Following the Roewe Shanghai Masters final last night, World Snooker have issued the latest provisional rankings and it is time to have a quick look at the big movers this week.
The week of Walden – Roewe Shanghai Masters Champion 2008
What a week it has been for Ricky Walden as he became the second surprise winner of the Shanghai Masters in a row, following on from Dominic Dale in 2007. Click below for a reminder of just how he did it:
Wonderful Walden Wins Shanghai Masters!
World number 35 Ricky Walden caused a huge upset today to sensationally defeat world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-8 to claim his first ranking title. A long overdue breakthrough, it goes without saying that this is the highlight of his career so far. Click below to read just how he did it:
Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008: Final: Session One update
This will be a short update as I could not watch much of the play but following the first session of the final today, Ronnie O’Sullivan leads Ricky Walden by a narrow margin of 5-4, setting things up nicely for the afternoon. Surprisingly Ricky led 3-1 at the interval, showing no sign of the nerves he must be feeling out there, but O’Sulivan showed his class to hit back, taking the last frame of the session with a break of 78. Hopefully Ricky will continue to perform and they can both give us a great final session…
FINAL
Ricky Walden – Ronnie O’Sullivan 0-88(48,39, 61(47)-47(32), 113(74)-20, 99(94)-4, 22-86(58), 0-95(64,31), 1-87(87), 77(56)-38(30), 0-78(78) [INTERVAL]
Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008: Day Six – O’Sullivan into third straight final
Click below to read about the afternoon session today in Shanghai as the second semi-final came to a conclusion:
Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008: Day Six – Comeback king Walden stuns Selby
The first of today’s two semi-finals came to a conclusion this morning as form player Mark Selby played semi-final debutant Ricky Walden. Click below to read how the match went and read what both players had to say:
Heads up: Hendry v White Exhibition this month
On October 25th, old rivals Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White will play each other in an exhibition match at the Assembly Hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells on Saturday October 25. Click below for more details and ticket information: