What a tournament we have had so far! Even before Steve Davis managed to do the unthinkable and knock out the defending world champion and provisional world number one John Higgins on Saturday morning the tournament was hard to call but after nine days I’m no closer to being able to pick a winner…
Pre-tournament I had backed the vast majority of the seeded players to progress but today both Mark Davis and Graeme Dott took the total number of qualifiers to move into the last 16 to four with victories over Ryan Day and Peter Ebdon respectively, the latter now losing his top 16 place as a result…
So it is almost time for the balls to start being potted as the waiting comes to an end. Click below to view the tournament schedule for the event and when your favourite will be in action…
Part three of my Betfred.com World Championship preview sees me look at the prospects of world number two Stephen Maguire, 2002 world champion Peter Ebdon and Antrim’s Mark Allen amongst others…
After a relatively quiet Monday, the final day of qualifiers at the EISS was compelling as it contained a major upset, table troubles and a classic twitchfest. Click below for more…
Ok so the qualifiers started earlier on today but better late than never and all that, click below for the final part of my World Championship qualifying preview…
