Former world champion Ken Doherty took advantage of a depleted field in the Gibraltar Open to reach the fourth round on Friday at the Victoria Stadium. The Gibraltar Open, in its final year of a three-year contract, already lacked the financial pull to attract most of the sport’s top stars[Read More…]
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Ronnie O’Sullivan Coasts Through Shanghai Masters Qualifier
Ronnie O’Sullivan scored his second successive whitewash win in qualifying after a 5-0 schooling of Christopher Keogan on Friday. The 41 year-old made it a Chinese double, reaching the main event of the Shanghai Masters after last week inflicting a heavy 6-0 defeat on Gerard Greene to similarly make the[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy Makes Light Work of International Qualifiers
A dramatic third day of action in the International Championship qualifiers saw four matches go the distance at the Preston Guild Hall on Thursday. Fifth seed Shaun Murphy wasn’t among that quartet, indeed the twice ranking event finalist from this campaign wasted little time as he routed Matthew Bolton 6-0.[Read More…]
Mark Selby Beaten by Lee Walker in China
Lee Walker deservedly beat Mark Selby as the last 64 of the World Open reached its conclusion on Tuesday in China. The Welshman took full advantage of the out-of-sorts world champion to seal a 5-2 victory and move into the second round in Yushan. Selby, who has struggled so far[Read More…]
Reanne Evans Rumbles Robin Hull in World Championship Qualifying
Reanne Evans caused a sensation by beating Robin Hull 10-8 in the first round of World Championship qualifying at Ponds Forge on Wednesday. The Englishwoman, a record 11-time women’s world champion, weathered an early barrage of heavy scoring from the Finn to fight back from 4-2 down and go within[Read More…]
Mixed Fortunes for Irish Duo
Ken Doherty survived a scare before seeing off 10-time ladies world champion Reanne Evans 10-8 in the opening qualifying round for the World Championship on Thursday. The 1997 Crucible champion began nervously and found himself trailing 3-1 at the first mid-session interval as Evans took advantage of her big opportunity[Read More…]
Iranian Lands IBSF World Championship
Teenager Hossein Vafaei Ayouri has won the 2011 IBSF World Championship following a dramatic 10-9 victory over Welshman Lee Walker in India. The International Billiards & Snooker Federation is the world governing body for all of non-professional snooker and this event has a long and illustrious history with the likes[Read More…]
Muldoon into Last 4 of Euros
Vincent Muldoon continued his excellent progress in the European Snooker Championship with two 5-2 victories ensuring his passage through to the semi-finals. The Galway potter, who studies and practices in NUI Maynooth, outplayed countryman Robert Murphy in the last 16 to put an end to his fellow Irishman’s quest for[Read More…]
McCrudden Falls in Last 32
Martin McCrudden was the first Irishman to be knocked out of the 2011 European Snooker Championship as he succumbed to a surprise defeat in the last 32 in Sofia. The 31 year-old had lost only one match and just seven frames in the group stages and was the 9th seed[Read More…]
Muldoon Still Undefeated in Euros
Two of the three Irish players have surrendered their 100% winning record in the round robin stage of European Snooker Championship but the trio remain well placed to qualify for the last 32 on Tuesday. Former three-time Irish National Senior champion Martin McCrudden lost his first match of the tournament[Read More…]
