Defending champion Ding Junhui crashed out of the Players Championship Grand Final on the first day on Tuesday. The four-time ranking event winner this season appeared to be cruising into the second round when he established a 3-0 lead over Ben Woollaston only to crumble as his opponent completed an[Read More…]
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Preston’s Players Championship Grand Final
The fourth annual Players Championship Grand Final takes place in Preston this week, with snooker returning to our screens on Tuesday following a rare week off. This is the first season that the tournament will be staged outside of Ireland after a year in Dublin and two subsequently successful outings[Read More…]
Murphy Lands World Open Title
Shaun Murphy won his fifth ranking event title on Sunday after a hard-fought 10-6 victory over Mark Selby in the Haikou World Open. The Englishman held on for his first success in a main ranker for almost exactly three years to continue his resurgence of late. In doing so, Murphy[Read More…]
Murphy and Selby for World Open Glory
Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy will contest the Haikou World Open final after both emerging from their semi-finals with 6-4 victories on Saturday. The English duo have won seven ranking event titles between them but it is perhaps their failure to land more that has curtailed their careers somewhat. The[Read More…]
Higgins Trumps Judd With Stunning Comeback
John Higgins produced a sterling fight back against Judd Trump to reach the quarter-finals of the World Open on Thursday. In a match of the highest break-building, the four-time world champion found himself 4-0 down at the interval following breaks of 100, 63, 110 and 68 from his opponent, Trump[Read More…]
Favourites Look Ahead to Second Round in Wales
The first round of the Welsh Open has been completed and there is a pause for breath today ahead of the rest of the tournament from Monday. That gives time for the television crews to assemble their equipment and the players to prepare themselves mentally for a tough week ahead.[Read More…]
Long Welsh Open Starts Today
The Welsh Open gets under way today in a revamped format that sees the entire tournament contested in Newport. Now in its 23rd year on the calendar, the Welsh Open is the third longest running ranking event, with only the World and UK Championship in existence for a longer period.[Read More…]
Murphy Continues Form in Championship League
Shaun Murphy followed up his win in the Gdynia Open with victory in Group Five of the Championship League in Crondon Park on Tuesday. It took the Englishman almost three years to capture his latest silverware when he emerged victorious in the eighth European Tour event of the season in[Read More…]
Murphy Beats O’Brien for Gdynia Glory
Shaun Murphy finally returned to winning ways yesterday by capturing the Gdynia Open title in Poland. The 31 year-old beat Dublin’s Fergal O’Brien 4-1 in the final and also compiled a maximum 147 break in his fourth round success over Jamie Jones. That marked the second time he made the[Read More…]
Trump Continues Form in Poland
The last 16 of the Gdynia Open has its first eight competitors after a busy day at the Gdynia Sports Arena in Poland on Friday. The top half of the draw was whittled down to eight in the eighth and final European Tour event on the Players Tour Championship series.[Read More…]