Luca Brecel produced a stunning comeback to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-4, advancing to the last four of the China Championship in Guangzhou. The Belgian looked out of it when he trailed the “Rocket” 4-1 but launched a sterling fight back that began with consecutive century breaks of 110 and 103.[Read More…]
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China Championship: Quarter-Final Preview
The China Championship is down to the last eight as the players prepare for the business end of proceedings in Guangzhou. Rather unusually, Sunday will see the quarter-finals being contested rather than the final showdown that is the norm in most snooker tournaments. Ronnie O’Sullivan remains the overwhelming favourite, although[Read More…]
World’s Top Six Out on Black Friday in Guangzhou
Day three in the China Championship began with 11 out of the top 16 ranked players, but only four remain after a session of carnage in Guangzhou. World champion Mark Selby had already bowed out in a deciding frame thriller to Zhou Yuelong in the afternoon session, but that was[Read More…]
Mixed First Day for Seeds in China Championship
Mark Selby, John Higgins, and Ding Junhui all won their held over qualifying round matches as the Evergrande China Championship got under in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Selby and Ding weren’t at their best, understandably a little rusty as they contested their first proper matches of the season, but still managed[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…]
Round-up of Shanghai Qualifiers
The second qualifying round was completed on Friday at the Shanghai Masters qualifiers in Barnsley. 48 players remain in the hunt to seal the 16 coveted trips to China next month. It was a good day for the home contingent as well, with four Chinese competitors making it through to[Read More…]
Walden and Dott Dumped out German Masters
Ricky Walden and Graeme Dott were two big-name casualties as the German Masters qualifiers got under way in Wigan yesterday. The final piece of action on the Main Tour in 2014 sees the 128-strong field whittled down to the last 32 who will be on the flight to Berlin in[Read More…]
Ronnie Up and Running in Chengdu
Pre-tournament favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan is into the last 32 of the International Championship after a come-from-behind victory over Ben Woollaston in Chengdu. The ‘Rocket’ started slowly and found himself 3-1 down at the mid-session interval but he fought back strongly to win the contest 6-4. After reducing the deficit to[Read More…]
Mighty Morris into Last 32
Ireland’s David Morris held off a stern challenge from Gary Wilson of England to progress to the last 32 of the Wuxi Classic in China yesterday. The Kilkenny cueist was never behind but needed the final pink in the decider to secure a tight 5-4 victory. With the help of[Read More…]
Bingham Bags Another Title
Stuart Bingham has added a third trophy in 18 months to his growing collection after coming from two down with three to play to edge China’s Li Hang in the final of the third Asian Players Tour Championship event. After more than a decade of failing to fulfil his potential[Read More…]