We’ve nearly made it to the end of another year and it’s time to wrap up the annual rewiew on SnookerHQ by recalling the top 10 most read stories in 2018.
Tag: Mark Selby
Judd Trump Ends 2018 with Maximum
Judd Trump compiled a superb maximum 147 break as the German Masters qualifiers concluded on Friday in Barnsley.
Ronnie O’Sullivan in World Number One Race
One subplot worth keeping an eye on for the remainder of this season is the world number one race heating up between three of the sport’s marquee stars.
Possible New World Number One After Mark Selby Exit
Mark Selby’s shock defeat in the first round of the UK Championship means that there is a possibility that he could also lose his world number one spot in the rankings by the end of the tournament in York.
UK Championship Draw and Preview
The UK Championship draw has been made and the first Triple Crown event of the 2018/19 season is set for lift off on Tuesday at the Barbican Centre in York. For almost two weeks, a field of 128 competitors will be attempting to land the sport’s second most prestigious ranking[Read More…]
Preview: Northern Ireland Open Semi-Finals
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby will do battle in a mouthwatering Northern Ireland Open semi-finals encounter on Saturday at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. The pair of Englishmen will renew one of the sport’s biggest rivalries after emerging from their respective quarter-final ties with David Gilbert and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh unscathed.[Read More…]
Preview: Northern Ireland Open Quarter-Finals
Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, and Judd Trump are among the eight players who have reached the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. The trio of stars emerged from two rounds on Thursday to reach Friday’s last eight, where the format will increase from the best of[Read More…]
Defending Champion Mark Williams Beaten by Ali Carter
Defending champion Mark Williams is out of the Northern Ireland Open after a scrappy 4-3 defeat to Ali Carter at the Waterfront Hall on Wednesday. The Welshman captured a first ranking title in almost seven years when he edged Yan Bingtao in a dramatic final twelve months ago, a victory[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Starts Strongly in Belfast
Ronnie O’Sullivan produced another scintillating display of scoring to comfortably beat Soheil Vahedi 4-0 in the first round of the Northern Ireland Open on Tuesday in Belfast. O’Sullivan had spent much of the morning before his game on social media complaining about the current state of the sport. In particular,[Read More…]
Northern Ireland Open Draw and Preview
The next stop on the snooker roadshow is Belfast with the return of the Northern Ireland Open draw to the Waterfront Hall this week from Monday. Mark Williams is the defending champion after his dramatic 9-8 triumph over teenager Yan Bingtao in last year’s final. It was a win that[Read More…]