Ronnie O’Sullivan will make his maiden bow of the 2018/19 campaign on Wednesday when he plays Neil Robertson in the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters in China. The revamped tournament, being played as a lucrative invitational rather than a ranking event for the first time since its launch more[Read More…]
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Mark Selby beats Jimmy White in Qualifiers
Mark Selby reached the main stages of the China Championship after a 5-2 triumph over Jimmy White at the Preston Guild Hall on Monday. The pair traded the opening four frames to leave the scores tied at the mid-session interval but a 118 from Selby upon the resumption of play[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy Loses Qualifying Match
Former world champion Shaun Murphy has lost a qualifying round fixture for the second time this season already after a 4-3 defeat to Gary Wilson in Preston on Saturday. The Englishman’s tight reverse against his countryman at the Guild Hall will mean that he won’t be featuring in October’s European[Read More…]
Stuart Bingham and Michael White Qualify for India
After the opening couple of ranking events of the campaign, the players have returned to Preston for the next batch of qualifiers at the Guild Hall. Over the next week or so, the preliminary rounds for the European Masters and China Championship will take place but first up it’s the[Read More…]
Stuart Bingham and Shaun Murphy Lose
Stuart Bingham lost a qualifying match for the second successive tournament after a 5-4 defeat to Zhang Anda in the preliminaries for the World Open on Friday at the Preston Guild Hall. Shaun Murphy also crashed out with a similar loss to another Chinese competitor, Mei Xiwen, but there were[Read More…]
Stuart Bingham Loses in Riga Qualifying
Stuart Bingham became the first big-name casualty in the first event of the season as he crashed to a 4-0 defeat to Niu Zhuang in the qualifying round for the Riga Masters on Tuesday. The 2015 world champion appeared to be in rusty shape as his opponent took advantage of[Read More…]
China Open: Quarter-Final Preview
A last-gasp clearance of 67 from Mark Williams saw Mark Allen crash out of the China Open in the third round on Thursday, leaving his World Championship fate out of his own hands. The Northern Irishman appeared set to complete a sterling comeback from 3-0 down against the three-time champion[Read More…]
Barry Hearn Teases World Snooker Championship 147 Bonus
Barry Hearn has hinted on social media that there will be a bigger jackpot in store for anyone who can compile a maximum break at the World Snooker Championship this year. The prize for making a 147 break currently runs on a rolling system, with the pot starting at a[Read More…]
Ali Carter Defeat Threatens Place in Top 16
Two-time World Championship runner-up Ali Carter could be consigned to the dreaded qualifiers in Sheffield later this month after suffering an early exit in the China Open on Monday. The Englishman has struggled to perform in ranking events ever since a first-round exit in the UK Championship back in December[Read More…]
Romanian Masters Champ Ryan Day Triumphs Again
Ryan Day fought back from 4-0 down to beat Stuart Bingham 10-8 and lift the inaugural Romanian Masters trophy on Sunday in Bucharest. It prolongs a remarkable spell for the Welshman, who only last week secured his second ranking event title of the season at the Gibraltar Open. Day won’t[Read More…]