Four days down in Bendigo and the line-up for the quarter-finals of the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open was confirmed earlier, as Shaun Murphy became the highest seeded player to exit the tournament so far…
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Australian Goldfields Open 2013: Day Two Wrap
Having crashed out of the Wuxi Classic in the opening round, for a while it looked as though reigning UK and Masters champion Mark Selby would again lose his opening match at a full-ranking event to Preston’s Ian Burns today, but he eventually came back to avoid defeat.
Not so fortunate however were Ricky Walden and Michael Holt, who were the highest ranked casualties of day two in Bendigo…
Australian Goldfields Open 2013: Day One Wrap
Day one of the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo saw victories for local favourite Neil Robertson, as well as former champions Stuart Bingham and Barry Hawkins in the early hours. Click below for a round-up of the action…
Australian Goldfields Open 2013: Starts Tomorrow
So then, after a quiet couple of weeks on the snooker front, battle resumes tomorrow as the third edition of the Australian Goldfields Open gets underway in the early hours.
Of course, there are a number of the sport’s established names who have elected to sit out the tournament, but with the likes of Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy and Ding Junhui among those involved, the field is nevertheless a strong one.
You can find all of the usual essential links to follow the tournament on the right side bar here at PSB, though with Eurosport electing not to televise the event live, you will have to rely on the streaming services provided by both the usual betting sites and Eurosport Player in order to watch the action.
The even begins with wildcard matches involving Mike Dunn and Michael White in the opening session, before the last 32 gets underway later in the day.
Finally, in the absence of a full tournament preview, I will simply make my predictions as follows:
SF: Murphy def Hawkins, Robertson def Selby
F: Robertson def Murphy
Australian Goldfields Open 2013: Qualifying Wrap
Hot on the heels of last week’s Wuxi Classic qualifiers at the South West Snooker Academy, the past five days have seen the early rounds of the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open tournament take place at the same venue.
Click below for my round-up of the key stories from the qualifiers, together with links to the results in full and latest projected seedings…
Wuxi Classic 2013: Qualifying Wrap
Three days down in Gloucester and snooker’s first foray into the land of flat 128 draws at a full-ranking event is over, with the conclusion of the first round of the Wuxi Classic today.
The action does continue tomorrow as the Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers get underway (see draw here), a tournament that will be staged under a modified version of the old system, but in the meantime click below for a round-up of the results from the Wuxi qualifiers…
Australia, Wuxi Drawsheets Now Available
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s ET1 draw, World Snooker have today released the drawsheets for the first two full-ranking events of the 2013/14 season, the Wuxi Classic and Australian Goldfields Open…
The Big Jason Ferguson Interview – Part One
While Barry Hearn as the chairman of World Snooker is the man responsible for commercial side of professional snooker, the man at the head of the sport’s regulatory body, the WPBSA, is former world number 28 Jason Ferguson, who since his re-election to the board as chairman in July 2010, has overseen a period of unprecedented change in professional snooker.
Three years on, I sat down with Jason this week at the Crucible to discuss a number of subjects, including flat draws, money based ranking lists, the Crucible, burn out, snooker in schools, the amateur game, wildcards, and much, much more.
Click below for the first of two parts…