Stuart Bingham has won the 2014 Shanghai Masters after thrashing Mark Allen 10-3 in China. The final didn’t live up to any expectation and was a dour affair throughout that suffered from a lot of drawn out, scrappy frames that were bereft of good play. England’s Bingham didn’t play that[Read More…]
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Allen and Bingham Stun Top Seeds in Shanghai
Mark Allen and Stuart Bingham will contest the 2014 Shanghai Masters final on Sunday in China. Defending champion Ding Junhui was involved in a tough encounter with Bingham and the Chinese Sensation let a 4-2 lead slip as he succumbed to a 6-4 defeat in front of his home crowd. Semi-final[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Semi-Final Preview
The Shanghai Masters has reached the semi-final stage with a quartet of top players gunning for the title in China. The 2014 edition of the event got under an unusual start with many of the favoured players falling by the wayside early on, including the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd[Read More…]
Rampant Robertson Destroys Jones
Neil Robertson continued his fine start to the season as he easily dismantled the challenge of Jamie Jones to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo. Robertson has already begun the campaign in the same fashion as he did this time last year by capturing the opening[Read More…]
Stevens Ousts O’Brien in Oz
Matthew Stevens was the first man to the reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open today as he overcame Ireland’s Fergal O’Brien 5-2 in Bendigo. With there being such a short period in between this ranking event and the Wuxi Classic which only concluded on Sunday, the format was slightly[Read More…]
Ronnie Safely into Second Round
Ronnie O’Sullivan has reached the second round of the World Championship after a 10-4 victory over Robin Hull on the opening day at the Crucible. The two-time defending champion was made to work harder than the scoreline would suggest, though, as Hull fought well but ultimately was left to rue a[Read More…]
2014 World Championship: The Big Preview
The draw for the first round of the 2014 World Championship was made on Thursday and as ever it threw up some interesting ties. The qualification stage is complete and all that is left is the small matter of the 17 days required for one of the 32 competitors[Read More…]
Defending Champion Out Amid Shocks
The first day of the 2014 German Masters was all about who didn’t go through, rather than who was able to progress to the last 32 at the Tempodrom in Berlin. The majority of the last 64 encounters took place on Wednesday and there was a quartet of major upsets[Read More…]
Champion Selby Survives Scare
Defending champion Mark Selby and Scot John Higgins set up a quarter-final clash with each other after contrasting victories on the opening day of the 2014 Masters. Alexandra Palace in London was packed with almost 1500 people as Selby, three times a winner of the prestigious event over the last[Read More…]
Robertson Survives Bingham Surge
Neil Robertson was seemingly in complete control against Stuart Bingham in the first semi-final of the UK Championship on Friday before a late assault almost ended the Australian’s run in the tournament. In the early exchanges, the world no.1 was able to get the better of his English opponent in[Read More…]