NEIL Robertson clinched his place in the World Championship semi-finals as well as snooker’s history books after producing a memorable comeback to defeat Judd Trump. Robertson looked down and out when Trump led 11-8 halfway through the evening session but the Australian had other ideas as he won five frames on the bounce to defeat…
RONNIE O’Sullivan’s bid to win three World Championship titles on the bounce remains well and truly alive after he blitzed his way into the semi-finals. Rather than finishing quarter-final tie, O’Sullivan can sit back and prepare for his next big test after beating Shaun Murphy with a session to spare. Leading 6-2 from Tuesday’s opening…
LAST year’s Crucible finalist Barry Hawkins and Mark Selby look set to reach the semi-finals of this year’s World Championship. Hawkins, who lost to Ronnie O’Sullivan in last year’s final, and Selby, a finalist six years ago to John Higgins, left themselves in pole position in their quarter-finals ties gaining commanding leads. Selby, bidding for his…
RONNIE O’Sullivan and Judd Trump made good progress as they began their bid to reach the semi-finals of the World Championship. Five-times world champion O’Sullivan recovered from a slow start to earn a 6-2 overnight lead against 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy. And Trump, bidding to win his first world title, produced his best display…
JUDD Trump set up a mouth-watering quarter-final tie against world number one Neil Robertson after seeing off the challenge of Ryan Day. Trump, bidding for his first world title, only needed half of tonight’s evening session to seal his place in the last eight, beating the Welshman 13-7. It is the third time in four…
MARK Allen has said nobody in the game will be able to stop Neil Robertson from winning another world title if he continues his strong run of form in the remainder of the World Championship. Allen spoke out following his second round defeat to the Australian this afternoon – a win that puts Robertson just…
NEIL Robertson was forced to wait for an historic 100th century break of the season but a flawless performance saw him reach the World Championship quarter-finals. Robertson was at his sublime best winning all four frames of the final session as he ended Mark Allen’s Crucible campaign with a 13-9 victory And the world number…
NEIL Robertson stands just one century break away from becoming the first ever player to record 100 tons in a single season. The world number one took his tally from 97 to 99 season century breaks in his second round tie against Mark Allen and could complete the historic landmark on Monday afternoon (2.30pm start)…
THE NINTH day of the Dafabet World Championship saw a number of special events held in memory of Paul Hunter. A three-times Masters winner, Hunter died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 27 and was regarded as one of snooker’s most talented players to embrace the game. Members from the Paul Hunter Foundation,…
BARRY Hawkins reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship for a second year running after he fought back from behind to beat Ricky Walden. History repeated itself at the Crucible this afternoon as, like last year in their semi-final clash, Hawkins produced the goods in the final session to knock out the Chester based potter.…
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