Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien’s Republic of Ireland bowed out of the World Cup on Friday after a 3-2 defeat to England ended their chances of reaching the last eight in China. England were also eliminated in Wuxi under dramatic circumstances, despite overcoming the Irish in their final group game.[Read More…]
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Indian Open Final Day
Mark Williams, Ricky Walden, Michael White and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh all gun for the Indian Open title on Saturday in Mumbai. The quartet emerged from their last 16 and quarter-final bouts on Friday to reach the final day’s action at the Grand Hyatt. With £50,000 up for grabs for the winner,[Read More…]
Morris Wins Opener in Mumbai
David Morris is through to the last 32 of the Indian Open after a convincing 4-0 win over David Gilbert on Wednesday. Defending champion Ding Junhui is out, though, after suffering yet another early exit in a ranking event – this time at the hands of Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. Irishman Morris[Read More…]
Xuzhou Open Prize for Perry
Joe Perry won the Xuzhou Open earlier on Saturday after a 4-1 victory over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the final in China. It concludes the Asian Tour series of three tournaments, with the top eight players on the Order of Merit booking their places in the lucrative Players Championship Grand Finals in[Read More…]
Allen Begins Hunt for Hat-Trick
Mark Allen’s love affair with the Haikou World Open continued as he beat Mike Dunn in the last 64 on the opening day’s action in China on Monday. The two-time defending champion has never lost a match in the event since it went out east and will be hoping that[Read More…]
Mighty Maxes but Rocket Runs Empty
It has only been five days since Mark Selby’s landmark 147 break that was the 100th made in professional competition. Yet, there has already been two further maximums compiled since that memorable moment – both coming in the German Masters opening round. The Berlin event doesn’t get under way properly[Read More…]
Morris Through; Controversy in Shanghai Qualifiers
Ireland’s David Morris continued his promising return to the professional scene by overcoming Elliot Slessor 5-1 in the opening qualifying round for the Shanghai Masters. This is one of the few events remaining that hasn’t altered its format to include only one qualifying round so Kilkenny’s Morris still has three[Read More…]
WC Qualifiers: Positive Start for Asian Contingent
The professional qualifying rounds of the World Championship got under way yesterday and there were no major shocks as the first six results were recorded at the EIS Badminton Hall in Sheffield. Thai duo Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon progressed to the next stage with respective victories over Scott Donaldson[Read More…]