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Meanwhile, the action on the table has continued as we are down to the last four, click below for my summary of the story so far, as well as a few other musings on the tournament as a whole…
The night after the day before at the Crucible as the dust settles on the momentous decision taken by Stephen Hendry to retire from tournament snooker. A full tribute will follow from me in due course, but in the meantime we still have a World Championship to be decided, as the semi-final line-up will be decided…
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Day eleven from a wet and windy Crucible has today seen the start of the quarter-finals as eight become four at the 2012 World Championship. While no matches are scheduled to finish today, at the time of writing it looks as though we will see the end of Stephen Hendry’s latest Crucible campaign as he trails Stephen Maguire 10-1 with five more frames to go this evening…
Well what about that for an afternoon session? Just as the drama of the opening round was beginning to wear off, today brought us another Crucible classic as Ali Carter recovered from 12-9 down to defeat pre-tournament favourite Judd Trump in an absolute thriller. Matthew Stevens is also through to his first quarter-final since 2006, a 13-11 winner against Barry Hawkins. Click below for my perspective of the action as viewed from the media seats in the Crucible…
Day nine at the Crucible as we hit the second Sunday with two new matches getting underway this morning, while the afternoon session sees the resumption of the match between Mark Williams and Ronnie O’Sullivan, as well as the intriguing match between Judd Trump and Ali Carter…
Image courtesy of Andy Chubb
One match away from the conclusion of the last 32 stage at the Crucible, click below for an update as to the various ranking changes since the start of the week and clarification as to watch is still to play for with 11 days to go in Sheffield…
So then, a little late to the party but for the fourth successive year I bring you the first part of my preview articles for the 2012 World Championship as I cast my eye over a somewhat Scottish top quarter, as well as the hopes of 2011 finalist Judd Trump…
Sad news today as it was announced that Ali Carter has been forced to withdraw from the upcoming Haikou World Open on medical grounds, presumably related to the Crohn’s disease from which he suffers. Dave Hendon at Snooker Scene blog has outlined Ali’s situation succinctly in this article, so I would just like to wish Ali all the best and hope that he is back in action soon.
Following Ali’s withdrawal, Marcus Campbell receives a bye to the last 16 of the Haikou World Open, click here to view the updated drawsheet.