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…]
Tag: Mark Selby
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…]
Outlaw Swail Surrenders to Selby
Mark Selby successfully defended the Paul Hunter Classic after ending a remarkable run from Joe Swail to claim the trophy for a second time in Furth. The world no.1 looked in good nick throughout the final day and was rarely troubled after requiring a deciding frame to edge rookie Robbie[Read More…]
Premier League Returns
This week sees the return of the Premier League to our screens and I’m not referring to the football on Saturday. Tomorrow, the 2012 Premier League snooker campaign gets under way as ten hopefuls go in search of the coveted league title. In the last decade there has been one[Read More…]
Selby Buried by Burnett
Mark Selby suffered first round defeat in the Australian Open after a shock 5-3 loss to Jamie Burnett in Bendigo today. The world no.1 had come into the event with a great chance of extending his lead at the top of the world rankings given the absence of nearest rivals[Read More…]