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 …
Tag Archive: Pankaj Advani
Oct 13
World Billiards Championship Heads To Leeds
WORLD BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP, LEEDS, ENGLAND (17th – 28th OCTOBER 2012) Record number of players head for Leeds for first ever unified World Billiards Championship 65 players from 15 countries descend on the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds next week for the first ever unified World Billiards Championship. This is the 6th time the club has hosted the …
Oct 13
Advani Withdraws from International Championship
Having defeated Craig Steadman, Steve Davis, Alan McManus and Michael Holt to qualify for his maiden professional venue, India’s Pankaj Advani has taken the difficult decision to withdraw from the tournament, due to a clash of dates with this World Billiards Championship. Click below for more and to see how that affects the draw for …
Aug 24
ET1: Doherty Ends Maximum Wait
Click here to view my 147′s page 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 …
Aug 22
International Championship 2012: Qualifying Review
Over the last four days, the EIS in Sheffield has played host to the qualifying rounds of the inaugural International Championship tournament, arguably snooker’s newest ‘major’ given the significant amount of prize money and ranking points on offer. As a result, every match has counted but as far as headline stories are concerned, there is …
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