Zhou Yuelong became the first player to reach the Championship League Winners’ Group after topping Group 1 in Coventry on Wednesday. The 19 year-old, competing in the Championship League for the first time in his career, qualified from the round-robin phase with four wins from his six league encounters. Zhou[Read More…]
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European Masters: Semi-Final Preview
Both semi-finals of the European Masters will feature an Englishman and a Chinese competitor as the final four shoot out for the title in Belgium. Reigning champion Judd Trump continued his strong defence with a tight 4-3 quarter-final defeat of Mark Allen on Friday. The 28 year-old will meet Cao[Read More…]
European Masters: Quarter-Final Preview
Eight players remain in the hunt for the European Masters title as the competition reaches the business end of proceedings in Belgium. Defending champion Judd Trump and world number one Mark Selby head a high-quality field that will attempt to land the £75,000 champion’s cheque on Sunday. Trump reached the[Read More…]
China Championship: Quarter-Final Preview
The China Championship is down to the last eight as the players prepare for the business end of proceedings in Guangzhou. Rather unusually, Sunday will see the quarter-finals being contested rather than the final showdown that is the norm in most snooker tournaments. Ronnie O’Sullivan remains the overwhelming favourite, although[Read More…]
Zhou Yuelong Downs Mark Selby
Mark Selby exited the China Championship in the last 32 after a 5-4 defeat to home hopeful Zhou Yuelong on Friday. The world number one was competing in a first ranking event since he captured his third world crown back in May, and was made to pay for his rustiness[Read More…]
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…]
Mark Selby and Judd Trump Firing in China
Defending champion Judd Trump and world number one Mark Selby both scored heavily as they emerged from their opening bouts unscathed at the China Open on Monday. Both Englishman had their qualifying round matches held over to the venue stages and each managed to compile a hat-trick of centuries in[Read More…]