The third leg of the inaugural Home Nations series takes place this week with the Scottish Open in Glasgow. It marks the first time since 2010 that a ranking event will be staged in Scotland, and the tournament follows the previously contested English and Northern Ireland Opens. Liang Wenbo and[Read More…]
Tag: Ronnie O’Sullivan
Maximum Magic for Ali Carter and Ross Muir
A dramatic day of action in the German Masters qualifiers saw two 147 breaks being compiled at the Metrodome in Barnsley. The perfect breaks came within minutes of each other, with Carter compiling his second career 147 in his 5-0 whitewash win over Wang Yuchen. Shortly after on a nearby[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Scrapes Past Hill
Ronnie O’Sullivan won the last two frames as he fought back to beat Darryl Hill in a decider at the German Masters qualifiers. The 41 year-old, who lost to Mark Selby in an entertaining UK Championship final on Sunday before celebrating his birthday the following day, trailed 2-0 and 4-3[Read More…]
Superb Mark Selby Wins Second UK Championship
Mark Selby has won the 2016 UK Championship after a marvelous 10-7 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan in York. In a final which had a bit of everything, the ‘Jester’ once again had the last laugh in one of the sport’s biggest rivalries. While O’Sullivan was chasing a record-equaling sixth UK[Read More…]
2017 Masters Draw
The draw for this season’s prestigious invitation event, The Masters, has been made during the mid-session interval of the UK Championship final in York. Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan will return to the Alexandra Palace in London next month in search of a record seventh Masters crown. This edition will be[Read More…]
A Corker in Yorkshire: Mark Selby vs Ronnie O’Sullivan
Two of the snooker’s best players and primary rivals will do battle in the UK Championship final on Sunday. Mark Selby and Ronnie O’Sullivan provide the dream climax at the Barbican Centre for viewers everywhere after emerging from contrasting semi-final encounters on Saturday. Selby’s superior tactical awareness was the telling[Read More…]
UK Championship: Semi-Final Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby remain on course for what would be a mouthwatering final contest at the UK Championship in York. The pair each has one last hurdle to overcome, with the semi-finals finally bringing the cauldron one-table set-up to the Barbican on Saturday. Both men face players who[Read More…]
UK Championship: Quarter-Final Preview
Eight players remain in the hunt for the 2016 UK Championship in York this week. The favourite is still undoubtedly Ronnie O’Sullivan but there are plenty of other names left in the draw well capable of preventing the ‘Rocket’ from capturing a sixth UK crown. Four of the other seven[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Slates System After Win
There were no shocks as the last 16 of the UK Championship got under way at the Barbican Centre on Wednesday. Four players seeded inside the top 16 in the world easily thwarted the challenges of their lower ranked opposition as the venue in York reverted to a more standard[Read More…]
Selby, Higgins and O’Sullivan Cruise into Last 16
It was an easy day at the office for three of the UK Championship’s favourites for its title on Monday in York. Ronnie O’Sullivan lost his first frame of the tournament but then reeled off another six in a row to record a 6-1 drubbing over Michael Georgiou. The former champion[Read More…]