Rookie Lukas Kleckers produced a gutsy performance to beat defending champion Neil Robertson in the last 64 of the Riga Masters on Friday. The German was playing in only his second match as a professional and the upset represents his first victory since he got upgraded from an amateur after[Read More…]
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Mark Williams Struggling to Qualify from Final Round
Mark Williams has left himself with work to do in the final qualifying round for the World Championship in Ponds Forge. The two-time former world champion trails Stuart Carrington 6-3 after the opening session on Tuesday. Williams began the encounter well, compiling a break of 112 in the first frame,[Read More…]
Ken Doherty Falls off Tour with World Championship Defeat
Ken Doherty has dropped off the Main Tour after a 10-4 defeat to Ben Woollaston at the penultimate stage of World Championship qualifying on Monday. The Irishman, for whom this year marks the 20th anniversary of his world title glory in 1997, couldn’t find the form to avoid dropping outside[Read More…]
Ken Doherty and Mark Williams Through
Former champions Ken Doherty and Mark Williams moved a step closer to the Crucible after recording first round victories in World Championship qualifying on Saturday. Dublin’s Doherty compiled a 108 early on in establishing a 3-0 advantage over Jason Weston, and was able to comfortably cushion that lead for a 10-4[Read More…]
Preview: World Championship Qualifying
Are we here already? A busy season, which began all the way back in May of 2016, has sped along at a ferocious pace and it’s somewhat hard to believe that the World Championship is already coming into view on the horizon. The 17-day “Marathon of the Mind” doesn’t get under[Read More…]
World Championship Qualifying Draw
The draw for the first qualifying round of the 2017 World Championship was made on Sunday. 128 players head to Ponds Forge this week attempting to win the three encounters necessary to reach the main stages at the Crucible later in April. Welshman Mark Williams, twice a world champion, narrowly[Read More…]
Superb Mark Selby Wins China Open
Mark Selby has won the 2017 China Open after an epic 10-8 victory over Mark Williams in Beijing on Sunday. The world number one compiled three century breaks in an entertaining showdown in which he won the last three frames for a fourth ranking event title of the campaign. The[Read More…]
China Open Final: Mark Selby vs Mark Williams
Mark Selby will play Mark Williams in the final of the China Open after contrasting semi-final victories in Beijing on Saturday. Selby led from the outset, establishing 3-1 and 4-3 advantages only for his opponent to respond to keep the match alive, but the “Jester” ensured that he enjoyed the[Read More…]
China Open: Semi-Final Preview
Eight has become four after the China Open quarter-finals concluded on Friday in Beijing. Mark Williams maintained his hopes of capturing a record fourth China Open crown with a comprehensive 5-1 victory over Shaun Murphy. Murphy appeared sharp when a break of 56 helped him to the opening frame but the[Read More…]
China Open: Quarter-Final Preview
A high-quality field of eight players remain in the hunt for China Open glory this weekend in Beijing. Seven proven ranking event winners and a multiple world amateur champion make up the impressive line-up in this penultimate tournament of the campaign. Defending champion Judd Trump continued his wonderful run of[Read More…]