Snooker returns to our television screens after the Christmas break with the start of the 2015 Dafabet Masters at the Alexandra Palace on Sunday. The top 16 players in the world go head-to-head in the famous straight knockout invitation event, with a tasty £200,000 on offer for next week’s champion.[Read More…]
Tag: Judd Trump
Selt Smells Success in Championship League
Matthew Selt won Group 2 of the 2015 Championship League after beating Judd Trump 3-2 in the final at Crondon Park on Thursday. The Englishman continued his good form of late to book his place in next month’s Winners’ Group, where the overall champion will earn an invitation into the[Read More…]
Hawkins Hits 147 and Wins Championship League Group 1
Barry Hawkins was the first player to qualify for the 2015 Championship League Winners’ Group after emerging victorious from Group 1 on Tuesday. The Englishman reached the semi-finals after finishing third following the round-robin stage, having registered four victories from his opening six encounters. Hawkins then saw off the top[Read More…]
2015 Championship League Starts Monday
The Championship League returns to Crondon Park on Monday with the first and second groups of the season taking place next week. Defending champion Judd Trump and 2012 winner Marco Fu are both in Group 1, alongside 2011 runner-up Shaun Murphy and four further ranking event champions in Neil Robertson,[Read More…]
Maguire Denies Morris; O’Sullivan Record on Hold
David Morris came close to what would have been another big victory over a top 16 player before just falling short in a 5-4 defeat to Scotland’s Stephen Maguire in the German Masters qualifying. Last week’s Lisbon Open champion appeared to be in relative control when breaks of 65 and[Read More…]
Walden and Dott Dumped out German Masters
Ricky Walden and Graeme Dott were two big-name casualties as the German Masters qualifiers got under way in Wigan yesterday. The final piece of action on the Main Tour in 2014 sees the 128-strong field whittled down to the last 32 who will be on the flight to Berlin in[Read More…]
Woollaston Makes 147 but Undone by Ebdon
Ben Woollaston compiled the 110th competitive 147 in snooker yesterday but failed to reach the last 16 of the inaugural Lisbon Open in Portugal. The Englishman constructed the perfect break in the third frame of his 4-0 victory over amateur Joe Steele before being knocked out by Peter Ebdon in[Read More…]
Lisbon the Port of Call
Portugal will become the 11th country to host a European Tour event when the Lisbon Open gets under way on Thursday. It marks another major step into unknown territory as the sport’s efforts to become more global continue. Continental Europe has already seen successful satellite minor-ranking tournaments staged in the[Read More…]
Ronnie Tastes UK Glory Again
Ronnie O’Sullivan won his fifth United Kingdom Championship, 21 years after his first, in a thrilling final with Judd Trump at the Barbican Centre in York on Sunday. The 39 year-old survived a spirited comeback from his young challenger to deny the 2011 champion in a classic encounter 10-9. O’Sullivan[Read More…]
The Masters Draw
The draw for the 2015 Masters invitation tournament at the Alexandra Palace was made today during the mid-session interval of the UK Championship final between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump. The ‘Rocket’ leads his fellow Englishman 3-1 early doors in the best-of-19 frame final but focus will soon turn to[Read More…]