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…]
Tag: Stuart Bingham
Wilson First Semi-Finalist in Coventry
Kyren Wilson became the first semi-finalist in the Champion of Champions after winning his opening two matches of the event in Coventry on Tuesday. In the last 16, Wilson once again got one over on fellow Englishman Judd Trump, who he dramatically overcame 10-9 to claim his maiden ranking event success[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Preview
The Champion of Champions gets under way today as 16 invitees prepare to battle it out at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. This invitation event has become a popular spectacle for fans since its inception in 2013, with only the champions from the previous year’s array of biggest tournaments receiving[Read More…]
Bingham Crashes Out in Daqing
World champion Stuart Bingham is out of the International Championship after a 6-2 first round defeat to Yu Delu in Daqing. Yu only had one break above 50, a 72 in the first frame, but took advantage of an out-of-sorts Bingham who missed several chances to stamp his authority on[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Information
World Champion Stuart Bingham will break off snooker’s Champion of Champions tournament next month with Judd Trump also in opening-day action at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, live on ITV4. Bingham, the beaten finalist in the inaugural Champion of Champions in 2013, will play the opening match onTuesday, November 10 against[Read More…]
Trump and Wilson in Shanghai Masters Final
The 2015 Shanghai Masters final will be contested between Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson – two young players with many years at the top of the sport ahead of them. In contrasting semi-finals, Trump knocked out defending champion Stuart Bingham in a high-scoring affair while Wilson, featuring in his maiden[Read More…]
Bingham Takes Gould to Reach Last Four
Defending champion Stuart Bingham came from 4-2 down to deny Martin Gould a place in the last four of the Shanghai Masters today in China. Gould had looked on course for a second successive appearance in a ranking event semi-final when he went within a frame of victory over the[Read More…]
Trump Pinches Victory off Selt
Both of last year’s finalists remain on a collision course to meet at the same stage again after reaching the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters today in China. Defending champion Stuart Bingham and the player who he overcame to lift the trophy in 2014, Mark Allen, both recorded comprehensive 5-1[Read More…]
Bingham Begins Defence of Shanghai Masters
Defending champion Stuart Bingham is into the second round of the Shanghai Masters after seeing off amateur Fang Xiongman on day two in China. Chinese invitee Fang had recorded the customary defeat of a professional in the much detested wildcard round when he ousted Jamie Jones on Monday. However, world champion[Read More…]
Irish Amateurs Fall in Furth
Josh Boileau was denied a place in the Paul Hunter Classic main draw after a narrow 4-3 loss to Scotland’s Marc Davis in the final round of qualifying on Thursday in Furth. Boileau had become the only Irish amateur to make it the last stage of the preliminaries when he[Read More…]