Day three at the Haikou World Open saw the last 32 played out to a conclusion, including victories for big hitters such as Neil Robertson (who took his centuries tally to 91), Mark Selby, Ding Junhui, Judd Trump and John Higgins.
As ever here at PSB though, in the early stages of events such as this, my attention has been on those around the various seedings brackets ahead of World Championship cut-off and today saw a number of important results for the top 15 in particular…
Day one at the Welsh Open in Newport and it has been a case of so far, so good for the top players in action, with former champions Stephen Maguire, Ding Junhui, Ali Carter and Ronnie O’Sullivan among the winners today.
Click below for a round-up of Wednesday’s action at the Newport Centre…
As the snooker year has now reached its end, a few days ago I tweeted to ask for your most memorable moments of 2013 and as promised, you can find a mix of replies below. Was your moment one of those mentioned, or was there something else that stuck in your mind this year? Let me know @prosnookerblog…
Day three at the UK Championship proved to be the longest of the tournament so far, with the final match not concluding until 2:18am the following morning. More headline grabbing however proved to be the comments of the likes of Judd Trump, Ali Carter and Graeme Dott, as the new format this year continues to divide opinion…
Hot on the heels of the Gloucester-Antwerp European Tour double-header, this week sees the start of the all-new Champion of Champions event, from the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
Click below for my thoughts ahead of the event…
With Ding Junhui’s victory at the International Championship, comes the third mid-season seedings revision of the 2013/14 season. As ever, the list has been fully updated here at PSB, while the latest list, taking us through to the UK Championship in a month’s time, is now also live.
Click below for more…
It might yet be five months away, but with the next two seedings cut-offs (ahead of the International and UK Championship), being of less importance, given the advent of the move to flat draws this season, the next big revision is that in December following the UK Championship, which will most notably, determine which 16 players will qualify for this season’s Masters.
Click below for an early look ahead, to see who is currently in the running for those places…
Yesterday saw the conclusion of the 2013 Shanghai Masters qualifiers at the Doncaster Dome and with nine of the 16 ‘seeded’ players losing in the final round, it was something of a day for the underdogs.
Click below for a round-up of the action…