Ding Junhui produced a scintillating comeback to overcome Neil Robertson and win the 2013 PTC Grand Finals in Galway. The Chinese superstar takes home the winner’s cheque of 100,000 pounds, as well as 22,000 pounds for recording the fifth maximum break of his career in Saturday’s quarter-finals. And the 25[Read More…]
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Quarters in Galway
The quarter-final line-up for the 2013 Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway has been confirmed and what an intriguing round it promises to be. A mixture of proven champions, journeymen and up-and-comers ensures that the climax to the series at the Bailey Allen Hall should be an exciting one.[Read More…]
Carter and Fu to Fight it out in Germany
Ali Carter beat Neil Robertson 6-2 in a last four clash of very low quality to reach the final of the German Masters in front of a packed auditorium in Berlin. There, he will meet Marco Fu for a shot at glory after the Hong Kong native edged Barry Hawkins[Read More…]
Berlin Eight
The German Masters is down to the quarter-final stage as the final eight go head-to-head tonight in an effort to reach the business end this weekend in Berlin. The opening couple of days has thrown up plenty of shocks but there are still a lot of big-name players still in[Read More…]
Third Masters for Selby
It took until the stroke of midnight but Mark Selby eventually overcame the challenge of defending champion Neil Robertson to claim his third Masters title – winning by a scoreline of 10-6. World no.1 Selby had come into the final on Sunday as second favourite after a week in which[Read More…]
Masterful Masters Quarter-final Preview
The first round of the 2013 Masters came to a conclusion last night with another belter of a game to add to what was already a memorable opening few days. The best was saved until last as Mark Selby left it late once again by staging a trademark comeback victory[Read More…]
Laptop Problems, The Masters So Far
First, let’s clear some things up. I haven’t been purposely slacking over the last week. As some of you may have seen via my tweets or Facebook updates I have been having some laptop problems over the course of the last week or so. At first it seemed like it[Read More…]
2013 Masters Preview
The 2013 Masters gets under way on Sunday as the 16 best ranked players in the world do battle at the Alexandra Palace in London. First staged in 1975, the Masters is now the second longest running professional tournament on the annual calendar – behind only the World Championship itself[Read More…]
Maximum Drama in York
Mark Davis beat John Higgins 6-5 in a thrilling contest that saw the Scot make a 147 break but miss what was effectively match ball pink in the decider at the UK Championship in York. The last 16 encounter had everything in what proved to be the match of the[Read More…]
King Banishes Williams, Brecel Beams
Mark King beat Mark Williams 6-3 to cause the fourth big shock of the week as the first round of the UK Championship came to a conclusion in York. With a surprisingly strong record over the Welshman – six wins from their previous twelve encounters – King was always going[Read More…]