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…
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…
Following the conclusion of the Australian Goldfields Open yesterday, there is just one more event between now the season’s first seedings revision, ahead of next month’s Shanghai Masters qualifiers.
The event in question is the Rotterdam Open, which will take place this coming weekend and see those in contention battle it out to avoid having to qualify for Shanghai, or at least reduce the amount of matches required to do so.
Click below for an updated look at my blog from earlier in the month…
It might only be June in the 2013/14 season, but already the first seeding revision of the new campaign is fast approaching, with just two more events to come before the places are set for the Shanghai Masters.
While such seedings revisions will take on less significance in this new era of snooker, the Shanghai Masters remains one of the three ranking events to be played under the old system this season, this cut-off is one to keep an eye on.
Click below for a summary of who has to do what in Australia and Rotterdam, to secure a better seeding for Shanghai…
Day Seven at the Crucible as we would learn our first (and possibly second if Michael White can win six frames today), quarter-finalists at the 2013 World Championship. Click below for my usual thoughts and observations from Sheffield…
Day six at the Crucible as the final two matches of the opening round come to a close, with Neil Robertson and Stuart Bingham looking to seal their places in the last 16…
Following his gruelling 10-8 victory against 2002 world champion Peter Ebdon last night, in a match that required a third session in addition to its scheduled two, Scotland’s Graeme Dott gave a typically passionate press conference, addressing the issue of slow play, toilet breaks and the role of the referees in helping to prevent the sort matches from over-running in that fashion.
Click below to read what Graeme had to say, as well as my thoughts on the issue…