The qualifying round for the inaugural Indian Open was staged over the last couple of days at the Doncaster Dome in England. 128 players were whittled down to 64 as two intense days of action took place ahead of the first staging of a professional event in India next October.[Read More…]
Tag: Ken Doherty
Irish Out of Shanghai
It was a bad day for the Irish contingent as all three went out in the final round of qualifying for the Shanghai Masters. David Morris, who had superbly come through three rounds already to get to this stage, ran out of steam as he succumbed to a whitewash defeat[Read More…]
White Shocks Walden in Wuxi
Jimmy White produced a competent performance to pull off his best television victory in years at the Wuxi Classic in China. The Whirlwind was always in control against defending champion Ricky Walden and eventually completed an impressive 5-2 triumph to march into the last 32. The 51 year-old recorded four[Read More…]
Dubliners Double Up Early Season
Dubliners Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien comfortably qualified for the Australian Open yesterday – making it successive events the pair have reached early this season. Last week, the veteran duo, who have long flown the tricolour flag, won the solitary match necessary to make the venue stage of the Wuxi[Read More…]
Who’s Going to Australia?
The final qualifying round for the Australian Open takes place later today as 16 players seek to book their trip to Bendigo next month. For many reasons, the Australian Open hasn’t really captured the imagination of most of the top competitors. One reason for this is the low prize fund[Read More…]
Irish Trio Wuxi Bound
All three Irishmen on the Main Tour will be making the trip to China for the Wuxi Classic after respective victories for Ken Doherty, Fergal O’Brien and David Morris in Gloucester. Despite some good performances from the veteran Dublin duo of Doherty and O’Brien, last season will go down as[Read More…]
And We’re Back…
But did we ever really go away? The World Championship ended just three weeks ago and in the meantime there was the highly competitive Q-School that saw a dozen newcomers join the Main Tour. On Monday, the 2013/14 campaign officially got under way with the first day of Wuxi Classic[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: Top 10 Crucible Memories
By Fin Ruane As this year’s eagerly awaited World Snooker Championship nears we look forward to the seventeen day snooker jamboree in Sheffield with bated breath. Questions such as “how will Ronnie play and can he win a fifth world title?”, can Mark Selby win and complete the ‘triple crown’[Read More…]
The Final Round
In football, it’s gracing the field of a World Cup stadium. In tennis, it’s donning the all-white colours on the luscious green grass of SW19 at Wimbledon. In golf, as is the case this very weekend, it’s performing inside the beautiful surroundings of Augusta National at the Masters. In snooker,[Read More…]
China Open Preview
The penultimate world ranking event of the 2012/13 season gets under way today with the China Open in Beijing. Peter Ebdon is the defending champion after a heroic effort saw him pip Stephen Maguire in last year’s final 10-9. The encounter started off under dour circumstances with only six of[Read More…]