NEIL Robertson clinched his first major ranking title in more than two years after an impressive win against Mark Selby in the China Open. The Australian was in control throughout as he beat the world number one 10-6 to lift his first China Open trophy and collect the cash winning prize of £85,000. Robertson’s win…
NEIL Robertson stands just four frames away from winning his first major title of the season after he sailed into a 6-1 lead against Mark Selby in the China Open final. The Australian is in command and on track to lift his first major title since capturing the Masters title last year after a dominant…
NEIL Robertson booked his place in the China Open final after coming back from behind on three occasions to beat Stephen Maguire in a thrilling semi-final. The Australian, who fought back to win after being 4-2 and 5-4 down, will play Mark Selby in Sunday’s final in Beijing who secured a comfortable 6-2 victory over fellow…
FORMER world champion Shaun Murphy produced a battling comeback to stun rising star Jack Lisowski and reach the China Open semi-finals. Murphy put an end to the 21-year-old’s fine run this week in Beijing with a hard-fought 5-4 win But the 2005 world champion did it the hard way coming back from 4-2 down to…
MARK Davis will have to qualify for next month’s World Championship after a superb comeback from man of the moment Jack Lisowski put him out of the China Open. The Sussex potter will be the ‘unlucky’ 16th seed when World Snooker revise the provisional seedings list at the end of the month. In normal circumstances…
Ding Junhui’s struggles to perform on home soil continued as he suffered a shock first round defeat on Day 3 of the China Open. The Chinese star suffered a 5-3 defeat to Barry Hawkins as his chances to lift his second China Open title this year went up in smoke. Ding will undoubtedly be disappointed…
PROMISING star Jack Lisowski had a day to remember after pulling off a major upset in beating world number one Judd Trump on a day full of surprises in the China Open. The Cheltenham born star, who beat Mark Selby earlier this month in the PTC Grand Finals, showed the snooker world once again of…
BETFAIR have furthered their involvement in snooker by becoming the title sponsors of this season’s World Championship. The Betfair World Championship will run from April 20 to May 6 at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre. The betting giants, who has already sponsored the Masters, the Shoot-Out, the German Masters and the European Tour this season, have now added…
MARCO Fu’s hopes of securing a guaranteed spot in this year’s World Championship were dashed after he suffered a first round defeat on the opening day of the China Open. The Hong Kong star, who needed a good run in Beijing this week to give himself a chance of getting in the top 15 of…
WILDCARD ROUND Anthony McGILL vs Heydari Nazhad EHAAN Jimmy ROBERTSON vs Wang YUCHEN Liang WENBO vs Lu NING Jack LISOWSKI vs Zhou YUELONG Dechawat POOMJAENG vs Zhu YINGHUI Rory McLEOD vs Hu HAO Mark JOYCE vs Lyu HAOTIAN Jamie COPE vs Zhao XINTONG ROUND 1 DRAW Peter EBDON vs Marcus CAMPBELL Graeme DOTT vs…
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