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…]
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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…]
Cue the Recovery
Let the snooker hangover commence. After 27 days, which dates back to the start of the World Championship qualifiers at Ponds Forge in early April, the festivities in Sheffield have drawn to a close. The final Monday when the champion is crowned is always an unusual day as it conjures[Read More…]
Preview: World Championship Quarter-Finals
144 have become just eight as the World Championship embarks on the quarter-final stage at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Four former champions remain in contention to win the sport’s blue riband event, and with it the whopping £375,000 champion’s cheque. Arguably the tie of the round is the eagerly anticipated clash[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Wins Thriller to Face Ronnie O’Sullivan
Ding Junhui emerged triumphant from a classic all-Chinese World Championship encounter with Liang Wenbo that went the distance on Saturday. The 2016 runner-up led 9-7 going into the final session of their second round clash at the Crucible, but his countryman appeared the more assertive in the early exchanges. Liang[Read More…]
Kyren Wilson is First Quarter-Finalist
Kyren Wilson became the first player to reach the quarter-finals of the World Championship after a hard-fought 13-10 victory over Stuart Bingham on Friday. Wilson was never behind in the contest, numerously holding off Bingham’s attempts at a comeback before finally completing the job to book a second successive last[Read More…]