Moving onto the bottom half of the draw, part three of my preview sees me consider the fortunes of Ricky Walden, Tony Drago, Andrew Higginson and Xiao Guodong to name just a few…
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Race to stay on tour 2010: All you need to know
Following the completion of the China Open qualifiers this week there is just one more tournament to play this season for the vast majority of those players battling for their main tour places. With those World Championship qualifiers just weeks away I have attempted to summarise as best I can who looks safe, who looks doomed and who are the players right in there with a chance of survival. Click below for all the information…
UK Championship Qualifiers 2009: Order of Play and Preview
It has felt like a long wait since Neil Robertson won the last ranking event back in October but tomorrow (Monday), sees the start of the UK Championship qualifiers as 79 of the 96 main tour players will be in action over the next eight days.
Continue reading this article for my preview and the Order of Play for the qualifiers…
Pettman’s Book: November
Now into November, I am pleased to say that the latest extract of the upcoming book from world number 37 Stuart Pettman is available for you read. This time Stuart talks about recent match practice with Dave Harold and his decision not to take part in the Masters qualifiers.
Again, all feedback would be appreciated either by way of a comment or if you have a more specific question for Stuart, by way of email to pettman142@gmail.com
Masters Qualifying 2010: Day One News
One day into the Masters qualifiers and already we have seen a big upset as young Welsh prodigy Michael White has sent 1997 world champion Ken Doherty crashing out of the tournament at the first hurdle. Click below for that and all of the other results from today…
Grand Prix Qualifying 2009: Day One News
Good news at last for David Gray who has recorded a resounding 5-0 victory over Lee Spick this morning to book his place in the second round of the Grand Prix qualifiers. More to follow…
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Summer of Snooker
While snooker is often (with some justification), criticised for its lack of events, it is hard to make that accusation at the moment as although the top 16 will not see ranking event action until early September, there are more than enough tournaments scheduled for the upcoming weeks. Click below to read what is going on and where…
World Snooker Confirm Main Tour Wildcards
As was rumoured, World Snooker have today confirmed the four main tour wildcards for the 2009/10 season and it is obvious that they have gone for experience over youth. In addition the final Asian nomination has now been confirmed so we now know the full 96 players who make up the main tour next season…