Andrew Higginson claimed the first title of his professional career with an excellent 4-1 triumph over world champion John Higgins in the final of the fifth Players Tour Championship event of the season in Sheffield. The Englishman was the clear underdog before the encounter but controlled proceedings with a confident[Read More…]
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PTC 5 The fifth Players Tour Championship event of the season gets under way today in Sheffield. Two days of amateur qualifying rounds precedes the first round proper but, after a quartet of tournaments already this campaign, we are beginning to get to know a lot more of the amateur[Read More…]
Solid Start for O’Brien
Fergal O’Brien eased into the first round proper of the 2011 Shanghai Masters following a convincing 5-1 victory over Iran’s Hossein Vafaei in the wildcard round. The Irishman has been enjoying a resurgence in form recently having made solid progress in three of the four Players Tour Championship events held[Read More…]
Shanghai for O’Brien
Fergal O’Brien knocked out former Shanghai Masters champion Ricky Walden yesterday to reach the venue stage of the 2011 event with a 5-1 win. The Irishman looked assured throughout and his hopes of emulating countryman Ken Doherty’s run to the semi-finals of the recent Australian Open increase. Doherty, though, failed[Read More…]
O’Brien Surges Closer to Shanghai
Fergal O’Brien enjoyed a comfortable 5-2 victory over youngster Michael White to advance to the final qualifying round for the upcoming Shanghai Masters. O’Brien failed to make the opening ranking event of the season in Australia but will be hoping to go one better tomorrow when he faces former Shanghai[Read More…]
End of Road for Morris and Hogan
Irishmen David Morris and David Hogan exited the Shanghai Masters at the second round of qualifying at The Academy in Sheffield. Hogan must have thought that his luck was in this week when he progressed from his preliminary round over Lucky Vatnani and then his first qualifying round encounter with[Read More…]
Ones to Watch: Jack Lisowski
With the 2011/2012 season only a matter of weeks away, I will dedicate some time to those who I think are worth looking out for in the upcoming campaign. Much has been heralded in the last few months about rising star Judd Trump but one of Trump’s best friends on[Read More…]