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…]
Tag: Luca Brecel
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…]
Qualifiers Book Australian Open Spots
The Australian Open qualifiers concluded on Tuesday with 16 players booking their flights Down Under. Now in its fourth season on the calendar, the ranking event is one of only a few that has retained the old format of seeded stages. This ensured that the lower ranked players were forced[Read More…]
White Wins Again in China
Jimmy White took a further step to safeguarding his place on the Main Tour after 5-3 victory over Alfie Burden in the China Open on Wednesday. The ‘Whirlwind’ knocked in breaks of 110, 91 and 60 en route to a second win this week, and third overall having qualified for[Read More…]
Who’s Going to Australia?
The final qualifying round for the Australian Open takes place later today as 16 players seek to book their trip to Bendigo next month. For many reasons, the Australian Open hasn’t really captured the imagination of most of the top competitors. One reason for this is the low prize fund[Read More…]
Brecel Bows out to Murphy
Shaun Murphy narrowly beat Luca Brecel 6-5 in a match of huge drama to reach the semi-finals of the UK Championship in York. After sharing the opening eight frames in a topsy-turvy affair, Brecel took the lead in the ninth as it became evident that his more experienced opponent was[Read More…]
Maximum Drama in York
Mark Davis beat John Higgins 6-5 in a thrilling contest that saw the Scot make a 147 break but miss what was effectively match ball pink in the decider at the UK Championship in York. The last 16 encounter had everything in what proved to be the match of the[Read More…]