Mark Davis beat John Higgins 6-5 in a thrilling contest that saw the Scot make a 147 break but miss what was effectively match ball pink in the decider at the UK Championship in York. The last 16 encounter had everything in what proved to be the match of the[Read More…]
Tag: Mark Selby
Magical Maguire Buries O’Brien
Stephen Maguire fired in three consecutive centuries and a break of 70 to complete a 6-2 victory over Fergal O’Brien on the opening day of the 2012 UK Championship. Neither of the duo played particularly well in sharing a stagnated first four frames but Maguire will feel lucky to have[Read More…]
Higgins Falls Flat in China
John Higgins put in a poor performance as he went down 6-3 to China’s Cao Yupeng in the last 32 of the International Championship today. As if to underline the content of my article on repeating champions and consistency from last week, Shanghai Masters champion Higgins could not rediscover the[Read More…]
Bingo Hits the Jackpot
Stuart Bingham enjoyed one of the nights of his career as he won two matches in the Premier League 6-0. Not only did he win a thousand pounds for each of his frames but an extra grand for four complimentary centuries ensured that the Englishman ended the evening with an[Read More…]
Allen Wins Antwerp Open
Mark Allen claimed his first PTC title with a convincing 4-1 victory over Mark Selby in the Antwerp Open, Belgium. The Northern Irishman was in scintillating form and treated a capacity crowd to some amazing snooker as he raced into a 3-0 lead with the aid of three consecutive centuries.[Read More…]
PL Wins for Ding and Higgins
Ding Junhui and John Higgins both moved a step closer to the semi-finals of the Premier League with respective 4-2 victories over Mark Selby and Stephen Lee in Great Malvern. As the tournament begins to edge toward the business end of the season, every victory and every frame won could[Read More…]
Selby Backs Fitness
With the Gdynia Open in Poland coming up at the weekend – the second European Players Tour Championship event of the season – Mark Selby has told World Snooker of his concerns regarding an injury that caused him to pull out of the China Open earlier in the year. After[Read More…]
Selby and Ding Dumped Out
World no.1 Mark Selby and home favourite Ding Junhui recorded unexpected losses on day two of the Shanghai Masters in China today. Defending champion Selby had come into the event seemingly in good form having claimed the second UK Players Tour Championship event of the season a few weeks ago[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Preview
The Shanghai Masters gets under way tomorrow as China prepares to host its second ranking event of the season. Ricky Walden somewhat surprisingly took the spoils in the campaign’s opener in Wuxi and indeed the Englishman is a former Shanghai Masters champion as well, signifying an evident love for playing[Read More…]
Snooker in September
Traditionally, the month of September, or even as late as October in some years, would see the commencement of a new snooker campaign following a long summer break. But times have changed since the introduction of the Barry Hearn era with an almost overwhelming influx of new tournaments – some[Read More…]