By winning the World Championship back in May, Australia’s Neil Robertson became the 18th different winner of snooker’s biggest tournament of the modern era. The question for 2010/11 therefore is where does he go from here? Below I take a look at how some former first-time world champions fared in the seasons immediately following their Crucible triumph…
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PTC2: Early Exit for Reanne
Saturday morning saw Reanne Evans play the first match of her professional career but it was not to have a fairytale ending as former Crucible qualifier Liu Chuang recorded a 4-2 victory against her. Elsewhere the majority of the matches played so far have gone as I would have expected…
PartyCasino.com Premier League 2010: Fixtures and Line-up Revealed
The line-up for the 2010 PartyCasino.com Premier League has been announced this evening and eyebrows will be raised as Scottish duo John Higgins and Stephen Hendry are notable exceptions from the event…
Murphy Completes Classic Comeback
Trailing 6-2 after the first session, 8-2 after another couple of frames, Shaun Murphy could have been forgiven for thinking about his flight home but incredibly he was able to win the next seven frames to stun 2008 champion and local favourite Ding Junhui to win the Wuxi Classic. Click below for more…
Wuxi Classic 2010: Allen Avenges Fu Defeat
Day two of the 2010 Wuxi Classic and Mark Allen’s title defence remains on track following a 5-3 victory over Marco Fu, avenging his defeat in the final of last season’s Championship League. Shaun Murphy, Ding Junhui and Tian Pengfei also progressed…
2010/11 Roll Call
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…
Selby and Carter oust former champions!
Wow what a final session we have seen tonight as Mark Selby and Ali Carter have booked their places in the semi-finals of this year’s tournament with victories over Ronnie O’Sullivan and Shaun Murphy respectively…
Dott downs Allen to secure top 16 Return
Since his 2006 Crucible triumph Graeme Dott has endured a torrid time both on and off the table as he battled with depression and lost his top 16 place as a result, but happily the man from Scotland has now completed his revival with a very impressive 13-12 victory over Mark Allen this afternoon…