Stuart Bingham became the fourth player through to the Championship League Winners Group after emerging victorious from Group 4 at Crondon Park. The Englishman finished second behind Peter Ebdon following the round-robin phase with four wins from his six league encounters. In the semi-final Bingham made breaks of 75 and[Read More…]
Tag: Mark Davis
Carter wins Championship League Group 3
Ali Carter won the third Championship League group on Tuesday, beating Mark Davis 3-1 in the final. In doing so, the Englishman books his place in the Winners Group next month in which the overall champion will be invited to play in the lucrative Champion of Champions later in the year.[Read More…]
Quarter-Final Preview; Who Can Stop Ronnie?
A look ahead to the quarter-finals of the UK Championship on Friday in York, a day after Ronnie O’Sullivan’s majestic maximum at the Barbican Centre.
Dott Denies Robertson Comeback
Graeme Dott survived an almost unbelievable fight back from reigning champion Neil Robertson to reach the quarter-finals of the UK Championship after a dramatic 6-5 victory. The Scot, who has only featured in the last eight twice before, looked set to complete a rare whitewash double following his 6-0 drubbing[Read More…]
Carter Battles to Hong Kong Semis on Return
Mark Davis is still on course to defend the General Cup after placing top of his group in Hong Kong. Shaun Murphy, though, will be the favourite after the recent Bulgarian Open champion continued his good form by reaching the semi-finals undefeated following the round-robin stage. Murphy will take on[Read More…]
General Cup Starts Sunday
The 2014 General Cup gets under way in Hong Kong on Sunday as the snooker season enjoys another mini leg in China. First contested in 2004, The General Cup has been an almost permanent fixture on the calendar since 2009. For one reason or another, there never seems to be[Read More…]
Wind Blown Out of 6 Reds
The tedious round-robin phase of the 2014 Six Red World Championship is approaching its conclusion today and there are hardly any big-name casualties as we reach the last 32. The knockout stage will feature two-time defending champion Mark Davis after the Englishman won three out of his five encounters in his[Read More…]
September’s Snooker Starts with 6-Reds
Following the decision to remove one of the Asian Tour events from the calendar, the month of August ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Mark Allen’s victory in the Paul Hunter Classic last week seems like a long time ago and it feels like the start of the[Read More…]
Four Left in Australia
Neil Robertson continued his quest on Thursday to capture glory in his home event, the Australian Open in Bendigo. The 32 year-old was in a tough encounter with Englishman Robert Milkins in his quarter-final bout today when the scores were locked at 2-2 at the interval. Yet, Robbo was able[Read More…]
Stevens Ousts O’Brien in Oz
Matthew Stevens was the first man to the reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open today as he overcame Ireland’s Fergal O’Brien 5-2 in Bendigo. With there being such a short period in between this ranking event and the Wuxi Classic which only concluded on Sunday, the format was slightly[Read More…]