The last 16 of the Gdynia Open has its first eight competitors after a busy day at the Gdynia Sports Arena in Poland on Friday. The top half of the draw was whittled down to eight in the eighth and final European Tour event on the Players Tour Championship series.[Read More…]
Tag: Neil Robertson
Did Someone Say Shocks?
There were four major upsets on Wednesday and that was topped by a quartet of even bigger ones yesterday at the German Masters in Berlin. The action comes thick and fast at the Tempodrom with seven tables in the main arena – an eighth one has also been utilised in[Read More…]
Maguire Tops Group 4
Stephen Maguire dominated Group 4 of the Championship League at Crondon Park to book his place in the Winner’s Group in March. The Scot raced through his group fixtures, winning all six, to easily top the group and advance to the semi-finals. There, he overcame Ryan Day in a tight[Read More…]
Third Trump’s a Charm
Judd Trump made it third time lucky in the Championship League as he won Group 3 in Crondon Park on Tuesday. The Englishman had lost in the finals of both of the opening two groups, to Ricky Walden and Joe Perry respectively, but will now join the pair in the[Read More…]
Conditioned Conditions
Half of the eight first round matches went to deciding frame shootouts this week. A further two encounters required ten out of the potential eleven frames, proving that the Masters is an event that brings together fiercely competitive rivals at the highest echelon of the sport. However, the standard of[Read More…]
Robertson vs Allen: Part Four
The final two first round ties get under way on Wednesday with the world no.1 taking centre stage at the Alexandra Palace in London. Yesterday saw one former champion be eliminated and one progress as there were mixed fortunes for favourites Ding Junhui and Ronnie O’Sullivan. Four-time champion O’Sullivan had[Read More…]
Perry Wins Group Two of CL
2008 Championship League champion Joe Perry came through Group 2 of 2014 edition yesterday to join Ricky Walden in the Winners Group. Perry overcame Judd Trump 3-0 in the final with breaks of 73, 68 and 70 to be the second player this week to book his places in the[Read More…]
2013 Snooker Highs and Lows
2013 was another action-packed year on the baize. There were many highs, lows and all that comes in between as comebacks, victories, defeats and scandals dominated the snooker headlines. Such is the enormity of the calendar these days that there is barely a respite throughout the entire 12 months. Indeed,[Read More…]
Major Robertson
Neil Robertson lifted the UK Championship trophy for the first time last night and in doing so became only the eighth player to complete snooker’s ‘Triple Crown’. Furthermore, the Australian becomes the first player from outside the United Kingdom to make the achievement of collecting the World, UK and Masters[Read More…]
Robertson and Selby for UK Title
Mark Selby and Neil Robertson will contest today’s UK Championship final at the Barbican Centre in York. It is a fitting conclusion to what has been an entertaining tournament that has lasted just shy of a fortnight. The world no.1 and no.2 go head-to-head in what promises to be a[Read More…]