Top snooker stars including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, John Higgins, Judd Trump, Shaun Murphy and Neil Robertson will be playing in the qualifying rounds of two world ranking events at the Guild Hall in Preston later this month. The European Masters qualifiers run from September 26 to 28 with all[Read More…]
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6 Red World Championship Under Way
The 6 Red World Championship got under way on Monday with 48 players vying for the title in Bangkok. The invited field has an international flavour, as well as boasting an array of both professionals and amateurs from all around the world divided into eight groups of six players each.[Read More…]
Ladbrokes Continues Sponsorship of Two Ranking Events
Ladbrokes has renewed its title sponsorship of two snooker world ranking events, the World Grand Prix and Players Championship, for another two years. The Ladbrokes World Grand Prix runs from February 6 to 12 at the Guild Hall in Preston, followed by the Ladbrokes Players Championship from March 6 to[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Qualifiers Conclude
The Shanghai Masters qualifiers drew to a conclusion on Friday with 16 players reaching the last 32 later this month. It was somewhat expected that, with the higher ranked competitors between 17 and 32 coming into the fourth and final qualifying round cold, there might be several coups for the[Read More…]
Jones Ousts O’Brien in Barnsley
Fergal O’Brien was dumped out of the Shanghai Masters qualifiers following a 5-0 drubbing from Jamie Jones in Barnsley on Thursday. Jones dominated the Irishman from the outset, and rounded off the impressive victory with a 102 century break. His fellow Welshman Matthew Stevens joined him in the last round[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…]
Mark Selby Wins Paul Hunter Classic
Mark Selby beat Tom Ford 4-2 to win the Paul Hunter Classic for a third time at the Stadthalle in Furth. In the all-Leicester final, the world champion withstood Ford’s early challenge but pulled away from 2-2 with runs of 72 and 58 to capture the title. In doing so,[Read More…]
147 Joy at Last for Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
It was a case of third time lucky for Thepchaiya Un-Nooh as he finally compiled his maiden maximum break at the Paul Hunter Classic on Saturday. The Thai famously missed the final black twice last season, during both the UK and World Championships, and the pressure must have been immense[Read More…]
Jimmy White Fighting Fit in Furth
Jimmy White has reached the last 16 of a European Tour event for the first time in almost two years at the Paul Hunter Classic in Germany. The ‘Whirlwind’, who won just one match all of last season, has undergone a diet over recent months leading to the 54 year-old[Read More…]