The third day of action in the Welsh Open was full of upsets as Irish rookie Josh Boileau was among those who moved into the last 32 in Cardiff. The 21 year-old recorded an impressive 4-2 victory over Shaun Murphy, an idol who inspired the Kildare cueist to start playing[Read More…]
Tag: Welsh Open
Josh Boileau Sets Up Shaun Murphy Clash
Josh Boileau produced the best performance of his fledgling professional career in beating Hammad Miah 4-1 in the first round of the Welsh Open in Cardiff on Monday. The Irishman, the 2016 European Under-21 champion, has so far struggled to adapt to the Main Tour but demonstrated more of the[Read More…]
Neil Robertson Starts Strongly in Cardiff
Neil Robertson beat Jimmy White 4-1 on the opening day of the Welsh Open to reach the second round in Cardiff on Monday. The pair traded 102 breaks before Robertson added his second century with a 111 to lead 2-1. The Australian subsequently compiled runs of 54 and 57 to[Read More…]
Welsh Open Preview
The World Grand Prix reaches its conclusion later today but thoughts will immediately turn to the next ranking event, which starts in Cardiff with the Coral Welsh Open on Monday. Staged every year since 1992, the Welsh Open is the third longest continuously running ranking event behind only the World[Read More…]
QUIZ! Welsh Open
The World Grand Prix is yet to conclude but this extremely hectic month of February shows no sign of letting up with the Welsh Open set to commence on Monday. Before the Barry Hearn era began in 2010, the Welsh Open had been considered by some as one of the[Read More…]
2016 Highs and Lows – Part Two
As 2016 draws to a close it’s time to reflect on what has been another enthralling year in snooker. There have been many talking points over the course of the last 12 months both on and off the table. Yesterday we took a look at the lows but today let’s[Read More…]
Coral Continues Home Series Support
World Snooker is delighted to announce Coral as the title sponsor of the new Home Nations series. The three remaining events in the series – the Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open – will all be title-sponsored by Coral. This follows their successful sponsorship of the recent Coral[Read More…]
What’s Been Happening?
In short, not much. It’s been almost two weeks since the conclusion of the Indian Open, where Anthony McGill collected his maiden ranking event trophy, as the stagnated start to the 2016/17 campaign continues. The biggest tournament of the season so far gets under way on Monday with the return[Read More…]
Prince Ronnie Crowned in Wales
Ronnie O’Sullivan won the 2016 Welsh Open in style on Sunday after coming from behind to defeat Neil Robertson in Cardiff. It’s the fourth time O’Sullivan has emerged with the trophy in Wales, matching John Higgins’ record, and the 40 year-old collects £60,000 for his efforts. Two things were widely[Read More…]
Ronnie and Robbo for Welsh Open Crown
The 2016 BetVictor Welsh Open will have its dream final after Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson both won tricky semi-final ties in Cardiff on Saturday. Robertson looked like he was struggling when he found himself 2-0 down to Mark Allen, sitting in his chair as he looked set to go[Read More…]