A MATCH-WINNING break of 78 in the deciding frame helped Neil Robertson to win the Wuxi Classic title in a thrilling final against Joe Perry. The Australian successfully defended the title he first won last year after coming back from 9-8 down to beat his close friend and practice partner in what proved an exciting first…
TOMORROW (Monday) sees the return of major ranking event snooker with the Wuxi Classic getting underway in China – the first major of the 2014/15 campaign. It’s always exciting to see the start of the new season with players feeling fresh optimism for the months ahead and with a strong line-up of players involved, we…
NEW WUXI Classic champion Ricky Walden has said winning the first few frames was massive in his grand final win over Stuart Bingham. Walden dominated the match throughout and went on to beat his Essex opponent 10-4 to clinch his second world title with his last ranking success coming four years ago in the Shanghai Masters. After his win, Walden collected the…
NOT EVEN a brilliant maximum 147 break from Stuart Bingham stopped Ricky Walden in his tracks to clinch his second world ranking title of his career. Walden completed an impressive week on the baize beating Bingham 10-4 to be crowned Wuxi Classic champion 2012. This is Walden’s second big ranking event win after he was crowned Shanghai Masters champion in 2008. The Chester-born…
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
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