Three top 16 players feature in the last four of the Six Red World Championship with outsider Akani Songsermsawad hoping to upset the odds and lift the title on home soil in Thailand. The popular 22 year-old, known as Sunny Akani, prevailed in both of his opening knockout phase fixtures[Read More…]
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Former Champions Find Form in Six Red World Championship
Former champion Stephen Maguire became one of the first players to guarantee their spots in the knockout stages of the 2018 Six Red World Championship after a second round-robin victory on Tuesday in Bangkok. The Scot, who lifted the title four years ago when he edged Ricky Walden in a[Read More…]
Kyren Wilson Wins Paul Hunter Classic
Kyren Wilson fought back from behind to capture his second ranking title with a 4-2 victory over Peter Ebdon in the final of the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic on Sunday. The Kettering cueist ended a three-year wait for a piece of silverware to add to his maiden triumph in the[Read More…]
Kyren Wilson and Jack Lisowski Advance in Paul Hunter Classic
Kyren Wilson and Jack Lisowski moved through the early rounds of the Paul Hunter Classic as the last 16 line-up was completed on Saturday in Germany. The English pair had been among the favourites to challenge for glory this weekend in Furth after the majority of the marquee names in[Read More…]
Mark Selby beats Jimmy White in Qualifiers
Mark Selby reached the main stages of the China Championship after a 5-2 triumph over Jimmy White at the Preston Guild Hall on Monday. The pair traded the opening four frames to leave the scores tied at the mid-session interval but a 118 from Selby upon the resumption of play[Read More…]
Riga Masters Quarter-Finals Preview
Former Riga Masters champion Neil Robertson heads an interesting last eight line-up that will fight it out for the 2018 edition on the final day of action in Latvia on Sunday. The Australian, the winner two years ago in the Eastern European capital city, was in trademark high-scoring form as[Read More…]
Mark Allen in Rapid Riga Qualification
The Riga Masters qualifiers continued at the Preston Guild Hall on Wednesday with Mark Allen, Kyren Wilson, and Anthony McGill all progressing to the main stages. Masters champion Allen, with an average shot time of less than 15 seconds, won an entertaining contest with Daniel Wells 4-2 while Wilson, the[Read More…]
Both Semi-Finals Delicately Poised
John Higgins and Barry Hawkins boast narrow advantages heading into the final day of the semi-finals in the 2018 World Snooker Championship. Four-time champion Higgins upped his game in the third session to withstand the improved challenge from Kyren Wilson and maintain the same two-frame cushion that he held after[Read More…]
World Snooker Championship Semi-Final Preview
When eight becomes four and two becomes one as the World Snooker Championship semi-final stage is embarked upon at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. A quartet of contenders will battle it out for glory over the next few days under the single table set-up, when the venue truly comes into[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Nears Defeat in World Championship
Barry Hawkins produced an assured performance to move to within the brink of a place in the World Snooker Championship semi-finals after dominating the opening two sessions against Ding Junhui in Sheffield. Ding had been instilled as the tournament favourite after the early exits of both Mark Selby and Ronnie O’Sullivan[Read More…]