Three days down in Daqing and 64 (plus wildcards) have become just eight at the 2015 International Championship.
Click below for a round-up of some of the main stories so far and a look ahead to some mouthwatering quarter-finals…
Author: matt2745
Closing In On The Cut: October 2015
Down to the last 32 at the International Championship and we now know that Mark Selby will remain as world number one following the end of the week in Daqing, but there do still remain ranking issues to be determined ahead of this season’s third mid-season seedings revision.
Click below for a (belated) look at the current standings…
International Championship 2015: Tournament Preview
Ranking event snooker returns tomorrow for the start of the International Championship, which moves from its previous home in Chengdu to a new venue in Daqing.
Continue reading for my tournament preview and customary look through the draw and some of the most eye-catching matches…
Ding Wins In Haining
Ding Junhui is a tournament winner once again as he defeated Ricky Walden 4-3 to win the 2015 Haining Open earlier today.
UK Snooker Final Session Sold Out
The final session of snooker’s Betway UK Championship has sold out, with fans snapping up tickets for the showpiece tournament at the York Barbican.
Haining Open – Starts Monday
The snooker tour resumes tomorrow with the start of this year’s Haining Open, an event won last season by Stuart Bingham who now has an impressive four Asian Tour titles to his name.
Although Stuart will not be returning to defend his title in 2015, the tournament remains one that is deceptively important for many players, more so than ever in 2015 as eight Players Championship places and two main tour cards could effectively be up for grabs this week…
Tour Survival 2015/16 – Player by Player
As the nights draw in and the clocks go back, it is also that time of the year when I take a close look at the battle for tour places from the start of the 2016/17 season. As regular readers will be well aware, to fully understand how each of the current tour players are currently placed, it is necessary to analyse a number of different ranking lists and orders of merit.
With two of the biggest money events to come in the International Championship and UK Championship tournaments, today I take my first player-by-player look at the current state of play and flag up some of the surprise names with work to do if they are to remain on tour for another season…
Rory, Ronnie and the Run-Up to Christmas
After an uncharacteristically quiet week here at PSB due to a few unforeseen technical gremlins, I am now happy to confirm that all systems are now (hopefully) go ahead of snooker’s return to China during the next fortnight.
Today I take a look back at last week’s action in Germany, as well as some of the other stories from the snooker world at the moment…