Following his victories at the UKPTC2 and Snooker Shoot Out events earlier in the season, this Thursday Martin Gould defeated Ali Carter 3-2 at Crondon Park to win the 2013 Championship League and make it a hat-trick of professional titles in 2013/14.
Click below for a round-up of how he did it, together with quotes from SightRight’s Steve Feeney, who has been working with Martin during the course of this season…
So this is it, just one more event to go before the seedings for the 2013 World Championship are finalised and following the PTC Grand Finals in Galway last week, the position is now somewhat clearer, though much can still change.
Click below for a summary of who has to do what in Beijing, as well as a preview of how the seeds would be placed in the Crucible draw, if it were to be made today…
Hot on the heels of the conclusion of the PTC Grand Finals yesterday, today sees the start of the final four days of the 2013 Championship League, with Group 7 being followed by the Winners’ Group on Wednesday and Thursday…
Ahead of the start of the Haikou World Open this Monday, it has been announced that recent German Masters winner Ali Carter has been forced to withdraw from the tournament on medical grounds, related to his ongoing battle with Crohn’s disease.
Hopefully Ali will be fighting fit in the near future and in particular ahead of his next scheduled tournament, the PTC Grand Finals, where he is set to meet John Higgins at the last 32 stage.
Ali’s withdrawal means that over in Haikou, the winner of the wildcard round contest between Nigel Bond and Zhu Yinghui, will receive a bye to the last 16.
Little over a year ago, due to his ongoing battle with Crohn’s disease and the subsequent impact upon his game, Ali Carter had threatened to quit snooker, but tonight he underlined his return to form by defeating Marco Fu 9-6 to win the 2013 German Masters title in Berlin…
Following their respective victories against Neil Robertson and Barry Hawkins yesterday, Ali Carter takes on Marco Fu this afternoon in the final of the 2013 German Masters.
For my fellow UK readers, the afternoon session will not be broadcast live on Eurosport, so I would recommend that you watch via a live stream on one of the betting sites, such as bet365, or Betfair. Alternatively, highlights will be broadcast on Eurosport at 5pm, with the second session to follow live at 7pm.
Enjoy, I have a feeling that it will be a close one…
With Christmas upon us and a rare few days away from the baize as hit the end of 2012, it is time again to begin my annual (see 2010 and 2011 results), series of ‘best of’ polls for you to vote in. Accordingly, click below to choose your ‘best match’ of 2012, either from my selection below or by entering your own choice…
UK CHAMPIONSHIP semi-finalist Ali Carter admits he’d rather be facing Luca Brecel than Shaun Murphy, even though he expects the young Belgian to be a star of the future.