The fifth European Players Tour Championship event of the season got under way today in Ravenscaig as professional snooker makes a welcome return to Scotland. It has been more than two years since the last tournament was staged in a land that has produced multiple world champions – most notably[Read More…]
Tag: John Higgins
Maximum Drama in York
Mark Davis beat John Higgins 6-5 in a thrilling contest that saw the Scot make a 147 break but miss what was effectively match ball pink in the decider at the UK Championship in York. The last 16 encounter had everything in what proved to be the match of the[Read More…]
Trump Tames Higgins
Judd Trump finally put an end to a dismal record against John Higgins by beating the Scotsman to claim the inaugural Victoria Bulgarian Open in Sofia. The International Championship winner had lost to Higgins in two recent finals – the Shanghai Masters and Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup – as well[Read More…]
Liang Denies Doherty
There was a distinctly international flavour in the Bulgarian Open today as three Englishman, two Chinese, two Scotsmen and an Australian made it through to the last 16 in Sofia tomorrow. With the increasing prospect of the Grand Finals returning to Galway next march, Ken Doherty was hoping to solidify[Read More…]
Higgins Foils Trump Again
John Higgins beat Judd Trump 4-2 to claim the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup at the South West Snooker Academy tonight in Gloucester. The fourth Players Tour Championship event in the United Kingdom this season ended with two of the world’s best players going head to head once again in what[Read More…]
Higgins Falls Flat in China
John Higgins put in a poor performance as he went down 6-3 to China’s Cao Yupeng in the last 32 of the International Championship today. As if to underline the content of my article on repeating champions and consistency from last week, Shanghai Masters champion Higgins could not rediscover the[Read More…]
Bingo Hits the Jackpot
Stuart Bingham enjoyed one of the nights of his career as he won two matches in the Premier League 6-0. Not only did he win a thousand pounds for each of his frames but an extra grand for four complimentary centuries ensured that the Englishman ended the evening with an[Read More…]
Consistently Consistent
In the 1980s Steve Davis dominated snooker and won the majority of the titles each season. The very same, even more so perhaps, could be said about Stephen Hendry’s dominance in the following decade – particularly the first half of it. With the emergence of Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins and[Read More…]
PL Wins for Ding and Higgins
Ding Junhui and John Higgins both moved a step closer to the semi-finals of the Premier League with respective 4-2 victories over Mark Selby and Stephen Lee in Great Malvern. As the tournament begins to edge toward the business end of the season, every victory and every frame won could[Read More…]
The Wizard Ends Dry Spell
It was a significantly good day to be nicknamed ‘The Wizard’ on Sunday. As the clock approached midnight, Simon Whitlock finally added a maiden major darts title to a trophy cabinet that many were becoming worried would end barren and neglected. Whitlock comfortably beat Wes Newton in the final of[Read More…]