During the recent World Championship qualifiers, World Snooker published the provisional calendar for the 2013/14 season, which as in 2012/13, sees a number of significant changes as the professional circuit continues to expand.
Click below for a summary of the main changes, together with a ‘cut-off by cut-off’ round up of how the calendar shapes up…
Congratulations to world number 23 Barry Hawkins who today produced a terrific performance to defeat a below-par Peter Ebdon 9-3 and capture his first ranking event title in Bendigo.
Having captured his first ranking event title in three years back in April at the China Open, Peter Ebdon is now back in another final as he continued his run in Bendigo with a 6-2 victory against Marco Fu today. Standing between him and a tenth major trophy is Barry Hawkins, through to the first ranking event final of his 16-year professional career…
Day four in Australia proved to be the most intriguing of the tournament so far as Peter Ebdon and more bizarrely, Judd Trump caused a stir, while Mark Davis sent home hope Neil Robertson packing with a 5-1 win…
Day three in Australia saw a real shock as world number one Mark Selby exited the tournament at the hands of Scotland’s Jamie Burnett, a result that sees Jamie through to the last 16 stage of a second successive ranking event…
With eight matches played, day one in Australia proved to be a busy affair, with three matches requiring a deciding frame in order to settle them. Click below for a round-up from Bendigo…
Hot on the heels of tournaments in China and in Thailand, the snooker circus moves on to Australia this week as Stuart Bingham looks to defend his title. Click below for my customary look at the draw…
While I have this week suffered from one or two technical issues on the blog, the Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers have continued through to their conclusion yesterday and as ever there have been a number of interesting results along the way, particularly with a number of players seeded higher than they are accustomed to. Click below for a round-up…