Several of the top players flexed their muscles on Monday as the UK Championship begins to heat up nicely. Four former champions booked their place in the last 16 and they were joined by a trio of other ranking event winners. The match of the day featured Liang Wenbo and[Read More…]
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Allen On Course for Hat-Trick
Ding Junhui has been the man of the last couple of months after completing a rare trio of successive ranking event titles. However, Mark Allen is now only four matches away from completing a hat-trick of his own in the minor ranking event European Tour series. The Northern Irishman won[Read More…]
Ding’s Dominance Continues
Ding Junhui remains on course for a rare hat-trick of ranking event titles after he came through a tough test with Peter Ebdon to reach the semi-finals of the International Championship. The Chinese sensation had already become the clear favourite to collect the trophy in Chengdu after the defeats of[Read More…]
Robertson Out as Ding Remains on Course for Hat-Trick
The International Championship has reached the quarter-final stage and it is safe to say that not many would have predicted the final eight line-up at the start of the week. A succession of big-hitters had already been accounted for prior to today’s last 16 encounters – world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan,[Read More…]
Perry Becomes Wildcard Victim
In light of the news that Stephen Lee was found guilty of match fixing, it may have slipped some people’s minds that there’s actually a pretty big tournament in progress. The Shanghai Masters enters its second day today with the opening day being overshadowed with the revelation of the hearing[Read More…]
Doherty and Murphy Out for Six
Ken Doherty and Robert Murphy were knocked out of the 6-Red World Championship in Bangkok yesterday – ending any Irish involvement in the event. Doherty was destroyed in a whitewash defeat to home contender Noppon Saengkham in the last 32. While his countryman Murphy, an seasoned amateur on the Irish[Read More…]
Selby Safely Through in Oz
Mark Selby is into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after outclassing Zhang Anda 5-1 in Bendigo. The UK and Masters champion produced an excellent display to easily overcome his Chinese opponent. The 30 year-old raced into a 4-0 lead at the interval thanks to breaks 69, 71, 76 and 90. [Read More…]
Selby’s Comeback Burns
Mark Selby came from 3-0 down to overcome Ian Burns 5-4 in a low-quality affair at the Australian Open in Bendigo. In a match that lasted more than four hours, Selby looked to be heading for a second opening round exit in succession when Burns, in the last 32 of[Read More…]
Perry Pips Hawkins for Pink Ribbon
Joe Perry came from 3-1 behind to continue his good early season form by beating Barry Hawkins 4-3 in the final of the annual Pink Ribbon at the Capital Venue in Gloucester yesterday. The Englishmen put on a good show, sharing sevens breaks of 45 or more between them –[Read More…]
A Damn Good Thrashing
There were a lot of close matches in the opening rounds of the Shanghai Masters but that certainly wasn’t the order of day four as the last 16 was played out in China. A rare hat-trick of whitewashes were bandied out to unfortunate opponents while only one of the eight[Read More…]