World no.1 Mark Selby eased into the quarter-finals of the UK Championship on Wednesday after a 6-1 thrashing of Dechawat Poomjaeng in York. However, the 2006 and 2008 champions Peter Ebdon and Shaun Murphy are out after defeats to David Grace and Marco Fu respectively. Ebdon had been considered a[Read More…]
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UK Championship Last 16 Preview
From 128 there are now just 16. The UK Championship has reached the fourth round and we are approaching the business end of proceedings as the Barbican Centre transforms into a two-table arena in York. There has already been plenty of drama in 2015’s edition of the second biggest ranking[Read More…]
Fightbacks and Mad Max
Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy reached the fourth round of the UK Championship in a dramatic Tuesday at the Barbican in York. 2011 champion Judd Trump is out, though, while Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh agonisingly missed the final black off the spot for a 147. In a bizarre day, Un-Nooh’s countryman Dechawat[Read More…]
Ebdon Eliminates World Champion
World no.1 Mark Selby scraped through the third round of the UK Championship on Monday but world champion Stuart Bingham crashed out. Selby looked great in not losing a frame in his opening two ties but had to rely on his battling qualities to cruelly deny Jamie Jones in a[Read More…]
Super Selby Surges Through
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…]
Let Me Entertain You
Joe Perry didn’t exactly live up to his nickname of the “Gentleman” following his second round defeat to Robbie Williams in the UK Championship on Saturday. The 41 year-old lost 6-3 to his fellow Englishman at the Barbican, and quotes reported in the York Press left everyone with no doubt[Read More…]
Bingham Beats Hamilton to Reach Last 32
Stuart Bingham and John Higgins safely negotiated the second round of the UK Championship on Saturday. However, former champion Mark Williams crashed out in a decider after losing the final three frames to Tom Ford in a 6-5 defeat. Irishman Ken Doherty, three times a runner-up in the tournament, also[Read More…]
Round Two Preview
Friday sees no action in the 2015 UK Championship with the players granted a rest day ahead of the remainder of the tournament in York. That’ll give suitable enough time for the television cables to be assembled ahead of the start of the coverage on BBC and Eurosport tomorrow. 64[Read More…]
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…]
Trump and Murphy Ease Through
All the heavy-hitters in action on a busy second day at the UK Championship made it through the first round in York on Wednesday. Two-time champion Ding Junhui exited the event a day earlier amid some minor controversy surrounding his press conference – he swore – but there was to[Read More…]