Due to the recent blog downtime commencing during the UKPTC3 event in Gloucester, at the time I was unable to talk about my experience at the penultimate professional event to be staged at the South West Snooker Academy, so without further ado, click below for my belated thoughts from the tournament…
And then there were two. John Higgins and Judd Trump are through to tomorrow’s final of the 2012 Shanghai Masters, following high-quality victories over Shaun Murphy and Mark Williams respectively in today’s semi-finals. Click below for a round-up of the action on semi-finals day in Shanghai…
Four days down in Shanghai and we are down to eight, as the fight intensifies for the season’s third major trophy, the Shanghai Masters. Click below for a summary of the stories from the tournament so far…
Mark Selby has struggled to find his best form in recent events, but today he responded in fine style by defeating surprise finalist Joe Swail 4-1 in the final of the Paul Hunter Classic, to successfully defend the title which he won twelve months ago in Furth. Click below for a round-up of the day’s events…
Congratulations to Ireland’s Ken Doherty, who today made the 90th maximum break in professional competition and the first of his 22-year professional career.
The max came during frame three of his 4-0 victory against Germany’s Julian Treiber, and provided it is not equalled during the remaining two days of the event, will earn the former world champion £1,500 from the rolling prize fund…
Somewhat under the radar, the last couple of days has seen the early rounds of ET2, also known as the Gdynia Open, take place at the EIS in Sheffield to decide the 32 players who will compete at the venue. Click below for a round-up of the main stories and a discussion as to the suitability of the format employed at this event.
Also, tomorrow sees the start of the International Championship qualifiers, click here to view the drawsheet.
It’s Friday at the South West Snooker Academy and the first half of the professionals have entered the fray in what is the first UKPTC event of the 2012/13 season. Click below for my updates from the venue as the day progresses…
Day one in Wuxi and defending champion Mark Selby is through to the last 16, while the majority of the professionals in action during the wildcard round were able to come through unscathed. Not so Michael Holt and Dave Harold…