We’re back discussing this conversation again! For several years the answer to the question of the best player to have never won a ranking event always seemed like a no-brainer. However, in recent times the debate has been thrown on its head with numerous first-time champions on the tour –[Read More…]
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Lukas Kleckers Stuns Neil Robertson
Rookie Lukas Kleckers produced a gutsy performance to beat defending champion Neil Robertson in the last 64 of the Riga Masters on Friday. The German was playing in only his second match as a professional and the upset represents his first victory since he got upgraded from an amateur after[Read More…]
Judd Trump and Marco Fu Start Season Strongly
Judd Trump and Marco Fu comfortably qualified for the China Championship on a good day for the higher ranked players in Preston on Monday. Both seeds were playing their first match of the new campaign after opting out of the Riga Masters, thus missing last week’s initial qualifying stage at[Read More…]
Luca Brecel Latvia Bound
Qualifying for the Riga Masters concluded on Friday with defeats for three of the marquee names at the Guild Hall in Preston. Post holiday levels of rust were expected prior to the opening tussles of the new season, but somewhat surprisingly there weren’t too many upsets of note over the[Read More…]
UK Championship: Quarter-Final Preview
Eight players remain in the hunt for the 2016 UK Championship in York this week. The favourite is still undoubtedly Ronnie O’Sullivan but there are plenty of other names left in the draw well capable of preventing the ‘Rocket’ from capturing a sixth UK crown. Four of the other seven[Read More…]
Fergal O’Brien Fires Record Five Centuries
The second round of the UK Championship began with a bang at the Barbican Centre in York on Saturday. World champion Mark Selby survived a major scare in overcoming Daniel Wells 6-4 but Stuart Bingham, the world number two, wasn’t so lucky as he fell by the same scoreline to[Read More…]
Irish Start Well in Belfast
Josh Boileau earned his second win of the season with a hard-fought and nervy victory over Mike Dunn at the Northern Ireland Open on Monday. The Kildare cueist had only one other victory to his name in what is his rookie campaign on the Main Tour – a 4-2 victory[Read More…]
Luca Brecel into 6 Red World Championship Quarters Amid Some Controversy
Luca Brecel is into the last eight of the 6 Red World Championship after winning both of his knockout round encounters on Thursday in Thailand. The Belgian beat Ivan Kakovsky in the last 32 before a 6-5 victory over former champion Ricky Walden – when the tournament was under a[Read More…]
Mark Selby Earned Half a Million Last Season
Mark Selby was snooker’s highest earner during the 2015/16 season, winning £510,909 in prize money. On a list which takes into account money earned in every sanctioned tournament (not just ranking events) as well as high break prizes and 147 bonuses, world number one Selby was the only player to[Read More…]
Doherty Through but O’Brien Loses
Only Ken Doherty remains in the hunt for a place in the World Championship draw from an Irish respective at the qualifiers in Ponds Forge. The 1997 world champion held off a spirited fight back from talented Iranian Hossein Vafaei Ayouri to prevail 10-7 and go to within one victory[Read More…]