The Shanghai Masters gets under way today in China with several of the sport’s top stars competing for the 80,000 pounds top prize. The season has been ongoing since the end of May but September is often regarded as the month in which the campaign gathers pace. There are a[Read More…]
Tag: Mark Davis
Davis Completes Hat-Trick
Mark Davis claimed a third World 6-Reds Championship by overcoming world no.1 Neil Robertson in 2013 final in Bangkok yesterday. The Englishman came from 3-1 down to dominate the rest of the encounter and finally secure an 8-4 victory. The 41 year-old’s success adds to the title he won last[Read More…]
Only Robertson Left For Davis
Mark Davis is one match away from scoring back-to-back 6-Red World Championship titles in Bangkok. The 41 year-old has Australian Neil Robertson for company in today’s final, to be played over 15 frames. Despite the fact that his opponent is the world no.1 in the traditional 15-red set-up, Davis must[Read More…]
Doherty and Murphy Out for Six
Ken Doherty and Robert Murphy were knocked out of the 6-Red World Championship in Bangkok yesterday – ending any Irish involvement in the event. Doherty was destroyed in a whitewash defeat to home contender Noppon Saengkham in the last 32. While his countryman Murphy, an seasoned amateur on the Irish[Read More…]
6-Red World Championship into Knockout
After three rather pointless days in Bangkok, the 6-Red World Championship has finally finished the round-robin stage. Two-thirds of the original 48-man field have made it through to the first knockout round and there were minimal casualties from the eight groups. The invitational event was made up of a mixture[Read More…]
Selby Safely Through in Oz
Mark Selby is into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after outclassing Zhang Anda 5-1 in Bendigo. The UK and Masters champion produced an excellent display to easily overcome his Chinese opponent. The 30 year-old raced into a 4-0 lead at the interval thanks to breaks 69, 71, 76 and 90. [Read More…]
O’Sullivan and Ding Seek Quarters Berth
The quarter-final line-up for the 2013 World Championship will be completed today as the four remaining last 16 ties come to a conclusion at the Crucible. Judd Trump, Shaun Murphy, Barry Hawkins and Michael White have all already booked their places in the next round. The other four places are[Read More…]
Talking the Talk
Three days have now passed in the 2013 World Championship and, as always, there have already been many talking points. Three world champions have gone by the wayside in the last couple of days with John Higgins, Mark Williams and Peter Ebdon all suffering early 10-6 defeats. While all three[Read More…]
Davis Celebrates Multiple Successes
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…]