Hands up those of you who had Jamie Burnett in the final of the Shanghai Masters a week ago? Thought not. Full credit to the Scotsman however who having been spared the task of having to overcome Ronnie O’Sullivan in the first round has grasped the opportunity provided to him with both hands and progressed to his first ranking event final. Jamie Cope on the other hand…
It is widely accepted that snooker players generally peak during their mid to late twenties and the in the case of some, perhaps even earlier. This is by no means a hard and fast rule however as has been shown by a number of players during the last couple of years who whilst well into their thirties, have shown that the best is not necessarily behind them…
I started the weekend by looking at the prospects of Scotland’s four top 16 players during the 2010/11 season and now I conclude that piece by looking at the remaining five Scots on the tour…
While the professional season has now been completed, the race for tour places for 2010/11 rages on and this week has seen another eight names confirmed via the PIOS route. Click below to see who has already been confirmed for next season and where the remaining names will come from…
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…
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…