The International Championship has reached the quarter-final stage and it is safe to say that not many would have predicted the final eight line-up at the start of the week. A succession of big-hitters had already been accounted for prior to today’s last 16 encounters – world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan,[Read More…]
Tag: Neil Robertson
Judd’s Trumped
Defending champion Judd Trump was sent crashing out of the International Championship in the opening round in Chengdu. The 24 year-old compiled two centuries but was powerless as he went down 6-5 to veteran Alan McManus. The defeat means that Trump continues an undesirable run whereby he has failed to[Read More…]
International Championship Preview
The International Championship returns on Sunday for a second outing in Chengdu with one of snooker’s most lucrative prize funds up for grabs. Last year’s inaugural event was a great success, thanks in large part to the longer format that we are now so unaccustomed to. Like the UK Championship,[Read More…]
Mehta Mounts Indian Challenge
Aditya Mehta delighted home support as he saw off the challenge of former world champion Peter Ebdon to reach the Last 32 of the Indian Open in New Dehli. The 27 year-old from Maharashtra, hoping to impress alongside compatriot Pankaj Advani in the maiden ranking event staged in India, withstood[Read More…]
Indian Open Commences
The inaugural Indian Open gets under way in New Delhi today as snooker returns to its country of birth. Soldiers in the British army are said to have created the game in 1875 after a rainstorm forced them to take shelter. Almost a century and a half later and snooker[Read More…]
It’s Friday!
My internet is once again down at the moment – beyond a joke now! – so apologies for not writing a report on day two at the International Championship qualifiers. Most of you will know the results by now but I’ll briefly summarise what happened, and the rest of the[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Quarter-Final Preview
The quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters take place on Friday with markedly different halves of the draw in China. While the bottom section is dominated by established stars of the sport, the top half is a mixture of new blood and season campaigners who perhaps have never fully reached their[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters
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…]
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…]