Following another early exit from a ranking event, Ding Junhui is now under real pressure heading into the World Championship as his last 32 tie with Liang Wenbo becomes a potentially crucial match…
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China Open 2009: Tuesday Schedule
Day two of a China Open tournament which has already seen a number of shocks. Click below for the order of play as Stephen Maguire starts the defence of his title…
China Open 2009: Trump shocked as wildcards advance
Wow, just hours into the start of the tournament and we have our first big shock as Judd Trump bows out of the tournament to local wildcard Tang Jun. He is not the only big name to crash out however as so far four of the wildcards have moved into the last 32…
Former pros home in on main tour return
With 72 of the 96 players who will make up the tour next season now confirmed, attention turns to the remaining places, most of which will be made up of players stepping up to the tour from the amateur scene. It is clear though that a fair few of these will be former professionals who will be returning for another go at making it at the highest level…
China Open 2009: Wildcard News
Last year’s finalists Stephen Maguire and Shaun Murphy
Not long to go now until the China Open, the penultimate ranking event of the season is upon on us and news has just reached me concerning the identity of the wildcards who will be involved…
Ex-pros shine in Austria at IBSF World Championships
With the group stages of the IBSF World Amateur Championship coming to an end today, we can already see that most of the famous faces in the competition have qualified for the knockout draw…
Pontin’s International Open Series – Event Four
The fourth event of snooker’s secondary series began yesterday and will continue until this Friday…
Bahrain Championship 2008: Draw News
With the qualifiers for the inaugural Bahrain Championship taking place next week, it is time to have a quick look at the recently released draw and explain the four first round byes that have been given…