Four days down in Shanghai and we are down to eight, as the fight intensifies for the season’s third major trophy, the Shanghai Masters. Click below for a summary of the stories from the tournament so far…
Tag: Graeme Dott
Old Habits
One paper at least, it has been a week of shocks in Wuxi, with a number of top seeds bowing out in the early rounds and two players reaching their first career semi-finals, but why is this? Clearly, not everyone is yet ready for the start of the new season and while we might now have some form of snooker being played virtually every week of the year, some are not prepared to sacrifice the traditional summer break just yet…
Crucible Diary 2012: Day Five
Day five at the Crucible as the last of the first round matches get underway, while already the first of the morning matches has been concluded with Joe Perry easing past an out of sorts Graeme Dott…
World Championship 2012: Tournament Preview – Part One
So then, a little late to the party but for the fourth successive year I bring you the first part of my preview articles for the 2012 World Championship as I cast my eye over a somewhat Scottish top quarter, as well as the hopes of 2011 finalist Judd Trump…
China Open 2012: Ding Survives, Seeds Progress
Day two in Beijing proved to be one for the favourites as all six last 32 matches played were won by the seeded player, but it could have been different as recent Championship League winner Ding Junhui slipped 4-0 behind against Ben Woollaston at the mid-session interval of their match…
World Open 2012: Jin Shocks Ding To Move To Last 16
Following his victory against Sam Baird in yesterday’s wildcard round, China’s Jin Long caused a real shock today at the Haikou World Open by sending home favourite Ding Junhui crashing out of the tournament with a 5-1 win. Elsewhere, there were wins for 2011 world finalists John Higgins and Judd Trump, as well as Michael Holt who maintained his recent strong form…
Closing In On The Cut: Race For The Crucible
Following the conclusion of the German Masters yesterday, there is just one event remaining for the players to earn precious ranking points that in some cases could make the difference between having to win one, two, three or four matches to qualify for the Crucible – or none at all.
Click below for my look at who has to do what ahead of the Welsh Open qualifiers which start this Wednesday…
Shoot Out 2012: Hawkins Takes The Title
Congratulations to Barry Hawkins who has tonight has defeated Graeme Dott 61-23 to capture his first televised title and the £32,000 top prize at the 2012 Snooker Shoot Out…