There have been a few humorous polls on social media over the last couple of weeks asking a certain interesting question. As 2016 draws to a close, who is the player of the year? It’s an easy conundrum for many fans and critics alike to solve, albeit a select number[Read More…]
Tag: Mark Selby
Scottish Open Preview
The third leg of the inaugural Home Nations series takes place this week with the Scottish Open in Glasgow. It marks the first time since 2010 that a ranking event will be staged in Scotland, and the tournament follows the previously contested English and Northern Ireland Opens. Liang Wenbo and[Read More…]
Mark Selby Through to the Tempodrom
Former champions Mark Selby, Ali Carter and Mark Williams all qualified for the German Masters on the final day of preliminaries in Barnsley. However, the action on Friday saw many of the top seeds fall by the wayside in their attempt to reach the last 32 in Berlin. Shaun Murphy,[Read More…]
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
With a memorable victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan in the UK Championship on Sunday, Mark Selby earned another £170,000 to help propel an already bulging bank balance. The winnings see Selby’s total at the top of the rolling two-year rankings system reach a whopping £994,942. With just over £5,000 to go, Selby[Read More…]
Superb Mark Selby Wins Second UK Championship
Mark Selby has won the 2016 UK Championship after a marvelous 10-7 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan in York. In a final which had a bit of everything, the ‘Jester’ once again had the last laugh in one of the sport’s biggest rivalries. While O’Sullivan was chasing a record-equaling sixth UK[Read More…]
A Corker in Yorkshire: Mark Selby vs Ronnie O’Sullivan
Two of the snooker’s best players and primary rivals will do battle in the UK Championship final on Sunday. Mark Selby and Ronnie O’Sullivan provide the dream climax at the Barbican Centre for viewers everywhere after emerging from contrasting semi-final encounters on Saturday. Selby’s superior tactical awareness was the telling[Read More…]
UK Championship: Semi-Final Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby remain on course for what would be a mouthwatering final contest at the UK Championship in York. The pair each has one last hurdle to overcome, with the semi-finals finally bringing the cauldron one-table set-up to the Barbican on Saturday. Both men face players who[Read More…]
UK Championship: Quarter-Final Preview
Eight players remain in the hunt for the 2016 UK Championship in York this week. The favourite is still undoubtedly Ronnie O’Sullivan but there are plenty of other names left in the draw well capable of preventing the ‘Rocket’ from capturing a sixth UK crown. Four of the other seven[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Slates System After Win
There were no shocks as the last 16 of the UK Championship got under way at the Barbican Centre on Wednesday. Four players seeded inside the top 16 in the world easily thwarted the challenges of their lower ranked opposition as the venue in York reverted to a more standard[Read More…]
Selby, Higgins and O’Sullivan Cruise into Last 16
It was an easy day at the office for three of the UK Championship’s favourites for its title on Monday in York. Ronnie O’Sullivan lost his first frame of the tournament but then reeled off another six in a row to record a 6-1 drubbing over Michael Georgiou. The former champion[Read More…]