Ryan Day, Kyren Wilson, and Ricky Walden all produced terrific comebacks on the opening day of the International Championship on Sunday. The trio highlighted the beauty of the longer encounters, with the format for this lucrative ranking event in China increased to the best of eleven frames. Riga Masters champion[Read More…]
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Ronnie O’Sullivan Runs Away With English Open Success
Ronnie O’Sullivan has won the English Open after an impressive 9-2 victory over Kyren Wilson at the Barnsley Metrodome on Sunday. By lifting the Steve Davis Trophy in front of a big crowd on home soil, O’Sullivan collects his 29th ranking event title – taking him above the six-time world[Read More…]
English Open Final: Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Kyren Wilson
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Kyren Wilson will contest the final of the English Open after emerging from tough semi-final encounters on Saturday in Barnsley. O’Sullivan withstood a spirited comeback from Anthony McGill to eventually prevail 6-4 against the Scotsman, while earlier in the day Wilson reeled off the last four frames[Read More…]
English Open: Semi-Final Preview
Four remain in the hunt for the English Open title as the first Home Nations event of the season reaches the business end of proceedings in Barnsley. An interesting quartet is left battling it out for glory at the Metrodom, with one proven star of the sport attempting to hold[Read More…]
English Open: Quarter-Final Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the senior statesman as he heads a distinctly young English Open quarter-final line-up in Barnsley. There have been signs over the past year or so that a changing of the guard is potentially imminent, highlighted by several new ranking event champions and the emergence of many new[Read More…]
Rejigged Shanghai Masters Commences with Qualifying
The Shanghai Masters made its return on Wednesday as the qualifiers for the newly scheduled event began in Wigan. There had been a certain degree of shock and dismay earlier in the campaign when the powers announced that the World Open would take place during the Shanghai Masters’ familiar spot[Read More…]
Dominant Ding Junhui Wins World Open
Ding Junhui has won the 2017 World Open after a comfortable 10-3 victory over Kyren Wilson on Sunday in China. The 30 year-old dominated the contest to capture his 13th ranking event crown as he moves up to second in the world rankings list behind Mark Selby. It was a[Read More…]
World Open Final: Ding Junhui vs Kyren Wilson
The final of the 2017 World Open will be contested between Ding Junhui and Kyren Wilson after both emerged from tight semi-final encounters on Saturday in Yushan. Wilson just about got the better of twice former champion Mark Allen in a dramatic clash that went the distance. Ding, meanwhile, delighted[Read More…]
World Open: Semi-Final Preview
The final four contenders remain in the hunt for World Open glory this weekend as the tournament enters the single table set-up on Saturday. There was a lengthy sequence over the course of the last couple of seasons that saw all ranking event semi-finals feature at least one player aged[Read More…]
World Open: Quarter-Final Preview
David Gilbert produced a terrific display to beat John Higgins 5-2 and reach the quarter-finals of the World Open in China. It marked the first time the Englishman had beaten Higgins in a tournament carrying ranking points after four previous failed attempts against the world number two. With breaks of[Read More…]