghai Masters in Barnsley. O’Brien managed a hard-fought 5-2 victory over Allan Taylor to reach the penultimate round but his fellow Dubliner lost the last two frames in[Read More…]