Rory McLeod won his first minor-ranking event title after beating Tian Pengfei 4-2 in the Ruhr Open final on Sunday. All four semi-finalists were in uncharted territory as not one of them had ever got their hands on any professional silverware carrying ranking points. McLeod saw off Mike Dunn in[Read More…]
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Murphy On Course for Ruhr Double
Some big names will be battling it out for the Ruhr Open title after the last 16 line-up was completed on Saturday in Germany. Defending champion Shaun Murphy remains in the hunt to continue his reign in Mulheim after emerging from some tricky tests with David Grace, Sam Craigie and[Read More…]
Selby and Williams on the Mark
World no.1 Mark Selby and former world champion Mark Williams will meet in the fourth round of the Ruhr Open after emerging from their opening three bouts unscathed in Germany. Neither had it all their own way, though, with Selby needing a brace of deciding frame victories to seal the[Read More…]
O’Donoghue and Boileau Through in Ruhr Open
Irish duo Brendan O’Donoghue and Josh Boileau both came through three rounds of qualifying to reach the first round of the Ruhr Open, which gets under way on Friday in Germany. Tipperary’s O’Donoghue has dominated the Irish amateur scene of late, winning the last three ranking events including the National[Read More…]
Maximum Effort as Murphy Wins in Mulheim
Shaun Murphy won the Ruhr Open in style as he compiled a superb 147 break en route to a 4-0 final victory over Robert Milkins in Germany. The 2005 world champion had the maximum on his mind as twice earlier in the day he had been thwarted by untimely misses[Read More…]
O’Brien into Last 16
Fergal O’Brien booked his place in the last 16 of the Ruhr Open on Saturday after winning his opening three matches in Germany. The Dubliner conceded only two frames as he comfortably overcame amateurs Luke Garland and Adam Duffy 4-1, before whitewashing Michael Wasley in the third round. The 42[Read More…]
Defending Champion Allen Out of Ruhr Open
The top half of the field at the Ruhr Open got whittled down on Friday as the first eight players booked their last 16 spots in Germany. Read more here.
Ruhr Open Up and Running
Professional snooker returns this week with the Ruhr Open in Germany – the fourth European Tour event of the campaign. Proceedings got under way on Wednesday with the start of the preliminary amateur rounds and there was already disappointment for two of the Irish contingent travelling. John Sutton, who came within[Read More…]
Ruhr Open Welcomes New Sponsor
World Snooker is delighted to announce Kreativ Dental as the new title sponsor of the Ruhr Open European Tour event. The tournament will take place in the city of Mulheim in the Ruhr region of Germany fromNovember 19 to 23. Many of snooker’s top stars will enter at the last[Read More…]