JOHN HIGGINS won the Australian Open title for the first time after winning a final frame decider to beat Martin Gould in a pulsating final. The four times world champion hit a decisive break of 89 in the deciding frame of an entertaining match to land his 27th ranking title of his career and in…

JOHN Higgins and Martin Gould will face each other in Sunday’s Australian Open final after both men won their semi-final matches in contrasting ways. Four times world champion Higgins was made to do it the hard way in Bendigo after he came back fro 4-0 down against Welshman Jamie Jones to seal his place in…

JUDD Trump’s hopes of defending the Australian Open title are now over after losing to Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals. Scotland’s Maguire beat the Bristol star 5-1 to book a place in the semi-finals of the season’s first major ranking event. A break of 62, a re-spotted black and a dominant third frame saw Maguire…

JUDD Trump continued his bid to retain his Australian Open title by booking his place in the quarter-finals with another impressive display. The Bristol star, who beat Jack Lisowski in the first round, moved a step closer to defending the title he won twelve months ago after beating Ian Burns 5-2 earlier today. Trump raced…

NEIL Robertson’s hopes of winning the only major ranking tournament in his native Australia were blown to shreds after he crashed to a surprising first round defeat to Matthew Selt. Robertson, who is yet to win the Australian Open since the event launched four years ago, will have to wait at least another year to…

WORLD champion Stuart Bingham was left stunned as a superb comeback from Fergal O’Brien meant he suffered an early exit in the Australian Open. The newly crowned Crucible King looked on course for victory when he took a 4-2 lead over the Irishman, needing just one more frame to seal his place in the next…