With Thursday’s quarter-final line-up now confirmed, I take a look ahead towards the eight matches scheduled to be played tomorrow…
Rankings updated…
The actual action may have taken a back seat today with the conclusion of the John Higgins saga but as ever there were some interesting results from Shanghai. Click below for the day’s scores and again a few observations from myself…
NOTE: I have now updated the tournament schedule with tomorrow’s fixtures here.
Continue reading ‘Shanghai Masters 2010: Legends Struggle as Selby and Ding Survive’
As I’m sure all of you are aware by now, the verdict is in on the John Higgins sting and he has now been cleared to return to action following the end of a six-month ban which will conclude in November. He has however been fined the sum of £75,000 for ‘intentionally giving the impression to others that they were agreeing to act in breach of the Betting Rules’ and ‘failing to disclose promptly to the Association full details of an approach or invitation to act in breach of the Betting Rules.’ His former manager Pat Mooney has meanwhile been banned from playing any future role in snooker.
I will post my thoughts on this verdict over the coming days but for now, Dave Hendon pretty much has the situation covered from all angles over at SSB here.
Today saw the top 16 enter the fray in Shanghai and it was an eventful day as Mark Davis and Graeme Dott were amongst those who moved into the second round…
Click here to view my updated rankings or carry on reading to read my main thoughts on some of the day’s results…
Continue reading ‘Shanghai Masters 2010: Davis and Dott edge Deciders’
Click to view the revised rankings…
As is often the case, it was a tough day for some of the local wildcards during day one of this year’s Shanghai Masters but there were a couple of exceptions nonetheless…
Continue reading ‘Shanghai Masters 2010: Mike and Milkins Out, Doherty survives’
Disappointing news for snooker fans today as it has seemingly been confirmed that livescoring will not be available for this weeks Shanghai Masters tournament. Click below for another moan from myself about this and the way that the sport is marketed in general…
Continue reading ‘Shanghai Masters 2010: Livescores Not Included’
Since that surreal evening back in May when word of the John Higgins sting first filtered through there has been a lot of uncertainty as to what the outcome of the whole affair would be. Four months on, this week will see Higgins given the opportunity to put his case forward at a tribunal in London and hopefully a final decision will be made one way or the other…
So here we are, we might have had the PTC events to keep us going over the summer but tomorrow is where the season really starts as the Shanghai Masters gets underway at last. Click below for the order of play which I shall update as the week progresses…
Continue reading ‘Shanghai Masters 2010: Tournament Schedule’
Following yesterday’s “will he, won’t he” withdraw saga, defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has today confirmed that he will not be returning to China in 2010, although not because of any problems with his back, instead citing personal problems…
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Late Developers
It is widely accepted that snooker players generally peak during their mid to late twenties and the in the case of some, perhaps even earlier. This is by no means a hard and fast rule however as has been shown by a number of players during the last couple of years who whilst well into their thirties, have shown that the best is not necessarily behind them…
