The Shanghai Masters gets under way today in China with several of the sport’s top stars competing for the 80,000 pounds top prize. The season has been ongoing since the end of May but September is often regarded as the month in which the campaign gathers pace. There are a[Read More…]
Tag: Neil Robertson
Davis Completes Hat-Trick
Mark Davis claimed a third World 6-Reds Championship by overcoming world no.1 Neil Robertson in 2013 final in Bangkok yesterday. The Englishman came from 3-1 down to dominate the rest of the encounter and finally secure an 8-4 victory. The 41 year-old’s success adds to the title he won last[Read More…]
Only Robertson Left For Davis
Mark Davis is one match away from scoring back-to-back 6-Red World Championship titles in Bangkok. The 41 year-old has Australian Neil Robertson for company in today’s final, to be played over 15 frames. Despite the fact that his opponent is the world no.1 in the traditional 15-red set-up, Davis must[Read More…]
Doherty and Murphy Out for Six
Ken Doherty and Robert Murphy were knocked out of the 6-Red World Championship in Bangkok yesterday – ending any Irish involvement in the event. Doherty was destroyed in a whitewash defeat to home contender Noppon Saengkham in the last 32. While his countryman Murphy, an seasoned amateur on the Irish[Read More…]
6-Red World Championship into Knockout
After three rather pointless days in Bangkok, the 6-Red World Championship has finally finished the round-robin stage. Two-thirds of the original 48-man field have made it through to the first knockout round and there were minimal casualties from the eight groups. The invitational event was made up of a mixture[Read More…]
Feature: My Week in Bendigo
By Colin Bell It was time for the annual Goldfields Open in Bendigo, Victoria – the only snooker ranking event in Australia. There had been some negative publicity prior to the event. Top ranking players not entering, complaints about the distance, prize money and the tax all got mentioned. In order to[Read More…]
Fu Finds Form to Land Second Title
Marco Fu yesterday claimed his second ranking event title by beating home favourite Neil Robertson 9-6 in the Australian Open final in Bendigo. The 35 year-old thoroughly deserved the victory, being the best player of the week by some distance. Even though neither he nor Robbo played particularly well in[Read More…]
Selby Safely Through in Oz
Mark Selby is into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after outclassing Zhang Anda 5-1 in Bendigo. The UK and Masters champion produced an excellent display to easily overcome his Chinese opponent. The 30 year-old raced into a 4-0 lead at the interval thanks to breaks 69, 71, 76 and 90. [Read More…]
Unwell Robertson Begins Well in Australia
World no. 1 Neil Robertson eased past Marcus Campbell in the first round of the Australian Open – despite admitting afterwards that he could have pulled out sick. The Wuxi Classic champion has been waking up in the middle of the night in cold sweats and had to fight off[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: Snooker Down Under
This coming week sees the second main ranking event of the new season take place in Bendigo, Australia, and as the UK and European based tour players begin the long journey Down Under to compete in the third staging of this event many snooker fans out there might think Australia[Read More…]