Ronnie O’Sullivan is the Champion of Champions for the third time after a rollercoaster 10-9 victory over Kyren Wilson in Sunday’s final in Coventry. The world number three, who previously won the title in 2013 and 2014 before finishing runner-up in both of the last two editions at the Ricoh[Read More…]
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Champion of Champions Final: Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Kyren Wilson
Kyren Wilson beat Mark Allen 6-5 in a thrilling match to set up a Champion of Champions title decider with Ronnie O’Sullivan in Coventry on Sunday. The Kettering cueist held off a late charge from Allen to book his place in the final at the Ricoh Arena for the first[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Final Four Preview
A high-quality Champion of Champions final four comprising Ronnie O’Sullivan, Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen, and Kyren Wilson will battle it out this weekend at the Ricoh Arena. There is £100,000 on offer for the player who can record a second pair of victories between now and Sunday to walk away[Read More…]
Classy Kyren Wilson into Coventry Semi-Finals
Kyren Wilson produced a scintillating display of scoring to hammer Judd Trump and become the third player to reach the Champion of Champions Coventry semi-finals at the Ricoh Arena. Earlier in the day, Wilson knocked out world champion Mark Williams with a controlled first round performance proving enough to get[Read More…]
Preview: International Championship
The players return to China this week for the third ranking event of the season in the country – the lucrative International Championship in Daqing, which starts on Sunday. The International Championship has become a permanent fixture on the calendar since its launch in 2012, when Judd Trump edged Neil[Read More…]
Luca Brecel Produces Comeback Win
Luca Brecel delighted his home supporters by fighting back from 3-0 down to beat Alan McManus 4-3 in the last 32 of the European Masters on Wednesday. But two-time defending champion Judd Trump crashed out of the competition in Lommel after a shock 4-2 defeat to Tian Pengfei. Trump had[Read More…]
September Snooker Player of the Month
For traditionalists, September is often seen as the month in which a snooker season really gets going in earnest. Despite the fact that the 2018/19 term had already been a few months old, there was a proper feel – particularly during the Shanghai Masters – that the campaign was gathering[Read More…]
China Championship Preview and Draw
The fourth ranking tournament of the 2018/19 season gets under way on Monday with the return of the China Championship in Guangzhou. Twelve months ago, Luca Brecel emerged victorious to land his maiden ranking success when he overcame Shaun Murphy 10-5 in the final, with the £150,000 helping him to establish[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Ends Kyren Wilson’s Streak
Ronnie O’Sullivan continued his defence of the Shanghai Masters with a 10-6 defeat of the in-form Kyren Wilson – in doing so advancing to Sunday’s final in China. The world number three won the tournament’s last staging as a ranking event ten months ago and is now one victory from[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Kyren Wilson into Final Four
Ronnie O’Sullivan will play the in-form Kyren Wilson in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters after both players emerged from contrasting quarter-final ties in China on Thursday. O’Sullivan, playing in his first tournament of the season, dusted off the cobwebs with an assured opening victory over Neil Robertson and looked[Read More…]