In 2008 and 2010, three Chinese players contested the last 32 of the World Championship in Sheffield – discounting Hong Kong’s Marco Fu. Only last year’s semi-finalist Ding Junhui is assured of his place at the Crucible Theatre next Saturday but there is a possibility that four others could join[Read More…]
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Morris Moves Closer to the Crucible
David Morris has won his third qualifying match for the World Championship after a hard-fought 10-7 triumph over former semi-finalist Alan McManus. Fan favourite Jimmy White, though, failed in his bid to return to the Crucible as he was dumped for the second year in a row by China’s Liu[Read More…]
Maximum Delight for Milkins
Robert Milkins recorded a 147 break before easing to a 10-4 victory against China’s Xiao Guodong in the World Championship qualifiers. The Englishman compiled his second career maximum in the third frame and, despite going 3-2 behind, won seven of the next eight frames to go one match away from[Read More…]
ReJoyce for Morris
David Morris has won his second match in the World Championship qualifiers after a 10-4 rout of England’s Mark Joyce. The Irishman enjoyed a relatively easy time of it against teenager Kacper Filipiak in the previous round – losing only two frames – and dropped just twice as many in[Read More…]
McGill Whitewashes Wicheard
Adam Wicheard suffered the humiliation of joining an elite batch of players that have been whitewashed in best of 19 matches as Anthony McGill hammered him in the World Championship qualifiers. Now at the fifth qualifying stage, all the players involved in the round of the last 80 realise that[Read More…]
The Irish Crucible Crusade
Since 1977, The Crucible in Sheffield has staged the annual marathon of the mind that is the World Snooker Championship. In that time, fifteen different nationalities have graced the famous theatre – a low number in reality but one that has the potential to rise dramatically in the next decade[Read More…]
To Live in a Dream World
The next eleven days are up there with the most important for nearly every snooker professional. 16 of the world’s best can be safe in the knowledge that they have already achieved the success that will include them in the hat for the sport’s blue riband event. For everyone else,[Read More…]
Ebdon Edges Maguire in Marathon
Peter Ebdon has won the 2012 China Open in Beijing after a dramatic encounter with Stephen Maguire ended 10-9 to the Englishman. It ends a remarkable week for the 41 year-old who had to qualify just to be on the plane to the Far East, as well as enduring the[Read More…]
Maguire’s Revenge on the Rocket
Stephen Maguire beat Ronnie O’Sullivan in a dramatic quarter-final that ended on a re-spotted black in the deciding frame at the China Open in Beijing. The Scot lost to O’Sullivan in an exciting German Masters final in February but reversed the scoreline in the Far East to continue his return[Read More…]
Carter Flying in China
Ali Carter ended the spirited run of amateur wild-card Lu Ning with a 5-1 victory over the 18 year-old in the last 16 of the China Open. Carter has struggled with form and illness over the course of this season, leading him to suffer a dramatic fall in the world[Read More…]