Four years on from Ding Junhui’s momentous victory in the 2005 China Open final we have another Chinese player in the final of one of his home events. This time however it is not Ding, but Liang Wenbo who has upset world number three Shaun Murphy to win an engrossing match this morning…
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Murphy Masterclass while Wenbo keeps Chinese flag flying
Shaun Murphy underlined his Shanghai credentials today with an excellent whitewash of the 1997 world champion Ken Doherty, while Liang Wenbo kept alive his chances of a first ranking event title on home soil. Out though is Ding Junhui, who lost to Ronnie O’Sullivan, while reigning world champion John Higgins saw off Ryan Day once again in China…
Also my provisional rankings page is now right up to date and you can access that here.
Shanghai Masters: Shotgun mauled by Murphy, while Doherty marches on
As the last 16 got underway in Shanghai this afternoon, world number 3 Shaun Murphy sent out a real statement of intent to the rest of the field with a 5-0 whitewash of Jamie Cope as he moved into the quarter-finals in style. Elsewhere, there were also one-sided wins for home favourite Ding Junhui and reigning world champion John Higgins, while Ken Doherty’s resurgence continued as he edged out Barry Hawkins in a decider.
Shanghai Masters: Ding Delight for Chinese Crowd
The home fans at the Shanghai Masters will have been pleased to see their home favourite Ding Junhui advance to the Last 16 with an impressive showing against Stephen Lee. Ding will now play Stuart Bingham who caused an upset yesterday in beating Mark Selby.
PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker 2009: Season Preview
It’s back, snooker’s second biggest invitational event gets underway this Thursday as Ronnie O’Sullivan goes for what would be an unprecedented sixth consecutive victory in the 2009 Premier League…
Murphy Retains Paul Hunter Classic Trophy
Congratulations to Shaun Murphy who for the second year in a row has come through the huge field in Germany to take the 2009 Paul Hunter Classic title. Click below for a summary of how the event unfolded…
Roewe Shanghai Masters 2009: Tournament Preview
With the qualifiers now complete and the clock ticking until the beginning of the new season for the top 16 players, here is my view of how I see the draw unfolding out at the 2009 Roewe Shanghai Masters. Note that at the time of writing the identity of the Chinese wildcards remains unknown so things may change slightly once they are revealed…