PETER Ebdon is through to the China Open final after beating home favourite Ding Junhui 6-3. Ebdon came back from 3-1 down at the interval to win the next five frames to book his place in tomorrow’s grand final where he will meet Stephen Maguire who earlier reached the final beating Stephen Lee. The win is a brilliant one…
STEPHEN Maguire is through to this year’s China Open final after proving too strong for Stephen Lee in today’s first semi-final match. The Scot secured his second world ranking final of 2012 with a 6-2 win against Lee who struggled to find his top form from which he has been showing in the last two…
THE FORM of former World Snooker champion Peter Ebdon continued to be the surprise factor of this year’s China Open after he beat Neil Robertson to reach the semi-finals. In a hard-fought match, the first six three frames were shared before Ebdon began to wear the Australian down and won the last two frames to…
Judd TRUMP vs Stephen LEE Stephen MAGUIRE vs Ronnie O’SULLIVAN Ding JUNHUI vs Ali CARTER Neil ROBERTSON vs Peter EBDON
DAY FOUR of this year’s China Open saw World Number One Mark Selby withdraw from the competition after suffering a neck injury. Selby was due to play China’s Ding Junhui today in the last 16 round but announced he was pulling out so he could return home and receive treatment. The Leicester ace potter told World Snooker: “I’m…
Judd TRUMP vs Stuart BINGHAM Stephen LEE vs Graeme DOTT Stephen MAGUIRE vs Ricky WALDEN Ronnie O’SULLIVAN vs Mark WILLIAMS Mark SELBY vs Ding JUNHUI Ali CARTER vs Lu NING Neil ROBERTSON vs Stephen HENDRY Peter EBDON vs John HIGGINS
DAY THREE of this year’s China Open saw Shaun Murphy crash out at the first hurdle in the biggest shock of the competition so far. The 2005 World Champion lost 5-2 to wildcard entrant Lu Ning earning the 18-year-old one of his best wins of his snooker career to date. The young Chinese player looked to have…
WORLD Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has assured players and fans there are no plans to change the format of the World Championships. Hearn’s announcement comes after making big changes to the game in the past two years. Since taking over the sport Hearn has significantly increased the number of tournaments worldwide and has not been afraid to change the format…
DING JUNHUI pulled off a remarkable comeback victory to beat Ben Woollaston and advance through to the last 16 of the China Open. Playing in his native China, Ding looked set for a shock early exit when he trailed 4-0 to the English youngster but he came storming back to level at 4-4 before winning the deciding frame to…
Judd TRUMP vs Jimmy WHITE Stuart BINGHAM vs Joe PERRY Stephen LEE vs Tom FORD Graeme DOTT vs Mark KING Stephen MAGUIRE vs Barry HAWKINS Mark ALLEN vs Ricky WALDEN Ronnie O’SULLIVAN vs Marcus CAMPBELL Mark WILLIAMS vs Fergal O’BRIEN or Jin LONG Mark SELBY vs Li HANG Ali CARTER vs Dominic DALE Shaun MURPHY…
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