A dramatic third day of action in the International Championship qualifiers saw four matches go the distance at the Preston Guild Hall on Thursday. Fifth seed Shaun Murphy wasn’t among that quartet, indeed the twice ranking event finalist from this campaign wasted little time as he routed Matthew Bolton 6-0.[Read More…]
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Indian Open: Last 16 Preview
An interesting mix of experienced warhorses and up-and-coming talent remains in the hunt for glory in the Indian Open this weekend. Friday will see the last 16 whittled down to the final four as the business end of proceedings heats up in Visakhapatnam. Star top 16 competitors are littered throughout[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Loses Six Reds Opener
Defending champion Ding Junhui has work to do if he is going to advance from the round-robin phase as the Six Red World Championship got under way in Thailand on Monday. The Chinese number one suffered a one-sided 5-1 defeat to Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham in his first fixture in Group[Read More…]
Preview: Six Red World Championship
The Sangsom Six Red World Championship gets under way on Monday with a high-quality field assembled in Thailand. A total of 32 players from all around the world will compete in the short format event, which was first staged in Bangkok almost a decade ago. Ricky Walden won the inaugural[Read More…]
Judd Trump Thumped by Sam Craigie
Judd Trump was well beaten 5-0 by Sam Craigie as he tamely bowed out of the World Open in qualifying on Monday in Preston. The world number three scored a measly 27 points as his talented fellow Englishman, a former world under-21 champion, comprehensively romped to victory. Craigie only mustered[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy Crashes Out of European Masters
It was a rough day for a lot of the marquee names as the European Masters qualifiers came to a conclusion on Friday in Preston. Shaun Murphy was the most high-profile casualty but there were also defeats for multiple ranking event champions Stephen Maguire, Ali Carter, and Ricky Walden. Murphy[Read More…]
Ken Doherty Continues Fine Form
The July break from ranking event snooker did nothing to hinder Ken Doherty’s resurgence this season as he beat Ali Carter 4-2 to qualify for the Indian Open. That makes it three from three in qualifying events for the Irishman this term, having only regained his place on the Main[Read More…]
Ricky Walden Suffers Second Whitewash
Three-time ranking event winner Ricky Walden exited the China Championship at the qualifiers stage after a heavy 5-0 defeat to Ian Preece on Sunday. The whitewash reverse was his second in succession after losing 4-0 Cao Yupeng in the Riga Masters preliminaries. Walden has been in bad form for the[Read More…]
Luca Brecel Latvia Bound
Qualifying for the Riga Masters concluded on Friday with defeats for three of the marquee names at the Guild Hall in Preston. Post holiday levels of rust were expected prior to the opening tussles of the new season, but somewhat surprisingly there weren’t too many upsets of note over the[Read More…]
Ricky Walden Crashes Out in Ponds Forge
Hammad Miah caused a huge shock as he came from behind to beat Ricky Walden in the first round of World Championship qualifying in Sheffield. Walden, who up until recently was a top 16 member, had been an overwhelming favourite to move forward in the qualifiers at Ponds Forge, not[Read More…]