Ronnie O’Sullivan leads Shaun Murphy 6-2 after the first session of their eagerly anticipated second round World Championship clash. The Crucible was abuzz with excitement ahead of the grudge match between the pair, but the opening exchanges proved to be rather one sided as O’Sullivan dominated the 2005 world champion[Read More…]
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Ding Junhui Among Big Names into the China Open Second Round
The four favourites for the China Open comfortably reached the second round on Tuesday in Beijing. Ding Junhui delighted his legion of home fans with a 5-0 drubbing of Paul Davison, in doing so setting up a highly intriguing last 32 tie with young countryman Zhou Yuelong. Ding appeared in[Read More…]
Preview: The China Open
The penultimate ranking event of the season gets under way on Monday with the China Open in Beijing. Almost 20 years in existence and running in consecutive campaigns since 2005, the China Open represents one of the most well-established ranking tournaments on the calendar. In recent years its importance has[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Stays in Coventry
Snooker’s Champion of Champions will return to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry this November. With the likes of defending champion John Higgins, UK Championship winner Mark Selby and The Masters champion Ronnie O’Sullivan already among those who have earned an invite, the tournament is set to build on its status as one[Read More…]
Judd Trump Ousts Ronnie O’Sullivan
Judd Trump became the first player to book a Players Championship semi-final spot after a 5-3 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan in Llandudno on Wednesday. The 27 year-old has been in terrific form throughout this season, even if he hasn’t quite managed to obtain a quantity of silverware he would be[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Anthony Hamilton Win in Wales
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Anthony Hamilton moved into the quarter-finals of the Players Championship after recording respective 5-1 victories on Monday evening. The pair each landed a brace of centuries as they coasted into the last eight with a minimum of fuss in Llandudno. O’Sullivan made much lighter work of Liang[Read More…]
Josh Boileau Sets Up Shaun Murphy Clash
Josh Boileau produced the best performance of his fledgling professional career in beating Hammad Miah 4-1 in the first round of the Welsh Open in Cardiff on Monday. The Irishman, the 2016 European Under-21 champion, has so far struggled to adapt to the Main Tour but demonstrated more of the[Read More…]
Welsh Open Preview
The World Grand Prix reaches its conclusion later today but thoughts will immediately turn to the next ranking event, which starts in Cardiff with the Coral Welsh Open on Monday. Staged every year since 1992, the Welsh Open is the third longest continuously running ranking event behind only the World[Read More…]
Robotic Ronnie O’Sullivan into Last 16
Ronnie O’Sullivan compiled a brace of centuries as he beat Yan Bingtao 4-2 in the first round of the World Grand Prix in Preston. The ‘Rocket’ began and ended the game in similar fashion, recording breaks of 137 and 128 to see off the 16 year-old challenger from China. Yan[Read More…]
World Grand Prix Draw
The frenetic snooker roadshow continues with the start of the Ladbrokes World Grand Prix on Monday at the Guild Hall in Preston. The German Masters isn’t even 24 hours old but the next ranking event is already upon us as Shaun Murphy returns to defend the title he won in[Read More…]