Following a relatively quiet opening day yesterday as six of the tournament’s seven wildcard matches were played, today saw some of the big hitters hit the baize in Beijing and for John Higgins and Judd Trump in particular, all would not go to plan. Click below for a round-up of the day’s action, together with …
Tag Archive: Matthew Stevens
Mar 03
Allen Downs Stevens To Defend Haikou Crown
Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen has today become the first man to successfully defend a full-ranking event title since John Higgins at the 2011 Welsh Open, by defeating former UK Champion Matthew Stevens 10-4 at the Haikou World Open. Claiming his second ranking event title overall, Mark takes home the top prize of £85,000, as well …
Mar 01
And Then There Were Four…
Two days to go at the 2013 Haikou World Open and we are down to the semi-finals, as four former ranking event winners will battle it out for the trophy this weekend. It has been a strange tournament, with flashing lights, rain, overzealous photographers and flies all interfering with play, but despite all of that, …
May 04
Crucible Diary 2012: Day Fourteen – The Semis So Far
If you are reading this then you are now viewing the site through the correct server and we are back in business for the closing stages of this 2012 World Championship. Thank you for your patience! Meanwhile, the action on the table has continued as we are down to the last four, click below for …
May 02
Crucible Diary: Day Twelve
The night after the day before at the Crucible as the dust settles on the momentous decision taken by Stephen Hendry to retire from tournament snooker. A full tribute will follow from me in due course, but in the meantime we still have a World Championship to be decided, as the semi-final line-up will be …













