May 5, 2012
Blog Archives
O’Sullivan closing in on final
Ronnie O’Sullivan needs only two more frames against Matthew Stevens to book his place in the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship Final. Coming into the morning session, Stevens knew he had to win at least three frames to take the match into a concluding session and he started in style by taking the opening frame. The more …..
Premier League Snooker – Trump tops Murphy to take opening group
The Final Judd Trump 3-2 Shaun Murphy 25-84 (Murphy 84), 121-1 (Trump 121), 19-65 (Murphy 65), 118-0 (Trump 118), 75-8 (Trump 67) Semi-Finals Mark Selby 1-3 Judd Trump 13-75 (Trump 56), 39-87 (Selby 39, Trump 79), 96-0 (Selby 96), 0-84 (Trump 84) Mark Davis 1-3 Shaun Murphy 66-71 (Davis 38, Murphy 43), 92-15 (Davis 70), 29-76 (Murphy 61), more …..
UK Championship News – Carter Quits, Williams wows and TV Scheduling
BBC Coverage From the start of the event we have had Live Snooker on BBC 2 but no coverage in the evenings apart from on interactive, from the quarterfinals stage it finally hits BBC2 but cuts off mid session and again you have to switch to interactive! seriously do The BBC want viewers or not? more …..
Shaun Murphy Blog – Practicing with Peter
I had a great day yesterday as Peter Ebdon came up to practise with me at the club. We go back a long, long way and I can recall my first ever experience of the Crucible Theatre was when I went to watch him play there in 1992. Peter and I lived in the same more …..
WORLD CHAMPION HIGGINS CRASHES OUT IN AUSTRALIA
World champion John Higgins suffered a shock defeat against Matthew Selt in the first round of the 2011 Australian Snooker Goldfields Open. Selt, 43rd in the world rankings, had never won a match in the televised stages of a ranking event before but ended that record in style with a 5-4 victory over four-time Crucible more …..
Get Carter? Not this time!
Hi everyone, A 3-6 semi-final defeat against Ali Carter – not the result I was after. Always hurts to lose, especially as defending champion but Ali was the better player and fully deserved the victory. I congratulated him and wished him good luck in the final. I’ve had a great year as Wuxi champion and more …..
Through to the semi’s
Morning everyone – just touching base after my first match out here in Wuxi. Really pleased to win for the first time this season after not managing to do so at the opening PTC last month. Peter Ebdon is always a tough opponent and so I’m really happy to go through 5-1. I opened up more …..
Paul Hunter Classic Draw (PTC4)
The draw for The Paul Hunter Class has been made today by World Snooker with a total of 244 players in the line up. The professional side of the draw can be downloaded here, and the amateur pre qualifying here. The Paul Hunter Classic which is part of The Players Tour Championships (Event 4) will take place in Fuerth, Germany more …..
Captain Targets Blackpool Jackpot
Ali Carter hopes to turn an hour’s work into a £32,000 jackpot at the Caesarscasino.com Snooker Shoot-Out this weekend. The brand new tournament, which runs from Friday to Sunday at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, boasts an innovative one-frame knockout format, with frames to last a maximum of ten minutes. The world’s top 64 players, more …..
