A strong field at the Paul Hunter Classic will contest the last 16 in Furth on Sunday. World champion Mark Selby, defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, Neil Robertson and Judd Trump are all still in with a chance of claiming the coveted European Tour event title. While these satellite minor ranking[Read More…]
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Riga Open Marks Snooker’s Return
The first European Tour event of the 2014/15 campaign gets under way tomorrow as the Players Championship series welcomes Latvia as a destination for the first time. Capital city Riga will play host as snooker welcomes its newest addition to its growing family as the sport continues its long-term ambition[Read More…]
Stinted Season Opener Damaging to Snooker
The Australian Goldfields Open ended on Sunday and thus concluded the unusual entrée to the new season. There was less than three weeks of a break in between the climax of the 2013/14 campaign, in which Mark Selby captured his maiden World Championship crown in Sheffield, and the opening segment[Read More…]
Trump Denies Robertson in Australia
Judd Trump has won the 2014 Australian Goldfields Open after a 9-5 victory over Neil Robertson in Bendigo. It marks the Englishman’s first ranking event title success since he captured the International Championship, where he also overcame Robertson in the final, almost two years ago. It was an unexpected[Read More…]
Australian Open Final Preview
Neil Robertson and Judd Trump will contest the Australian Goldfields Open final after emerging from their last four clashes unscathed in Bendigo. Trump’s prolific scoring power proved too much for challenger Xiao Guodong as he compiled big breaks of 114, 101, 94, 69 and two 67s en route to a[Read More…]
Four Left in Australia
Neil Robertson continued his quest on Thursday to capture glory in his home event, the Australian Open in Bendigo. The 32 year-old was in a tough encounter with Englishman Robert Milkins in his quarter-final bout today when the scores were locked at 2-2 at the interval. Yet, Robbo was able[Read More…]
Rampant Robertson Destroys Jones
Neil Robertson continued his fine start to the season as he easily dismantled the challenge of Jamie Jones to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo. Robertson has already begun the campaign in the same fashion as he did this time last year by capturing the opening[Read More…]
Robertson and Trump Through
The first round of the Australian Goldfields Open was completed today as Neil Robertson, Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy all booked their last 16 places in Bendigo. Home favourite Robertson is looking to go one better than his run to the final here last year and should be full of[Read More…]
Robertson Compiles Century of Centuries
Neil Robertson has become the first player to compile 100 century breaks in a single season. The world no.1 has been riding a wave on intense break building ability for the entire campaign – obliterating the previous record in the process. When Judd Trump made 61 tons during the 2012/13[Read More…]
O’Sullivan and Selby Surge into Semis
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby have booked their places in the semi-finals of the 2014 World Championship after dominating victories in their respective quarter-final ties at the Crucible. Having come through a tough test with Joe Perry 13-11 in the last 16, O’Sullivan was expected to be handed an equally[Read More…]