World Snooker will stage a tournament in The Netherlands for the first time in over 20 years with a European Tour event in Rotterdam in July.
Category Archive: Players Tour Championship
Apr 24
Untangling The 2013/14 Calendar
During the recent World Championship qualifiers, World Snooker published the provisional calendar for the 2013/14 season, which as in 2012/13, sees a number of significant changes as the professional circuit continues to expand. Click below for a summary of the main changes, together with a ‘cut-off by cut-off’ round up of how the calendar shapes …
Mar 17
Brilliant Ding Denies Robertson In Galway
Trailing Australia’s Neil Robertson 3-0 in the final of the 2013 PTC Grand Finals this evening, few would have fancied Ding Junhui to come back and take the title, but that is exactly what happened as he reeled off four frames in a row in Galway to claim his first full-ranking event title since the …
Mar 16
Ding Makes Galway Max
Congratulations to world number nine Ding Junhui who has today made the fifth maximum break of his professional career, during his quarter-final match against Mark Allen at the 2013 PTC Grand Finals. Coming in the opening frame of the match, the break consolidates Ding’s position in fourth place on the all-time list, standing behind Stephen …
Mar 14
PTC Grand Finals 2013: Down To 16
Three long days down (almost), in Galway and Joe Perry has now completed the last 16 line-up, with a 4-2 victory against the higher-ranked Stuart Bingham this evening. Indeed there have been a few surprising results already, with the likes of John Higgins, Mark Selby and Judd Trump amongst those to crash out of the …
Mar 09
PTC Grand Finals 2013: Tournament Preview
After an unusually quiet week in snooker with no professional action taking place, this week sees the conclusion of the 2012/13 Players Tour Championship, with the Grand Finals returning to Galway for a second successive season. With a field of 32 this year and important ranking points up for grabs ahead of the upcoming seedings …
Mar 07
Closing In On The Cut: Crucible 2013
It feels like a long time since I last prepared one of these, but with the final mid-season seedings revision looming large, below I take a look at how the rankings are shaping up ahead of the Crucible, with just the PTC Grand Finals and China Open tournaments still to be played. I also take …
Mar 05
Perry Practising Hard Ahead of PTC Finals
Joe Perry is hard at work on the practice table preparing for the PTC Grand Finals in Galway, Ireland, next week. “I’d love to do well in the Grand Finals,” asserts Perry. “There’s no reason why I, like many of the players, can’t go out to Galway and win the event…
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