After a busy opening few days, the field at the Scottish Open has been whittled down to a final eight in Glasgow. The standout tie is undoubtedly the encounter between two of the sport’s most successful competitors – Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins. The pair rose through the ranks together[Read More…]
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Whirlwind and Rocket to Battle Again
Jimmy White and Ronnie O’Sullivan will meet each other for the second time in as many months after recording comfortable second round victories in the Scottish Open on Wednesday. White continued his resurgence in form this season with a resounding 4-0 defeat of Ryan Day in Glasgow that featured breaks of[Read More…]
Stuart Bingham Beaten in Scotland
Stuart Bingham became the highest big name casualty as the new Scottish Open got under way on Monday. The world no.2 knocked in a brace of centuries, the latter a 116, to force a decider with Mark Joyce but lost a close final frame to his fellow Englishman to bow[Read More…]
Scottish Open Preview
The third leg of the inaugural Home Nations series takes place this week with the Scottish Open in Glasgow. It marks the first time since 2010 that a ranking event will be staged in Scotland, and the tournament follows the previously contested English and Northern Ireland Opens. Liang Wenbo and[Read More…]
UK Championship: Quarter-Final Preview
Eight players remain in the hunt for the 2016 UK Championship in York this week. The favourite is still undoubtedly Ronnie O’Sullivan but there are plenty of other names left in the draw well capable of preventing the ‘Rocket’ from capturing a sixth UK crown. Four of the other seven[Read More…]
Selby, Higgins and O’Sullivan Cruise into Last 16
It was an easy day at the office for three of the UK Championship’s favourites for its title on Monday in York. Ronnie O’Sullivan lost his first frame of the tournament but then reeled off another six in a row to record a 6-1 drubbing over Michael Georgiou. The former champion[Read More…]
Fergal O’Brien Fires Record Five Centuries
The second round of the UK Championship began with a bang at the Barbican Centre in York on Saturday. World champion Mark Selby survived a major scare in overcoming Daniel Wells 6-4 but Stuart Bingham, the world number two, wasn’t so lucky as he fell by the same scoreline to[Read More…]
UK Championship: Second Round Preview
Live coverage of the UK Championship gets under way on the BBC and Eurosport on Saturday with the second round in York. An initial field of 128 competitors has already been whittled down to 64 with defending champion Neil Robertson on his way home after a shock 6-3 loss to[Read More…]
Praying Ronnie O’Sullivan Wins in Style
Ronnie O’Sullivan took to Twitter before and after his first round match at the UK Championship, where he destroyed Boonyarit Kaettikun 6-0 in York. It had been a while since headlines about O’Sullivan’s regular hints of retirement had surfaced but his odd musings on social media on Wednesday had some[Read More…]
UK Championship Preview
The Northern Ireland Open isn’t even 24 hours old but thoughts already turn to the next ranking event, the Betway UK Championship, which starts on Tuesday in York. Once again, 128 players descend on the Barbican Centre to contest one of the most prestigious tournaments on the calendar each season.[Read More…]