A new tournament gets under way today in Wales with the inaugural staging of the World Grand Prix. The invitation event features the top 32 players who have earned the most money since the 2014 World Championship. In short, it is a just reward for all those competitors who have[Read More…]
Tag: Luca Brecel
Gdynia Open Final Day
The final day of the Gdynia Open takes place today with the last 16 gunning for the title in Poland. Shaun Murphy is the defending champion and, following a walkover in the first round, won his two matches on Saturday to reach the fourth round. The Masters champion takes on[Read More…]
O’Brien Out of World Grand Prix Running
Fergal O’Brien failed in his bid to qualify for the World Grand Prix as he lost in the third round of the Gdynia Open in Poland on Friday. The Irishman is left agonisingly placed at 33rd in the one-year money list, with only the top 32 players gaining an invite[Read More…]
Who Will Be The Next First-Time Ranking Event Winner?
In reaching the final of the Welsh Open on Sunday, Ben Woollaston almost became the first first-time winner of a ranking event in almost three years. It resulted in a question posed on social media website Twitter yesterday – who will be the next? Ok snooker people,Who do u think will[Read More…]
Welsh Open Final: Higgins vs Woollaston Preview
The final of the 2015 BetVictor Welsh Open will be contested between John Higgins and Ben Woollaston today in Cardiff. Not many, if anybody, would have predicted a final between these two players before the tournament started a week ago at the Motorpoint Arena. Higgins, a legend maybe, had not[Read More…]
Welsh Open Semi-Final Preview
The semi-finals of the Welsh Open take place on Saturday with a quartet of perhaps unexpected names making up the last four in Cardiff. Two legends of the game are joined by a pair of semi-final debutants as both ties represent battles of generations old and new. Home favourite Mark[Read More…]
Brecel Beats Selby as Seeds Crash Out
Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Judd Trump all lost in the Welsh Open as the last short best-of-seven round conjured up more shocks in Cardiff. However, Scottish former champions John Higgins and Stephen Maguire advanced to the quarter-finals, where they’ll do battle for a place in the last four. World[Read More…]
Ding Downed Again
Ding Junhui’s season to forget continued on Tuesday as he was dumped in the opening round of the Welsh Open by Lee Walker in Cardiff. At this point of the last campaign, Ding had already tallied four ranking event titles and would finish runner-up in this event to an equally rampant[Read More…]
UK Second Round Throws Up Tasty Ties
A look ahead to some of the most intriguing ties in the second round of the UK Championship. Read more here.
Interview: Brecel Calm Ahead of Australian Open
By Colin Bell in Australia Welcome back to Bendigo. Last year I spent a week understanding the whole tournament was, so this year I thought I would try to understand the players and try my hand at journalism. There were a few new names that qualified for the tournament this[Read More…]