Friday sees no action in the 2015 UK Championship with the players granted a rest day ahead of the remainder of the tournament in York. That’ll give suitable enough time for the television cables to be assembled ahead of the start of the coverage on BBC and Eurosport tomorrow. 64[Read More…]
Tag: Neil Robertson
Robertson Wins Champion of Champions
Neil Robertson won the Champion of Champions for the first time on Sunday after a 10-5 victory over Mark Allen in the final in Coventry. It marks the Australian’s biggest title since he landed the Wuxi Classic in the summer of 2014, and will give him considerable confidence ahead of[Read More…]
Robertson and Allen in Champion of Champions Final
Neil Robertson and Mark Allen will contest the Champion of Champions final in Coventry after safely negotiating their last four ties on Saturday. Australia’s Robertson was made to work hard in his clash with close pal Joe Perry, but managed to hold off the Englishman for a 6-4 triumph. Robertson[Read More…]
Robertson Denies Yan in Champions
Neil Robertson avoided the fate of his fellow seeds this week to book a place in the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions in Coventry. The Australian comfortably whitewashed Rory McLeod in his opening encounter before completing a hard-fought 6-3 triumph over schoolboy Yan Bingtao in the last eight. Yan[Read More…]
Higgins Mauls Murphy to Reach Last Eight
Four-time world champion John Higgins was in superb form as he routed Shaun Murphy 6-0 in the last 16 of the International Championship on Wednesday. Higgins endured a difficult 2014 but has steadily improved once again this year – highlighted by his consistent return to the winning table with victories[Read More…]
Day Downs Ding in Daqing
The International Championship is down to the last 16 after a very busy day of second round action in China on Tuesday. The top and bottom half of the draws are taking quite different shapes as the seeds begin to crumble in one and stack up in the other. The[Read More…]
O’Brien Reaches Daqing
Another 16 players booked their places in the International Championship first round after coming through qualifying on a routine day in Barnsley. 2012 runner-up Neil Robertson was the highest profile player in action and survived a brief scare before coming from 3-1 down to beat amateur Kuldesh Johal 6-3. The Australian[Read More…]
Robertson Fails to Cope in China
Jamie Cope knocked Neil Robertson out of the Australian Open as only seven of the top 16 seeds made it into the second round of the Shanghai Masters. There were high-profile exits for Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire and Marco Fu over the course of the first two days of action,[Read More…]
Selby Through but Robertson Crashes Out of Oz
World no.1 Mark Selby avoided the fate of his England World Cup teammate Stuart Bingham by reaching the Australian Open second round in Bendigo. World champion Bingham exited the event on the opening day when he lost 5-4 to Fergal O’Brien but Selby emerged from what could have materialised into a[Read More…]
World Championship: Quarter-Final Preview
In less than a week we’ll know who will be crowned as the 2015 world snooker champion. Eight competitors remain in this marathon championship as the quarter-finals take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. An impressive line-up has been assembled with three former world champions and two further ex runners-up left[Read More…]