The China Championship is down to the last eight as the players prepare for the business end of proceedings in Guangzhou. Rather unusually, Sunday will see the quarter-finals being contested rather than the final showdown that is the norm in most snooker tournaments. Ronnie O’Sullivan remains the overwhelming favourite, although[Read More…]
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Zhou Yuelong Downs Mark Selby
Mark Selby exited the China Championship in the last 32 after a 5-4 defeat to home hopeful Zhou Yuelong on Friday. The world number one was competing in a first ranking event since he captured his third world crown back in May, and was made to pay for his rustiness[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Starts Well in Guangzhou
The majority of the marquee names advanced into the last 32 as the first round of the China Championship reached its conclusion on Thursday in Guangzhou. Stars Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby comfortably progressed with relatively straight forward triumphs against Sam Baird and Noppon Saengkham respectively. The pair of Englishmen[Read More…]
China Championship: Preview and Draw
The second ranking event of the season gets under way on Wednesday with the China Championship in Guangzhou. The China Championship was launched as a lucrative 16-man invitational last year, with John Higgins collecting a cool £200,000 champion’s cheque for beating Stuart Bingham in the final. With the field increased[Read More…]
Neil Robertson Finds Form in Hong Kong
Neil Robertson was approaching somewhere near his best as he beat Ronnie O’Sullivan to lift the inaugural Hong Kong Masters title on Sunday. The “Thunder from Down Under” defied a tropical cyclone weather warning that threatened to result in the final being played behind closed doors, to eventually overcome the[Read More…]
Hong Kong Masters Final: Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Neil Robertson
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson will contest the final of the Hong Kong Masters as the lucrative eight-man invitational event reaches its conclusion on Sunday. With £100,000 on offer for the champion, it’s sure to be a competitive clash between the Englishman and the Australian. Both players emerged from tight[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Sets up Judd Trump Hong Kong Clash
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump will face each other in the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Masters after winning their opening ties at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium on Friday. In front of huge crowds amid an electric atmosphere in this inaugural invitational, the pair of Englishmen set up a mouthwatering[Read More…]
Preview: Hong Kong Masters
Snooker returns for the elite with the Hong Kong Masters this week at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium on Thursday. The top eight players in the world rankings have been invited to contest a lucrative invitational event in the autonomous region. Only Ding Junhui declined to take part, reportedly because his[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: The 1996 Snooker World Cup
By Fin Ruane Just over two months ago the snooker world was fixated on Sheffield as the blue riband event of the season took place. This year, the World Championship was even more special as it was the 40th anniversary of the prestigious event being held at the iconic Crucible[Read More…]
Ten Talking Points this Season – Part Two
The 2017/18 season is already a few weeks old and the first ranking event of the campaign is now on the horizon with the Riga Masters set to begin on Friday. It’s now when the majority of the players will be hoping to dust off the cobwebs after the brief[Read More…]