Are we here already? A busyย season, which began all the way back in May of 2016, has sped along at a ferocious pace and it’s somewhat hard to believe that the World Championship is already coming into view on the horizon. The 17-day “Marathon of the Mind” doesn’t get under[Read More…]
Tag: Zhao Xintong
World Championship Qualifying Draw
The draw for the first qualifying round of the 2017 World Championship was made on Sunday. 128 players head to Ponds Forge this week attempting to win the three encounters necessary to reach the main stages at the Crucible later in April. Welshman Mark Williams, twice a world champion, narrowly[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…]
Maximum Magic for Ali Carter and Ross Muir
A dramatic day of action in the German Masters qualifiers saw two 147 breaks being compiled at the Metrodome in Barnsley. The perfect breaks came within minutes of each other, with Carter compiling his second career 147 in his 5-0 whitewash win over Wang Yuchen. Shortly after on a nearby[Read More…]
UK Championship: Second Round Preview
Live coverage of the UK Championship gets under way on the BBC and Eurosport on Saturday with the second round in York. An initial field of 128 competitors has already been whittled down to 64 with defending champion Neil Robertson on his way home after a shock 6-3 loss to[Read More…]
O’Sullivan and Trump Survive but Selby Stumbles in Frenzied Day
Ronnie O’Sullivan survived a scare in the second round of the English Open as he came from behind to beat young star Zhao Xintong in a decider. The 19 year-old from China, a twice world amateur runner-up, was in scintillating form as he compiled a brace of tons along with[Read More…]
Ken Doherty Suffers Another Early Loss
It was a mixed second day for Irish duo Fergal O’Brien and Ken Doherty after another busy round of qualifying for the Shanghai Masters in Barnsley. O’Brien managed a hard-fought 5-2 victory over Allan Taylor to reach the penultimate round but his fellow Dubliner lost the last two frames in[Read More…]
White and Boileau out as Shanghai Qualifiers Commence
The Shanghai Masters qualifiers got under way on Tuesday at the Barnsley Metrodome. In one of only two tournaments which still carries the traditional format of tiered seedings and multiple rounds of qualifying before the higher ranked players enter the fold, the cueists ranked between 65 and 128 began their[Read More…]
Advani Wins Another World Title
Pankaj Advani won the IBSF World Championship for a second time in his career after an 8-6 victory over Zhao Xintong on Saturday. It marks an incredible 15th world title for the Indian, adding to his previous triumphs in six-red snooker and billiards. The 30 year-old will once again be[Read More…]
Casey Bows Out in World Amateurs
Greg Casey produced a spirited fight back but ultimately fell short in his IBSF World Championship quarter-final with Lukas Kleckers today in Egypt. The Cork cueist was the last remaining Irishman left in the Men’s draw having battled his way through with four knockout phase wins – including an impressive[Read More…]