Three days down at the 2013 Haikou World Open and with the last 16 line-up now complete, there is no shortage of quality remaining in the tournament, with just Mark Williams and Mark Davis of the top 16 to fall, in addition to the absent Ali Carter. Click below for a round-up of the tournament so far…
The last 16 line-up is now taking shape at the Welsh Open and the big story today is that Mark Selby’s surprise whitewash at the hands of Joe Perry, combined with a comeback victory for Judd Trump, means that the latter will return to the top of the world rankings after this event. Click below for a round-up of the action from Newport so far…
Day two from the Tempodrom and this time there was to be no escape for world number two Judd Trump, as the reigning International Championship winner lost out in a decider to veteran Anthony Hamilton. Click below for a round-up of the day’s results…
Day one from the Tempodrom in Berlin, as the venue stages of the 2013 German Masters got underway. Generally there were few upsets, but the stand-out result saw four-time world champion John Higgins exit at the hands of Leeds’ Peter Lines…
Whilst writing my Masters preview just over a week ago, I described the world’s current top four of Mark Selby, Judd Trump, John Higgins and Neil Robertson as being as close to a ‘big four’ as snooker has seen since that which we saw towards the end of the 1990’s, a comment which sparked a bit of debate on Twitter over the course of the last week.
It was a comment not made lightly, but under closer scrutiny, does the comparison hold up? I decided to do a bit of good old fashioned research to try and come to some conclusions…
So while the final round of the 2013 China Open qualifiers is played out in Sheffield today, tomorrow sees the start of the year’s first major, as the 2013 Masters kicks off at the Alexandra Palace in London. Click below for my thoughts ahead of the tournament…
WORLD number two Judd Trump believes he is playing better snooker than any of his rivals heading into the Masters.
The ‘Juddernaut’ lost his place at the top of the rankings following a shock first round exit to Mark Joyce at the UK Championship last month, but had been in stunning form prior to that.
And the 2011 World Championship runner-up is now preparing to add the Masters title to his UK Championship victory of 13 months ago.
While we enjoy a short break from the snooker action over the festive period, I continue my look back at 2012 by deciding the Pro Snooker Awards for a fifth successive year. Click below for part one…
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