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…
Tonight saw the Premier League return to our screen and it was a good night for defending champion Shaun Murphy as he brushed aside Ding Junhui to top the table after night one. Ronnie O’Sullivan and Marco Fu drew 3-3 in the night’s other match…
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World Snooker today announced on their website that world number three Ronnie O’Sullivan will not be returning to Shanghai to defend the title that he won twelve months ago due to a problem with his back. Shortly afterwards however, the story was apparently taken down…
September is fast approaching and that can only mean one thing, the start of a new Premier League campaign as Ronnie O’Sullivan prepares to def…oh hang on a minute. Yes, for the first time since I started writing this blog it is not the former world number one who comes into this event as the reigning champion, but instead Shaun Murphy having taken the 2009 title…
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Congratulations to Judd Trump who has become the latest winner of a PTC event this season by coming back from 3-2 down to defeat Anthony Hamilton 4-3 this evening in Furth…
The final day of the ongoing EPTC event is underway now in Furth and already defending champion Shaun Murphy is on the march against Andrew Higginson in the round of last 16. Veteran pair Steve Davis and Jimmy White together with young duo Jack Lisowski and Judd Trump may have something to say about that however…
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Day Two of the first event of the European Players Tour Championship is now underway in Germany as the tournament is played through to the last 16 stage. Click below for brief updates throughout the day, while I will also attempt to post more frequent updates on my Twitter page…
EDIT: I have now updated the provisional rankings list.
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It has been an eventful day over in Germany on day one of the 2010 Paul Hunter Classic tournament, or as I should call it now, the first event of the new European Players Tour Championship as the likes of Barry Pinches, Tom Ford, Ryan Day and Peter Ebdon have all exited the event early…
In addition to the updated provisional list yesterday, due to popular demand I have also knocked up a one-year rankings table, demonstrating exactly who have been the stars of 2010/11 even at this early stage. This list is to be taken with a pinch of salt really as the top 16 players have not even opened their Shanghai Masters accounts so far, but with Stephen Hendry and Ding Junhui down in 85th place with Mark Davis leading the way, it makes for interesting reading nonetheless!
Following on from my post yesterday concerning rumoured changes to the World Snooker ranking system, I can now confirm that having seen the letter sent to the players last week by WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson, those changes are indeed correct…
