Fan favourites Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ding Junhui both exited the International Championship in the last 64 on Monday in Daqing. The pair each fell to emerging young talents in the game, albeit under vastly different circumstances. While O’Sullivan didn’t have much to offer in response to a scintillating performance from 17 year-old[Read More…]
Tag: Yan Bingtao
Preview: Snooker World Cup
The early stages of the 2017/18 season resumes on Monday with the start of the World Cup in Wuxi. The World Cup sees 24 pairs from 23 different countries going head to head in the biggest team event in the sport. Team events have a long tradition in snooker but[Read More…]
Ten Talking Points this Season – Part One
The 2017/18 campaign began a few weeks ago in Preston with the qualifying rounds for the Riga Masters and the China Championship. But let’s pretend that didn’t count and that the season is really starting now with the start of the main event in Latvia just a few days away. It has nothing[Read More…]
Fergal O’Brien Battles into the World Championship
Fergal O’Brien has qualified for the World Championship for the first time in seven years after a marathon 10-9 victory over David Gilbert on Wednesday. Trailing 6-3 overnight, O’Brien won the first four frames of the second session to lead 7-6 only to lose the following three to go to[Read More…]
Peter Ebdon Holds On to Reach Final Round in Qualifiers
Former world champion Peter Ebdon overcame a late Jack Lisowski rally to win 10-9 and move one victory away from a return to the Crucible in Sheffield. In a high-scoring affair, Ebdon looked certain of a place in the final qualifying round at Ponds Forge when he opened up a[Read More…]
Robotic Ronnie O’Sullivan into Last 16
Ronnie O’Sullivan compiled a brace of centuries as he beat Yan Bingtao 4-2 in the first round of the World Grand Prix in Preston. The ‘Rocket’ began and ended the game in similar fashion, recording breaks of 137 and 128 to see off the 16 year-old challenger from China. Yan[Read More…]
World Grand Prix Draw
The frenetic snooker roadshow continues with the start of the Ladbrokes World Grand Prix on Monday at the Guild Hall in Preston. The German Masters isn’t even 24 hours old but the next ranking event is already upon us as Shaun Murphy returns to defend the title he won in[Read More…]
Preview: German Masters
The first ranking event of 2017 begins on Wednesday with the eagerly anticipated F66.com German Masters in Berlin. Since the reincarnation of the German Masters in 2011, the tournament has been consistently hailed as one of the very best on the annual calendar. The format reverts to the traditional best[Read More…]
Mark Selby Through to the Tempodrom
Former champions Mark Selby, Ali Carter and Mark Williams all qualified for the German Masters on the final day of preliminaries in Barnsley. However, the action on Friday saw many of the top seeds fall by the wayside in their attempt to reach the last 32 in Berlin. Shaun Murphy,[Read More…]
Selby, Higgins and O’Sullivan Cruise into Last 16
It was an easy day at the office for three of the UK Championship’s favourites for its title on Monday in York. Ronnie O’Sullivan lost his first frame of the tournament but then reeled off another six in a row to record a 6-1 drubbing over Michael Georgiou. The former champion[Read More…]