FORMER world champion Mark Williams kept the Welsh flag flying in Newport as victory over Neil Robertson sealed his place in the last 16 of the Welsh Open. Breaks of 60 and 50 helped the two-times Crucible winner, the only Welsh player left standing, kept home interest alive in the major ranking event as he held…
WORLD Snooker has announced next month’s PTC Grand Finals has been moved to Preston’s Guild Hall – the former host venue of the UK Championship and Grand Prix. The week-long tournament was originally scheduled to take place in Bangkok in Thailand but political unrest in the country led to the sport’s governing body switching the venue to the…
DEFENDING champion Stephen Maguire comfortably secured his place in the second round as the Welsh Open got underway. The Scot, who beat Stuart Bingham in last year’s final, beat Elliot Slessor 4-1 to reach the last 64 stage. Reigning world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan also eased his way into the second round after he brushed aside amateur Mitchell Travis…
KYREN Wilson has said he cannot wait to take on a resurgent Judd Trump in the opening round of the Welsh Open. The Kettering based potter, who made the quarter-finals in this season’s Shanghai Masters, faces possibly his toughest challenge of his snooker career when he faces the talented world number four on Saturday night (February 22) in front of…
JIMMY White boosted his tour survival hopes by earning a much-needed win against Joe Swail in the China Open qualifiers. The Whirlwind went into the match earlier today (Tuesday) precariously placed in 64th place on the provisional two-year money the list. The top 64 from the list will remain on the professional tour next season. A defeat today…
TWO of the world’s top 16 players will not play at the venue stages of this season’s China Open after they suffered surprising early exits earlier today (Sunday). World numbers 12 and 15 – Robert Milkins and Joe Perry – crashed out of the major event, to held in Beijing, at the first stage this morning following defeats to…
NEWLY-CROWNED Gdynia Open champion Shaun Murphy was delighted his efforts at the practise table were finally rewarded as he ended a two-and-a-half-year wait for silverware. The 2005 world champion ended months and months of pain on Sunday by defeating Fergal O’Brien 4-1 to lift the final European Tour title of the season. It was Murphy’s first title since…
SHAUN Murphy won his first ranking event in almost three years after victory over Fergal O’Brien secured him the last European PTC title of the season in Poland. Top breaks of 103 and 75 helped Murphy to beat O’Brien 4-1 and land the Gdynia Open – ending a two-and-a-half-year wait for silverware when he won the…
FLAWLESS Ding Junhui secured his fourth major trophy of the season after coming from behind to beat Judd Trump and win the German Masters title. The world number three came from 4-2 behind to defeat the Bristol star 9-5 after producing a brilliant spell of snooker in the final session. It is the first time Ding has won the…
THE GERMAN Masters Final stands beautifully poised at the halfway stage after Ding Junhui and Judd Trump shared the first eight frames in an entertaining first session in Berlin. Ding, chasing his fourth major title of the season after winning the Shanghai Masters, Indian Open and International Championship, came back from 4-2 down to level…
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