Mark Selby looked impressive in a 6-0 second round victory over Oliver Lines at the UK Championship on Sunday. The world no.1 began the match with a clinical century break of 133 and never looked back, reeling off six frame on the trot for a crushing victory. Selby had a[Read More…]
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Maguire Denies Whirlwind in Decider
Stephen Maguire edged Jimmy White in a 6-5 thriller to deny the 1992 champion a place in the UK Championship second round at the Barbican Centre. In a high-scoring affair, White looked on course to record what would have been his biggest victory in years when he led the struggling[Read More…]
UK Championship Preview
The highly anticipated 2015 Betway UK Championship gets under way next Tuesday in York. 128 cueists are set to do battle in the sport’s second biggest ranking event, with a whopping top prize of £150,000 on offer for the champion. Realistically, only a small fraction of those who have entered[Read More…]
Allen Continues Winning Run
Mark Allen completed the semi-final line-up in the Champion of Champions on Friday after victories over Barry Hawkins and Stephen Maguire at the Ricoh Arena. The wins extend the Northern Irishman’s unbeaten run to nine matches following his success in last week’s Bulgarian Open. Allen rode his luck a little in[Read More…]
Saengkham Sinks Maguire
The seeds had a mixed day two in the International Championship qualifying round at the Metrodome in Barnsley. Mark Allen and Michael White needed to go the distance to dispatch of their challengers on Wednesday but Stephen Maguire and Robert Milkins didn’t even get that far on Thursday. Maguire has been[Read More…]
6-Red World Championship Returns
The Sangsom 6-Red World Championship gets under way on Monday in Bangkok. Scotland’s Stephen Maguire returns to defend his title while Mark Davis, a three-time world champion in this discipline, also features. World no.1 Mark Selby, the winner in 2010, takes part as well but other former champions Ricky Walden[Read More…]
Gould into Goldfields Final
Martin Gould is into the Australian Goldfields Open final after a comprehensive 6-1 victory over Stephen Maguire in Bendigo on Saturday. The Englishman will play John Higgins for the title on Sunday, after the four-time world champion impressively came from 4-0 down to beat Jamie Jones 6-4 earlier today. Gould[Read More…]
Maguire Tames Trump
Stephen Maguire got the better of defending champion Judd Trump as he reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Friday. Trump had comfortably won his opening two rounds without ever being put under any great deal of pressure, but the 25 year-old knew he was in for a different[Read More…]
Welsh Wizards in Oz
Michael White edged Ali Carter in a dramatic decider to set up an all-Welsh quarter-final with Jamie Jones, who hammered Mark Selby in the Australian Open on Thursday. Irishman Fergal O’Brien is out, though, failing to build on his excellent victory over world champion Stuart Bingham as he was comprehensively[Read More…]
Trump Eases into Quarters in Day of Deciders
There were four deciding frame thrillers on an exciting third day at the Australian Goldfields Open on Wednesday. Defending champion Judd Trump was one of only two victorious players to avoid going all the way as he became the first name to feature in the quarter-final in Bendigo. Stephen Maguire[Read More…]