Judd Trump got the better of Stephen Maguire in a high-quality first round encounter at the Masters on Monday. Both men are previous semi-finalists and would have been hoping to embark on a run to at least a maiden final, if not the title itself. The pair met at the[Read More…]
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Masters Preview
The most prestigious invitation event of the season gets under way on Sunday with the Dafabet Masters at Alexandra Palace. The top 16 players in the world rankings will go head to head for the coveted title in London, with a handy £200,000 on offer for the champion. Not only[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Wins CL Group 1
Ronnie O’Sullivan comfortably won the first Championship League event to become the first player to book his place in the Winners’ Group at Crondon Park in March. The ‘Rocket’ was making only his second appearance at a tournament this season and his entry revealed that the 40 year-old wished to[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Heads Championship League
Snooker in 2016 got under way on Monday as this season’s Championship League began at Crondon Park. The tournament follows a similar format to recent years with seven groups comprising seven players contested over a period of several weeks before each of the group champions compete in one final league[Read More…]
2015 Highs and Lows – Part Two
As 2015 draws to a close it’s time to reflect on what has been another enthralling year in snooker. There have been many talking points over the course of the last 12 months both on and off the table. Yesterday we took a look at the lows but today let’s[Read More…]
Flat Draw Paints a Sorry Picture
It has been a fiercely contested debate since day one – are flat draws good or bad for the sport? From my point of view I was initially in favour of the initiation of a system which would allow all professional players the opportunity to enter an event on an[Read More…]
Stars Stumble in German Qualifiers
Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins both lost their final qualifying matches for the German Masters in Wigan on Sunday. 2014 champion Ding Junhui is also out, adding to the early exit already suffered by Neil Robertson on Friday. O’Sullivan had just returned from his self-inflicted hiatus and it was expected[Read More…]
Selby Survives Morris Match
Mark Selby qualified for the German Masters after overcoming a difficult match with David Morris in Wigan on Saturday. The world no.1 was pushed hard by the Irishman and at 3-3 his progress to the main stages looked in doubt. However, the defending champion made a break of 61 to[Read More…]
German Masters Qualifying Rounds off 2015
Rounding off 2015 on the Main Tour is the qualifying stage for the German Masters, which takes place in Wigan from Thursday. The German Masters follows the flat draw structure but, uniquely, there’ll be two qualifying rounds completed rather than the customary one. That means that there is even more[Read More…]
Masters Draw Pairs O’Sullivan and Williams
Amid the pandemonium surrounding Neil Robertson’s 147 and UK Championship success, the draw for the 2016 Masters was also made on Sunday. Robertson has openly admitted that, having now claimed the first BBC major, he wants to go on and capture a rare Triple Crown achieved in the same season.[Read More…]