The eighth and final European Tour PTC event of the season gets under way today in Gdynia, Poland. The Gdynia Open returns after a successful outing in the country last season when Neil Robertson emerged the victor in a 4-3 success over Jamie Burnett. This tournament is one of the[Read More…]
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Defending Champion Out Amid Shocks
The first day of the 2014 German Masters was all about who didn’t go through, rather than who was able to progress to the last 32 at the Tempodrom in Berlin. The majority of the last 64 encounters took place on Wednesday and there was a quartet of major upsets[Read More…]
2014 Snooker Shoot-Out
The fourth annual Snooker Shoot-Out will take place this weekend at the Circus Arena in Blackpool. The Sky Sports event has been pretty successful over its tenure on the calendar so far and this promises to be no different with tickets all but sold out for the three days of[Read More…]
Conditioned Conditions
Half of the eight first round matches went to deciding frame shootouts this week. A further two encounters required ten out of the potential eleven frames, proving that the Masters is an event that brings together fiercely competitive rivals at the highest echelon of the sport. However, the standard of[Read More…]
Robertson vs Allen: Part Four
The final two first round ties get under way on Wednesday with the world no.1 taking centre stage at the Alexandra Palace in London. Yesterday saw one former champion be eliminated and one progress as there were mixed fortunes for favourites Ding Junhui and Ronnie O’Sullivan. Four-time champion O’Sullivan had[Read More…]
Morris Through to World Open
The last snooker action of 2013 took place during the last two days as the World Open field was whittled down to 64 in Barnsley. The previous two days had seen the same scenario take place for the German Masters and, similarly, there were very few of what you would[Read More…]
Rocket Roaring but Ding Dumped
Ronnie O’Sullivan is into the quarter-finals of the UK Championship after a bruising victory over Robert Milkins but Ding Junhui’s incredible run of success is over. O’Sullivan, Champion of Champions winner a couple of weeks ago, is on course to win back-to-back trophies after dismantling a hapless Milkins at the[Read More…]
Favourites Flying High
Barry Hawkins and Stephen Maguire are into the quarter-finals of the UK Championship after respective victories over former world champions in York yesterday. Crucible runner-up Hawkins emerged from a 6-5 thriller with Shaun Murphy while 2004 champion Maguire saw off fellow Scotsman John Higgins 6-3. Murphy had struggled for form[Read More…]
Morris Copes Fine in York
Ireland’s David Morris beat Jamie Cope 6-4 in his first round match at the UK Championship in York yesterday. Although the opening couple of days were somewhat dominated by upsets and shocks, Morris’ victory, despite being 50 places below his opponent in the world rankings, doesn’t necessarily come as a[Read More…]
Angry Allen Out as Neil Robs Carter
Neil Robertson became the third player through to the semi-finals of the inaugural Champion of Champions after a hugely dramatic day at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. All three encounters went to a deciding frame, with the world no.1 just about getting the better of Ali Carter in the third[Read More…]