It was another good day for the majority of the marquee names as the Welsh Open field got whittled down to the last 16 on Wednesday. The biggest upset, of sorts, came with the defeat of Shaun Murphy, but that can hardly legislate as a major surprise given his loss[Read More…]
Tag: Welsh Open
Irish Duo into Last 32
Veteran Dubliners Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien secured two deciding frame victories on the second day of the Welsh Open to reach the third round. The Irish pair, who together have more than half a century of professional years on the Main Tour under their belt, edged out David Gilbert[Read More…]
Are You Not Entertained?
An extremely busy opening day in the Welsh Open led to 64 matches being won and lost at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. However, rather than any of these matches generating headlines, all the talk from day one surrounded Ronnie O’Sullivan’s controversial, but magnificent, 146 break. The ‘Rocket’ effortlessly cleared[Read More…]
Welsh Open Preview
The 2016 BetVictor Welsh Open gets under way on Monday in Cardiff. Since its move to the Motorpoint Arena last year, the Welsh Open is one of only two ranking events which can be played from start to finish at the same venue, and without the need for qualifiers elsewhere.[Read More…]
BetVictor Continues Welsh Open Partnership
World Snooker is delighted to announce that BetVictor will be title sponsor of the Welsh Open world ranking event for the fourth consecutive year in 2016. The BetVictor Welsh Open will run from February 15 to 21 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. John Higgins won the title last year,[Read More…]
Welsh Open Returns to Cardiff
The world’s best snooker players will be back at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff in February for the 2016 Welsh Open. The world ranking event was staged in the Welsh capital last year with 128 players competing for the trophy, giving fans the chance to watch many of their heroes[Read More…]
Higgins Wins Welsh Again
John Higgins won the Welsh Open for a record fourth time on Sunday after a 9-3 victory over Ben Woollaston in Cardiff. It marks a long-awaited return to the winners enclosure for the Scot, who must have sometimes wondered in the past couple of years if he would ever taste[Read More…]
Welsh Open Final: Higgins vs Woollaston Preview
The final of the 2015 BetVictor Welsh Open will be contested between John Higgins and Ben Woollaston today in Cardiff. Not many, if anybody, would have predicted a final between these two players before the tournament started a week ago at the Motorpoint Arena. Higgins, a legend maybe, had not[Read More…]
Welsh Open Semi-Final Preview
The semi-finals of the Welsh Open take place on Saturday with a quartet of perhaps unexpected names making up the last four in Cardiff. Two legends of the game are joined by a pair of semi-final debutants as both ties represent battles of generations old and new. Home favourite Mark[Read More…]
Brecel Beats Selby as Seeds Crash Out
Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Judd Trump all lost in the Welsh Open as the last short best-of-seven round conjured up more shocks in Cardiff. However, Scottish former champions John Higgins and Stephen Maguire advanced to the quarter-finals, where they’ll do battle for a place in the last four. World[Read More…]