RICKY WALDEN is just one more win away from claiming his second world ranking title after brushing aside Marcus Campbell in the second Wuxi Classic semi-final. Today’s semi-final was by no means a classic in the making but a solid performance from the Londoner saw him coast to victory against the Scot inside seven frames winning 6-1. Walden, whose last ranking…

STUART BINGHAM has made it through to this year’s Wuxi Classic final after seeing off a brilliant fightback from Mark Davis. Bingham’s 6-5 win and run through to tomorrow’s grand final continues his brilliant start to the season after winning the Pink Ribbon Pro-am tournament and the Asian PTC 1 event more than a week ago. He will play Ricky Walden…

THE BUSINESS end of snooker’s first big ranking event of the season has a very different look to it after two rather unfamiliar names reached the semi-finals. Qualifiers Marcus Campbell and Mark Davis continued the surprise nature of this season’s Wuxi Classic by reaching the last four after they both beat former world champions. Campbell produced the shock of…

Winners advance to the semi-finals Mark SELBY vs Stuart BINGHAM Mark DAVIS vs Graeme DOTT Mark WILLIAMS vs Marcus CAMPBELL Ricky WALDEN vs Robert MILKINS

THERE must be something in the air in China which brings out the best in Robert Milkins. Day four of the Wuxi Classic saw Milkins pull off a superb 5-3 win over Judd Trump – regarded as one of the favourites for the title – and now the world-number-36 is one win away from equalling his semi-final run at…

Winners advance to the quarter-finals. Mark SELBY vs Jamie COPE Stuart BINGHAM vs Ken DOHERTY Jamie BURNETT vs Mark DAVIS Graeme DOTT vs Rod LAWLER Mark WILLIAMS vs Mark ALLEN Fergal O’BRIEN vs Marcus CAMPBELL Joe PERRY vs Ricky WALDEN Robert MILKINS vs Judd TRUMP

DAY THREE of the Wuxi Classic produced yet more shock results as more top seeds suffered first round exits. This year’s World Championship semi-finalist and world-number-four Stephen Maguire was victim to the day’s most surprising result after he lost 5-4 to qualifier Rod Lawler – who is provisionally ranked 65th in the world. The result has to be…

THE SECOND day of the Wuxi Classic proved a day to forget for some of the world’s top players with both Neil Robertson and Ding Junhui crashing out in the first round. Last season’s Masters champion Robertson failed to find his best form and suffered a heavy 5-1 defeat to the hands of Scotland’s Jamie…

WORLD-NUMBER-ONE Mark Selby gained sweet revenge over Barry Hawkins to book his place in the last 16 of the Wuxi Classic which began today. Selby, who lost to Hawkins 10-3 in the opening round of the World Championship in April, began his defence of the Wuxi title with an impressive 5-2 win which included two century breaks.…