Defending champion Judd Trump remains on course for a record fourth Championship League title after a strong start in the Winners’ Group on Wednesday. Trump heads into the final day with three wins from his opening four round-robin ties to all but guarantee his safe passage into the semi-finals. The 27[Read More…]
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Gibraltar Open: Preview and Draw
Next stop on the roadshow this season is the Gibraltar Open, which gets under way on the British Overseas Territory on Wednesday. The Gibraltar Open is one of the three survivors from the old European Tour – or PTC era – alongside the Riga Masters and the Paul Hunter Classic.[Read More…]
Ryan Day into CLS Winners’ Group
Ryan Day won Group Six of the Championship League on Thursday to move into March’s Winners’ Group in Coventry. The Welshman had survived in the event from the very first group in January, reaching the knockout phase in all five previous groups, including a pair of runner-up positions. On Wednesday,[Read More…]
Neil Robertson Starts Strongly in Cardiff
Neil Robertson beat Jimmy White 4-1 on the opening day of the Welsh Open to reach the second round in Cardiff on Monday. The pair traded 102 breaks before Robertson added his second century with a 111 to lead 2-1. The Australian subsequently compiled runs of 54 and 57 to[Read More…]
Brilliant Barry Hawkins Wins World Grand Prix
Barry Hawkins produced a scintillating display of heavy scoring to beat Ryan Day 10-7 and win the World Grand Prix in Preston. The contest had been billed as quite a close looking affair, with both men fairly evenly matched on paper. As the top 16 player, Hawkins naturally began as[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…]
World Grand Prix Final: Barry Hawkins vs Ryan Day
Barry Hawkins and Ryan Day will clash in the final of the World Grand Prix after emerging from contrasting semi-finals in Preston. On Friday evening, Hawkins compiled a brace of centuries in a comfortable 6-1 victory over Liang Wenbo, maintaining his excellent run of form this week in general. The[Read More…]
World Grand Prix: Semi-Final Preview
After eight sessions of snooker, the field of 32 in the World Grand Prix has been whittled down to the final four in Preston. The world’s top seven ranked players, and Ronnie O’Sullivan, are notable in their absence but the line-up remains compelling in the mere fact that it’s so[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy’s World Grand Prix Reign Continues
Defending champion Shaun Murphy came from behind to beat Ding Junhui and reach the quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix on Wednesday in Preston. Ding led 2-0 and 3-2 but didn’t have a genuine opportunity to seal victory as Murphy limited his opponent to just four points in the last[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…]