May 5, 2012
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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 …..
Carter pulls clear of Maguire
Ali Carter holds a 10-6 lead over Stephen Maguire after the second session of their World Championship semi-final Trailing 5-3, Maguire won the first two frames of the session with breaks of 57 and 59 to level the match. The Scot looked frustrated in the next, punching the table after missing a red which eventually more …..
Carter edges ahead of Maguire
Ali Carter will take a 5-3 lead into the second session of his World Championship semi-final against Stephen Maguire after a scrappy start to the best of 33 encounter. The opening frame lasted over 30 minutes and perhaps set the precedent for the rest of the session as both players seemed to struggle with the more …..
Stevens ‘so excited’ to be back in semis
Matthew Stevens says he is ‘so excited’ to be back playing in the one-table situation at the Crucible after coasting past fellow Welshman Ryan Day 13-5 in the quarter-finals. Stevens won eleven frames in a row after trailing 5-2, winning the second session 8-0, with a high break of just 59. He also revealed that more …..
England Rugby forward Ben Morgan takes on Welsh Dragon Matthew Stevens
Whilst interviewing Matthew Stevens about his upcoming appearance in The Betfred.com World Snooker Championships first round on Monday against Hong Kong’s Marco Fu we had a spectator in the form of Scarlets, Llanelli and England Rugby Forward Ben Morgan. Ben came into Terry Griffiths’s Matchroom Snooker club in Llanelli to have a few frames of more …..
Championships League Snooker – Murphy ousts Selby to take Group 2
Final Mark Selby 0-3 Shaun Murphy 22-120 (Murphy 120), 7-105 (Murphy 82), 30-77 Semi-Finals Mark Selby 3-1 Neil Robertson 15-109 (Robertson 109), 91-42 (Selby 91, Robertson 42), 69-64 (Selby 47), 121-7 (Selby 121) Shaun Murphy 3-0 Mark Davis 95-0 (Murphy 95), 136-0 (Murphy 136), 84-0 (Murphy 57) Shaun Murphy won the second group of 2012 Championship League more …..
STEVENS TAKES OPENING PLS NIGHT
STEVENS TAKES OPENING PLS NIGHT John Higgins 0-3 Matthew Stevens 18-91 (Stevens 91), 0-95 (Stevens 95), 10-65 (Stevens 35) Matthew Stevens won the opening night of the PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker as he recorded two 3-0 wins against Neil Robertson and then John Higgins in the final to take six points and head the early more …..
SELT CONTINUES AMAZING RUN IN BENDIGO
Matthew Selt continued his amazing run at the 2011 Australian Snooker Goldfields Open with a victory over another of the game’s legends. Selt, ranked 43rd in the world, had to win two qualifying matches to get to the tournament at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Victoria. But he beat current world champion John Higgins on more …..
MARK WILLIAMS WORLD CUP PREVIEW
MARK WILLIAMS does not care if he keeps the number one world ranking place all season, so long as he has proved those who claimed he was yesterday’s man a few years ago completely wrong. Williams hopes to be on top of the world again next week – this time with Carmarthen’s Matthew Stevens – more …..
DAY HOPES TO PUT THE BLUES BEHIND HIM
RYAN DAY believes he can put the last few years behind him and fight back into snooker’s elite group of players. The Pontycymmer potter, once at number eight in the rankings, has dropped twenty places after a troubled 2010/11 campaign which only came back to life in the latter months. But, after a few months more …..
Stevens out of China
A on form Matthew Stevens has today been knocked out of The China Open by Stephen Hendry with a 5-0 score line. Matthew looked tired in his match against 7 time World Champions Stephen Hendry today and it is not surprising when you look back at his schedule over the last month, he left his more …..
Stevens wins Championship League to seal Premier League return
I spoke to Matthew about an hour after his win whilst he was driving up to Manchester to get his visa for China and he is very happy to be back playing in The Premier League Snooker this year, last time he was in this event was 2002. He left his house to drive up more …..
Higgins Extends Rankings Lead
John Higgins stretched his lead at the top of the world rankings to nearly 4,000 points following his victory in the Wyldecrest Park Homes Welsh Open. Higgins beat fellow Scot Stephen Maguire 9-6 in the final in Newport to win the 23rd ranking title of his career and second of the season. “I’ve just tried more …..
Not Ryan’s Day
The two Welsh Dragons Ryan Day and Matthew Stevens done battle on the baize today in Newport with the eventual victory going to Stevens in a decider which could of gone either way. Stevens and day shared the first two frames with Matthew taking the next two and Day following suit, Matthew made a 66 more …..
