Neil Robertson was among a group of marquee names to make it through to the last 32 of the World Open on Tuesday in Yushan. The Australian, who immediately bounced back from a relatively quiet season by his high standards with a resounding triumph in the Riga Masters to commence[Read More…]
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Mark Selby Defends Haining Open
Mark Selby retained the Haining Open title on Saturday after a typical come-from-behind victory over Li Hang in the final in China. The Haining Open isn’t a World Snooker sanctioned event, instead run by the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association, but has become an annual fixture on the calendar that[Read More…]
Sluggish Mark Selby Qualifies for World Open
Mark Selby began slowly but eventually got his season off to a positive start on Sunday by sealing qualification for the World Open in China next month. The world number one looked rusty as he trailed amateur Luke Simmonds 3-1 at the mid-session interval but fought back in trademark fashion,[Read More…]
World Open Qualifiers to Start in Preston
A day after the conclusion of the preliminary round for the Riga Masters, the World Open qualifiers are set to take place this weekend at the Preston Guild Hall. Riga Masters qualifying finished on Thursday with the majority of the higher ranked players again emerging with early victories at the[Read More…]
Mark Selby Defeat Opens Up Top Half
Joe Perry inflicted a shock 10-4 drubbing on reigning champion Mark Selby on the opening day of the World Snooker Championship on Saturday in Sheffield. Selby had been one of the title favourites after a two-year winning run at the Crucible Theatre and a recent triumph in the lucrative China[Read More…]
Mark Selby Defends China Open
Mark Selby continued his dominance in Beijing with an 11-3 victory over Barry Hawkins in the final of the China Open on Sunday. The world number one had been enduring one of his most prolonged periods in the doldrums coming into his defence of the penultimate ranking event of the[Read More…]
China Open Final: Mark Selby vs Barry Hawkins
The final of the lucrative China Open will be contested between Mark Selby and Barry Hawkins on Sunday in Beijing. The English pair emerged from their semi-finals on Saturday to set up the showdown for glory, with a whopping £225,000 on offer for the champion. The champion’s cheque, which is[Read More…]
China Open: Semi-Final Preview
The revamped China Open is down to its final four contenders after another dramatic day of action at the Olympic Sports Center in Beijing on Friday. Kyren Wilson and Barry Hawkins both emerged with dramatic deciding frame victories over fellow English pair Jack Lisowski and Tom Ford respectively. Former champions[Read More…]
Top 16 Confirmed for the World Snooker Championship
Jack Lisowski’s defeat to Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals of the China Open means that the 16 players who will qualify automatically for the upcoming World Snooker Championship are now known. Lisowski and fellow Englishman Tom Ford were the only two players who could have still broken into the elite[Read More…]
China Open: Quarter-Final Preview
A last-gasp clearance of 67 from Mark Williams saw Mark Allen crash out of the China Open in the third round on Thursday, leaving his World Championship fate out of his own hands. The Northern Irishman appeared set to complete a sterling comeback from 3-0 down against the three-time champion[Read More…]