Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump will meet in a home-televised final for the third time this season after coming through their respective World Grand Prix semi-finals in contrasting fashions in Wales. The English duo have already locked horns in the finals of the Champion of Champions and UK Championship this[Read More…]
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O’Sullivan and Trump into World Grand Prix Semis
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump remain on course for a third final meeting of the season after contrasting quarter-final victories in the World Grand Prix on Friday. O’Sullivan wasn’t at all pleased despite beating Scotland’s Graeme Dott 4-1 in Llandudno, describing his standard of play as ‘diabolical’. Indeed, the ‘Rocket’[Read More…]
World Grand Prix Quarter-Final Preview
Friday sees the last eight in the inaugural World Grand Prix battle it out for the semi-final spots in Llandudno in Wales. The field of 32, invited to contest the tournament thanks to money earned since last year’s World Championship, has been whittled down following the opening two rounds earlier[Read More…]
Seeds Lift Off in World Grand Prix
Top seeds Mark Selby, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson all made it through the opening round of the World Grand Prix on day one in Llandudno. English pair Selby and O’Sullivan overcame the challenges of Michael Holt and Rod Lawler respectively, while Australia’s Neil Robertson eased to a 4-0 whitewash[Read More…]
World Grand Prix Preview
A new tournament gets under way today in Wales with the inaugural staging of the World Grand Prix. The invitation event features the top 32 players who have earned the most money since the 2014 World Championship. In short, it is a just reward for all those competitors who have[Read More…]
Who Will Be The Next First-Time Ranking Event Winner?
In reaching the final of the Welsh Open on Sunday, Ben Woollaston almost became the first first-time winner of a ranking event in almost three years. It resulted in a question posed on social media website Twitter yesterday – who will be the next? Ok snooker people,Who do u think will[Read More…]
Stevens Silences O’Sullivan in Day of Deciders
Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan was knocked out of the Welsh Open on Wednesday after a 4-3 loss to home hopeful Matthew Stevens. O’Sullivan looked erratic throughout the contest, following up some cracking pots with mediocre efforts that must have left his fans somewhat bemused. The ‘Rocket’ raced into a 2-0[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Through But Slams Welsh Venue
Ronnie O’Sullivan negated his way into the third round of the Welsh Open on Monday but expressed his discontent at the state of the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. ‘Car boot sale’ and ‘shopping mall’ were just two ways that the defending champion described the venue, which changed from Newport this[Read More…]
Welsh Open Preview
The 2015 BetVictor Welsh Open gets under way on Monday as the long-established ranking event moves back to Cardiff for the first time since 2004. That year, Ronnie O’Sullivan came from 8-5 down in the final to beat Steve Davis in a deciding frame thriller before going on to collect[Read More…]
Deciding Matters in German Masters
The greatest session of snooker ever? That’s certainly what the German fans who were lucky enough to be present at the Tempodrom auditorium on Friday evening will be thinking as they awake from their well-deserved slumber this morning. For yesterday evening’s set of quarter-finals must surely go down as one[Read More…]